On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Praveen A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/5/24 Praveen A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "The national body of South Africa (SABS), as a P member of JTC 1, > > hereby submits an appeal against the outcome of the fast track > > processing of DIS 29500 Office open XML. > > Brazil followed South Africa in standing upto ISO sellout. > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080529202924937 > > I hope some more will follow. One quote from the letter, showing what > happened at BRM as a clear picture. > > "Brazil has tried to present this proposal, during the debates, on the > first day of the meeting and, attending to a request made by the > convenor, Brazil has taken offline discussions with USA and other > delegations and prepared its proposal to be presented on Friday, > during USA proposal presentation. On Friday, when USA ended their part > of presentation and asked for Brazil to present its part of it, the > convenor denied this opportunity to Brazilian delegation. > > Several delegations has protested against that arbitrary decision, but > those appeal was in vain and until the end of the BRM, the Brazilian > delegation was not able to present its proposal. The main reason > alleged by the convenor was "lack of time"." > And it seems our efforts bore fruit.India has filed an appeal too.Yoohoo!It's been put up as an update in the article mentioned by Praveen above. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
