[LUGOS] <NO>OOXML: Your action is required: Contact SIST now!

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Dec 6, 2007 10:01 PM, Janko Mivšek wrote:
> Fantje in punce, spet je čas za akcijo!

Hvala za dodatno opozorilo :)

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: <NO>OOXML: Your action is required: Contact SIST now!
>
> Dear Janko Mivšek,
>
> You signed the <NO>OOXML petition, a movement backed now by more than
> 70.000 supporters worldwide. Our effort to influence the OOXML (Office
> Open XML) standardization process has been an astonishing success so
> far. We aim for at least 100.000 signatures in February when the Geneva
> Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM) will convene with the aim to resolve
> comments.
>
> Microsoft is trying by all means to get its "standard" adopted without
> substantial changes despite of its thousands of officially reported
> technical flaws and the pre-existence of ISO 26300:2006 (OpenDocument,
> ODF) as the most appropriate international standard for the
> representation of office documents.
>
> By next Tuesday Dec 11 2007 delegates from your National Standards Body
> SIST who will participate in the BRM have to be announced to
> ISO. At least Portugal and Ireland will be represented by Microsoft. In
> many other countries, we know that Microsoft gold partners are proposing
> themselves as heads of national delegations. Many of them will prevail
> if we do not take action.
>
> Will you let Microsoft represent your country at Geneva and decide the
> future of OOXML?
>
> You can make a difference and call now SIST at +386-1-4783013 and help
> us to find out:
>
>    a. Who will represent SIST on DIS 29500 at the Ballot
>       Resolution Meeting in Geneva?
>    b. When will the decision on delegates be made and if SIST is
>       aware of the Dec 11 deadline?
>    c. Does your national delegates for the BRM are independent enough
>       from Microsoft?
>    d. Does the responsible Committee of SIST for DIS 29500 work
>       on resolution proposals for all the 3500 comments tabled or - if at
>       all - only for the national comments that they submitted?

Člani SIST-a, torej tudi Lugos, so zavezani k "molčečnosti" (kar še
vedno ne pomeni, da se ne sme pozanimati kdo drug), ampak če koga
zanima odziv enega od članov (ali je omenjena oseba tudi kandidat za
zastopnika Slovenije, ni znano) na eno od zgoraj navedenih vprašanj,
ga bom citirala (glede na to, da je bil odgovor poslan na privaten
mail, mislim, da s citatom ne kršim te "zavezanosti"):


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From: J*** C*** <J***.C***@microsoft.com>
Date: Dec 7, 2007 8:15 AM
To: Mojca Miklavec

Who the f.. is Mojca Miklavec?
J
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Če bi mu kdo rad karkoli odgovoril, naj pove (samo ne na listi) :)

Mojca