Conference Call Minutes - 8/29/00

[Simon Nicholson <simonn@eng.sun.com>]

In attendance:
Norbert Mikula, Ed Julson, Micheal Weiner, Alex Piner, Carol Guyer, Simon 
Nicholson
Apologies: Rachel Foerster, William Kammerer, Alan Kotok

Web Site: Alan provided the group, by email, with a review of progress 
prior to the meeting

TRP Tutorial: Alex is planning to provide Norbert with a draft version, for 
upload to the private pages of the Mktg group for review, by Saturday 9/2.

Verticals: Simon reported on the meeting he attended with Alan with 
representatives from the e-gov initiative.

Collaterals: Ed reported that good headway is being made on the development 
of the white papers.  Money and a writer has been identified, and we should 
anticipate a completion date for this work in the first week of 
October.  Ed plans to ensure that Klaus is interviewed by the writer 
.  Mike asked about Rik Drummond's paper, and Carol noted that it is 
available from Rik's website.
ACTION - Ed to follow up with Rik.
Rachel's presentation has been posted to the site in .ppt.
There was a discussion about making presentations available on the site in 
both .ppt and .pdf format, and agreed that we should making the .ppt format 
available.
Ed also reported that we are now tracking ebXML press activity, and he will 
provide a feed for the site.

There was no progress report on the FAQ, as William was not on the call - 
this should be reviewed on the next call.

Media Tour: Carol reviewed forthcoming press releases on tpa and the GCI 
relationship.
Carol is still waiting for Rill and Ray's schedules to put together the 
Media Tour, and is hoping to schedule the tour for mid Sept through to end 
October.
ACTION:  Carol to follow up with Ron Zoppo (CompTIA) re the forthcoming 
presentation in Copenhagen

There followed a general discussion about the handling of speaker requests 
to ensure we can offer quick turnaround and achieve consistency of message 
and delivery with global coverage.  It was agreed that we need to identify 
a pool of speakers drawn from the Project Teams, Marketing Committee and 
Executive Committee. There was strong support for the suggestion that we 
encourage participation from representatives of verticals and users working 
at ebXML.
ACTION: Simon/Norbert to discuss with Exec Comm.

ACTION: Carol to follow up with Brent Phillips re the ebXML logo.

Trade Shows:  Mike reported progress on the fact sheets.

AOB: Carol suggested that a note be sent out re the forthcoming face to 
face in Chicago on 13th Sept at Chicago O'Hare.

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Simon Nicholson
Snr. Market Strategist
XML Technology Centre
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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