Also, please publicize this as widely as possible for maximum exposure. Remember we want all who may be interested to know about it.
-- Bhaskar On Sun, 2004-08-08 at 18:13, K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > On Tuesday, July 20, Oleen Healthcare in Silver Spring, MD, hosted a > meeting of a number of VistA related vendors (see organization list > below) and WorldVistA to discuss how WorldVistA and VistA vendors could > collaborate better, whether and how WorldVistA (a non-profit 501(c)(3) > corporation could accommodate vendor participation, etc.). > > There has been discussion back and forth between WorldVistA, and vendor > representatives. My take on the current state of the discussion is that > the vendors will probably create a 501(c)(6) trade association that will > be independent of WorldVistA, but the two organizations can cooperate. > > One of my action items from the meeting was to create a Yahoogroups list > for the vendors to carry out discussions, and I have created a group > called vista-vendors. So e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will > go to all registered there, and will be archived for the future. > > Eventually, as a vendor organization emerges, it will have its own > mailing list, document repository, etc. Until then, Yahoo groups > provides a mailing list (with web access, if you don't want to receive > mailings directly), a document repository, online calendar, online > database, online polls, and more. In the interest of transparency, > anyone who has any interest in VistA can participate in the list. If > you would like to do so, please go to http://www.yahoogroups.com, search > for vista-vendors, and ask to join the group. It will send me a request > to approve your joining, and I will do so forthwith. To access the > shared file areas, online calendar, etc. you will need a Yahoo id, and > link that id to the e-mail address you use for joining the vista-vendors > group. > > In the interest of keeping those who would harvest e-mail address off > the Yahoo groups list, I have created the list as open to members, not > open to the world at large. But this is my *only* purpose in gating > membership. It is my intent that this group otherwise be completely > transparent, which is especially important because trade groups must > always be sensitive to the possibility of allegations of > anti-competitive collusion. Complete transparency not only helps avoid > anti-competitive behavior, it also helps avoid even the appearance of > such behavior. > > Since there are existing e-mails that are circulating and which > therefore don't meet the transparency test, I will forward to Yahoo > groups any e-mails I have received that pertain to these vendor > discussions. > > If you are a vendor of VistA related products and services, or are just > interested, please join the group vista-vendors at > http://www.yahoogroups.com. > > Attendee organization list (in alphabetical order): > > Document Storage Systems > Fidelity Information Services > Global Technologies > Hewlett-Packard > InterSystems > Medical Alliances > Medsphere > Oleen Healthcare > Perot Systems > Sea Island Systems > WorldVistA > > If I have missed your organization, or not listed it correctly, I > apologize in advance. Please send me a correction. > > Regards > -- Bhaskar > > P.S. I am looking for someone to be another owner of the list, as well > as a couple of fellow administrators, just in case I fall off the earth > or simply fall of a ladder. > > K.S. Bhaskar > VP, Product Manager > Fidelity Information Services, Inc. > 40 Valley Stream Parkway > Malvern, PA 19355, USA > +1 (610) 578-4265 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sanchez.com > http://www.sanchez-gtm.com > > *************************************************************************** > This electronic mail transmission contains confidential and/or privileged > information intended only for the person(s) named. > Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by another person is strictly > prohibited. > *************************************************************************** > > NOTE: Ce courriel est destine exclusivement au(x) destinataire(s) mentionne(s) > ci-dessus et peut contenir de l'information privilegiee, confidentielle et/ou > dispensee de divulgation aux termes des lois applicables. 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