Software Council
Business Meeting
  The Software Council Business Meeting will principally address the plan for the implementation of the IT DialTone. Council input will be based on papers circulated before the meeting supplemented by presentations received in the plenary session on the previous day.

The current agenda is as follows:

08:30 Welcome and Introductions Karl Klessig
08:45 Board Report Karl Klessig
09:00 Technical Managers Report Tom Butler
Martyn Joyce
09:15 Customer Workshop Report Karl Klessig
09:30 Promoting The Open Group Jeffrey Manton
VP of Corporate Communications
10.00 Break  
10:30 Implementing the IT DialTone

Allen will describe the current proposals for reshaping the Open Group processes and how this will impact the quarterly meetings and other members' forums.		 Allen Brown
11.30 IT DialTone Strategy Discussion

An opportunity for interactive discussion between Council members and Open Group executive staff.		 Joseph De Feo
Allen Brown
Mike Lambert
12:15 Any other business  
12:30 Lunch  

The Software Council Executive Committee would like to receive your additonal suggestions by email as soon as possible.

Information on earlier meetings (for members only) is available via the Software Council's home page.