Wednesday April 25th, 2007
18.00 - 18.30

All Members of The Open Group are members of either the Customer Council or the Supplier Council.

In our All-Members meetings, the Customer Council and Supplier Council join together to invite members from all Forums and Working Groups of The Open Group to share issues and concerns that are of common interest - across all Forums and WGs.

Agenda

• Report from the Customer Council steering committee
  Forum representatives on this steering committee report on activities since the previous (San Diego) meeting
  
• Report from the Supplier Council steering committee
  Forum representatives on this steering committee report on activities since the previous (San Diego) meeting
  
• Update on 2008 Conference Dates, Locations, and Themes
  Feedback to members feedback from The Open Group's Conference Management Team
  
• How do we evaluate Forum/WG value?
  Assessment measures for how Forums/WGs produce value - deliverables; measuring their value to the industry 
  
• What makes a Forum/WG Effective?
  Exercise targeted at capturing the key characteristics that make a Forum/WG effective in delivering value. Outcome could be a Guide to Best Practice for Forums/WGs.

• Members Issues and Discussion
  Q&A for members to raise cross-forum/WG issues.