[odf-discuss] Writing to standards bodies

[Daniel Carrera]

Pete Harlow wrote:
> I notice in the latest ODFAlliance newsletter
> 
> http://www.odfalliance.org/press/Newsletter20070628.pdf
> 
> and elsewhere people are urged to write to national standards bodies to 
> ask them to reject OOXML fast tracking.
> When this form of action was last advocated I recall the British BSI was 
> less than appreciative of this input. Does anybody have any feelings 
> about the current situation?

Nothing concrete. This is certainly something we want to be careful 
with. In theory ISO and the national bodies are not supposed to be 
influenced by political pressure. Much like central banks, these bodies 
are supposed to be independent and as a-political as possible. On the 
other hand, maybe a mild amount of lobbying is OK. Especially if it 
takes the form of being informative rather than just "pressure".

Best,
Daniel.