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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Invitation Dutch minister to KOffice developers - ODF
From:       Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-06-08 6:47:08
Message-ID: 5847e5cf0906072347s1c27be70yede9445d1d508eb6 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:45 AM, Sven Langkamp<sven.langkamp@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Fabrice Mous <Fabrice.Mous@ictu.nl> wrote:
>>
>> Dear KOffice developers,
>>
>> My name is Fabrice Mous and I am a government advisor working on the
>> adoption of open standards and open source software within the Dutch
>> government. Last year the Dutch government adopted a national policy [1]
>> [2] where it has made support for the OpenDocument Format a mandatory
>> requirement for all of its agencies and applications. One of my
>> performing roles is projectleader for the ODF policy adoption in The
>> Netherlands.
>>
>> I am very delighted to send the KOffice development team an invitation
>> from our minister for Foreign Trade, Frank Heemskerk, to participate in
>> a two day ODF Interoperability Workshop (Plugfest) in the Royal
>> Library, The Hague Netherlands [3]. This event is organised together
>> with OpenDoc Society on June 15/16th 2009 and wants to bring together
>> implementors of OASIS OpenDocument Format/ISO 26300 to unilaterally
>> test and discuss implementation issues of ODF with each other.
>>
>> The workshop is targeted at people who write and architect the code to
>> handle the actual ODF in applications. The ultimate goal is to achieve
>> full seamless interoperability for the entire feature set(s) of ODF
>> across all suppliers, platforms and supported technologies. KOffice has
>> played a pivotal role in the development of ODF, and should continue to
>> do so.
>>
>> A personal invitation of the minister to the KOffice team is attached
>> [4] to this e-mail as is the programme [5] for this two day event. We
>> hope your organisation is able to send a delegation to participate in
>> this unique international event.
>>
>> Participants are responsible for their own flights, hotels and meals.
>> However, non-commercial open source implementors can apply for a grant
>> to fly in through OpenDoc Society. More information can be acquired
>> through the following contacts:
>>
>>  Michiel Leenaars
>>  +31 (0)6 27050947
>>  m.leenaars@opendocsociety.org
>>
>>  Fabrice Mous
>>  +31 (0)6 48585162
>>  fabrice.mous@noiv.nl
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>>
>> Fabrice Mous
>>
>> [1] http://www.noiv.nl/noiv/en
>> [2] Actionplan The Netherlands in Open Connection.pdf
>> [3] http://www.odfworkshop.nl
>> [4] invitation-interoperabilityworkshop-ministerForeignTrade.pdf
>> [5] http://odfworkshop.nl/programme_20090615-16
>>
>> --
>> NOiV / ICTU
>> Wilhelmina van Pruisenweg 104; PO BOX 84011
>> 2508 AA  The Hague
>> The Netherlands
>> T    +31 (0)70 888 78 63
>> M    +31 (0)648 58 51 62
>> E    fabrice.mous@noiv.nl
>> W    www.noiv.nl
>>
>> 'The Netherlands in Open Connection'
>
> I would be interested to go there. I checked and I don't have university
> couses that I'm forced to attend.
> I guess I'm the only KOffice developer who is close enough and isn't bound
> by family/work.
>
> Even though is just about 170 kilometer getting there would be a bit
> annoying. I have only found train connections that need about five hours for
> the way Bocholt Hbf -> The Hague Central. All ways seems to go through Venlo
> or Enschede (Passing through Deventer ;) ), but maybe someone knows a faster
> connection.
>
> I have never been to such a workshop before, so maybe someone can help me a
> bit with getting an accomodation etc.

No problem! I can take care of a hotel if you want, or you can crash
at my place - I work very close to the hague, and while I won't be
attending myself (at least not the full 2 days) I can take you there.

You can ask KDE e.V. for sponsorship for the hotel and/or travel if
money is a problem.

>
> Sven
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