[ODFPlugtest] Invitation for the Berlin 2012 plugfest

[Andrew Rist]

And we were invited!

         (I am still at a loss for how this is important to Oracle in 
any way at this point...)


On 9/21/2012 5:44 AM, Michiel Leenaars wrote:
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> Dear recipient,
>
>
> I have the pleasure to invite you on behalf of OpenDoc Society to
> participate in the 9th ODF Plugfest, a two day interoperability event
> on October 17th/18th 2012 kindly hosted by Bundesmin. fuer Wirtschaft
> und Technologie. The event is held in conjunction with the annual
> LibreOffice Conference, also to be held in Berlin at the same venue.
>
> The ODF plugfests are a platform where different stakeholders around
> Open Document Format join together to combine their knowledge and
> technical experience on the details of ODF to improve product,
> interoperability and in the end, customer satisfaction. Previous
> plugfests have proven to be a useful instrument for vendors to
> evaluate the interoperability between each others product in a
> private setting.
>
> On the first day a series of presentations will update you on the
> status of ODF, present some new R&D projects and highlight
> improvements and lessons learned in a number of implementations. On
> the second day the actual testing will take place with vendors and
> users going through several scenarios for creating and importing ODF
> documents. Sitting side by side, the compatibility of documents
> between applications in these scenario's can be easily checked and
> openly discussed in the privacy of the workshop.
>
> It is essential to have all stakeholders with an interest in ODF
> engaged in furthering the implementation of ODF. We hope that you will
> send a delegation or attend as a person, as well as participate
> directly in the process.Past experience has shown developers and
> technical management from larger and smaller vendors as well as
> community leaders have valued the chance to attend and work on real
> world interoperability.
>
> The meeting host kindly asks you to register at http://odfplugfest.org
> no later than October 8th, 2012, with your name and address. They
> apologize for the inconvenience, which is due to security regulations
> in ministry buildings. There is no fee required to participate in the
> ODF plugfest, courtesy of OpenDoc Society. When you register, please
> be so kind as to inform us in the comments in case you are registering
> for the LibreOffice conference as well. This will help us to avoid
> double registrations.
>
> There are still some sponsor opportunities to help make the event even
> more attractive, please contact OpenDoc Society for more details
> (info at opendocsociety.org). If you yourself are not able to attend this
> plugfest, but are aware of other representatives from your
> organisation that are, can you please forward this information to them?
>
> We will gladly help you out with any questions, and are happy to
> provide assistance with a visa application. Please visit:
> http://odfplugfest.org or contact:
>
> plugtest-organisers at opendocsociety.org
>
> We hope to see you in Berlin!
>
> Regards,
>
> on behalf of the plugfest organisers
> Michiel Leenaars
> OpenDoc Society
>
> N.B. If you want to host or help organise the 10th ODF plugfest, please
> contact us at info at opendocsociety.org
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