Fwd: OOXML Official results

OOXML was approved courtesy of other members. Kenya successfully filed an Abstain. *Ballot Information* *Reference* ISO/IEC DIS 29500 *Committee* ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 *Edition number* 1 *English title* Information technology -- Office Open XML file formats *French title* Technologies de l'information -- Formats de fichier "Office Open XML" *Start date* 2007-04-02 *End date* 2007-09-02 *Opened by ISO/CS on* 2007-03-30 17:17:56 *Closed by ISO/CS on* 2008-03-31 16:22:56 *Status* Closed *Voting stage* Enquiry *Version number* 1 *Note* New result of voting after official 30 days enquiry ending 2008-03-29 *Result of voting* *P-Members voting: 24 in favour out of 32 = 75 % (requirement >= 66.66%)* *(P-Members having abstained are not counted in this vote.)* *Member bodies voting: 10 negative votes out of 71 = 14 % (requirement <= 25%)* *Approved* * * *Votes by members* *Country* *Member* *Status* *Approval* *Disapproval* *Abstention* *Argentina* *IRAM* *O-Member* * * * * X * *Armenia* *SARM* *O-Member* X *Australia* *SA* *P-Member* * * * * X * *Austria* *ON* *O-Member* X * *Azerbaijan* *AZSTAND* *P-Member* X *Bangladesh* *BSTI* * * X *Barbados* *BNSI* * * X *Belarus* *BELST* *O-Member* X *Belgium* *NBN* *P-Member* * * * * X * *Bosnia and Herzegovina* *BAS* * * X *Brazil* *ABNT* *O-Member* * * X * *Bulgaria* *BDS* *O-Member* X * *Canada* *SCC* *P-Member* * * X * *Chile* *INN* *O-Member* * * * * X * *China* *SAC* *P-Member* * * X * *Colombia* *ICONTEC* *O-Member* X * *Congo, The Democratic Republic of* *OCC* * * X *Costa Rica* *INTECO* *O-Member* X *Côte-d'Ivoire* *CODINORM* *P-Member* X *Croatia* *HZN* *O-Member* X *Cuba* *NC* *O-Member* * * X * *Cyprus* *CYS* *P-Member* X *Czech Republic* *CNI* *P-Member* X *Denmark* *DS* *P-Member* X *Ecuador* *INEN* *P-Member* * * X * *Egypt* *EOS* *O-Member* X *Fiji* *FTSQCO* * * X *Finland* *SFS* *P-Member* X *France* *AFNOR* *P-Member* * * * * X * *Germany* *DIN* *P-Member* X * *Ghana* *GSB* * * X * *Greece* *ELOT* *O-Member* X * *India* *BIS* *P-Member* * * X * *Iran, Islamic Republic of* *ISIRI* *P-Member* * * X * *Ireland* *NSAI* *P-Member* X *Israel* *SII* *O-Member* X *Italy* *UNI* *P-Member* * * * * X * *Jamaica* *BSJ* *P-Member* X *Japan* *JISC* *P-Member* X *Jordan* *JISM* * * X * *Kazakhstan* *KAZMEMST* *P-Member* X *Kenya* *KEBS* *P-Member* * * * * X * *Korea, Republic of* *KATS* *P-Member* X *Kuwait* *KOWSMD* * * X *Lebanon* *LIBNOR* *P-Member* X *Luxembourg* *SEE* *O-Member* * * * * X *Malaysia* *DSM* *P-Member* * * * * X * *Malta* *MSA* *P-Member* X * *Mauritius* *MSB* * * X *Mexico* *DGN* *O-Member* X *Morocco* *SNIMA* *O-Member* X *Netherlands* *NEN* *P-Member* * * * * X *New Zealand* *SNZ* *P-Member* * * X * *Nigeria* *SON* * * X *Norway* *SN* *P-Member* X *Pakistan* *PSQCA* *P-Member* X *Panama* *COPANIT* * * X *Peru* *INDECOPI* *O-Member* X *Philippines* *BPS* *O-Member* X *Poland* *PKN* *O-Member* X * *Portugal* *IPQ* *O-Member* X * *Qatar* *QS* * * X *Romania* *ASRO* *O-Member* X *Russian Federation* *GOST R* *O-Member* * * * * X *Saudi Arabia* *SASO* *P-Member* X *Serbia* *ISS* *O-Member* X *Singapore* *SPRING SG* *P-Member* X * *Slovenia* *SIST* *P-Member* X *South Africa* *SABS* *P-Member* * * X * *Spain* *AENOR* *P-Member* * * * * X * *Sri Lanka* *SLSI* *O-Member* * * * * X *Switzerland* *SNV* *P-Member* X * *Syrian Arab Republic* *SASMO* * * X *Tanzania, United Rep. of* *TBS* * * X *Thailand* *TISI* *O-Member* X *Trinidad and Tobago* *TTBS* *P-Member* X *Tunisia* *INNORPI* *O-Member* X * *Turkey* *TSE* *P-Member* * * * * X * *Ukraine* *DSSU* *O-Member* X *United Arab Emirates* *ESMA* * * X *United Kingdom* *BSI* *P-Member* X *Uruguay* *UNIT* *P-Member* X * *USA* *ANSI* *Secretariat* X * *Uzbekistan* *UZSTANDARD* * * X *Venezuela* *FONDONORMA* *P-Member* * * X * *Viet Nam* *TCVN* *O-Member* * * * * X *Zimbabwe* *SAZ* * * * * * * X *P-Member TOTALS* Total of P-Members voting: 32 24 8 9 *TOTALS* 61 10 16 (*) A comment file was submitted with this vote *Comments from Voters* *Argentina* *IRAM* *O-Member* Argentina(IRAM).doc <http://commentfiles/Argentina%28IRAM%29.doc> *Australia* *SA* *P-Member* Australia(SA).doc <http://commentfiles/Australia%28SA%29.doc> *Austria* *ON* *O-Member* Austria(ON).doc <http://commentfiles/Austria%28ON%29.doc> *Belgium* *NBN* *P-Member* Belgium(NBN).doc <http://commentfiles/Belgium%28NBN%29.doc> *Brazil* *ABNT* *O-Member* Brazil(ABNT).doc <http://commentfiles/Brazil%28ABNT%29.doc> *Bulgaria* *BDS* *O-Member* Bulgaria(BDS).doc <http://commentfiles/Bulgaria%28BDS%29.doc> *Canada* *SCC* *P-Member* Canada(SCC).doc <http://commentfiles/Canada%28SCC%29.doc> *Chile* *INN* *O-Member* Chile(INN).doc <http://commentfiles/Chile%28INN%29.doc> *China* *SAC* *P-Member* China(SAC).doc <http://commentfiles/China%28SAC%29.doc> *Colombia* *ICONTEC* *O-Member* Colombia(ICONTEC).doc <http://commentfiles/Colombia%28ICONTEC%29.doc> *Cuba* *NC* *O-Member* Cuba(NC).doc <http://commentfiles/Cuba%28NC%29.doc> *Ecuador* *INEN* *P-Member* Ecuador(INEN).doc <http://commentfiles/Ecuador%28INEN%29.doc> *France* *AFNOR* *P-Member* France(AFNOR).doc <http://commentfiles/France%28AFNOR%29.doc> *Germany* *DIN* *P-Member* Germany(DIN).doc <http://commentfiles/Germany%28DIN%29.doc> *Ghana* *GSB* * * Ghana(GSB).doc <http://commentfiles/Ghana%28GSB%29.doc> *Greece* *ELOT* *O-Member* Greece(ELOT).doc <http://commentfiles/Greece%28ELOT%29.doc> *India* *BIS* *P-Member* India(BIS).doc <http://commentfiles/India%28BIS%29.doc> *Iran, Islamic Republic of* *ISIRI* *P-Member* Iran,IslamicRepublicof(ISIRI).doc<http://commentfiles/Iran,IslamicRepublicof%28ISIRI%29.doc> *Italy* *UNI* *P-Member* Italy(UNI).doc <http://commentfiles/Italy%28UNI%29.doc> *Jordan* *JISM* * * Jordan(JISM).doc <http://commentfiles/Jordan%28JISM%29.doc> *Kenya* *KEBS* *P-Member* Kenya(KEBS).doc <http://commentfiles/Kenya%28KEBS%29.doc> *Malaysia* *DSM* *P-Member* Malaysia(DSM).doc <http://commentfiles/Malaysia%28DSM%29.doc> *Malta* *MSA* *P-Member* Malta(MSA).doc <http://commentfiles/Malta%28MSA%29.doc> *New Zealand* *SNZ* *P-Member* NewZealand(SNZ).doc <http://commentfiles/NewZealand%28SNZ%29.doc> *Poland* *PKN* *O-Member* Poland(PKN).doc <http://commentfiles/Poland%28PKN%29.doc> *Portugal* *IPQ* *O-Member* Portugal(IPQ).doc <http://commentfiles/Portugal%28IPQ%29.doc> *Singapore* *SPRING SG* *P-Member* Singapore(SPRINGSG).doc <http://commentfiles/Singapore%28SPRINGSG%29.doc> *South Africa* *SABS* *P-Member* SouthAfrica(SABS).doc <http://commentfiles/SouthAfrica%28SABS%29.doc> *Spain* *AENOR* *P-Member* Spain(AENOR).doc <http://commentfiles/Spain%28AENOR%29.doc> *Switzerland* *SNV* *P-Member* Switzerland(SNV).doc <http://commentfiles/Switzerland%28SNV%29.doc> *Tunisia* *INNORPI* *O-Member* Tunisia(INNORPI).doc <http://commentfiles/Tunisia%28INNORPI%29.doc> *Turkey* *TSE* *P-Member* Turkey(TSE).doc <http://commentfiles/Turkey%28TSE%29.doc> *Uruguay* *UNIT* *P-Member* Uruguay(UNIT).doc <http://commentfiles/Uruguay%28UNIT%29.doc> *USA* *ANSI* *Secretariat* USA(ANSI).doc <http://commentfiles/USA%28ANSI%29.doc> *Venezuela* *FONDONORMA* *P-Member* Venezuela(FONDONORMA).doc<http://commentfiles/Venezuela%28FONDONORMA%29.doc> *Comments from Commenters* *Ecma International* EcmaInternational.doc <http://commentfiles/EcmaInternational.doc>

thank you for this breaking news Muthoni. Noted. On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 13:38:53 +0300, "Dorcas Muthoni" <dmuthoni@gmail.com> said: OOXML was approved courtesy of other members. Kenya successfully filed an Abstain. Ballot Information Reference ISO/IEC DIS 29500 Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Edition number 1 English title Information technology -- Office Open XML file formats French title Technologies de l'information -- Formats de fichier "Office Open XML" Start date 2007-04-02 End date 2007-09-02 Opened by ISO/CS on 2007-03-30 17:17:56 Closed by ISO/CS on 2008-03-31 16:22:56 Status Closed Voting stage Enquiry Version number 1 Note New result of voting after official 30 days enquiry ending 2008-03-29 Result of voting P-Members voting: 24 in favour out of 32 = 75 % (requirement >= 66.66%) (P-Members having abstained are not counted in this vote.) Member bodies voting: 10 negative votes out of 71 = 14 % (requirement <= 25%) Approved Votes by members Country Member Status Approval Disapproval Abstention Argentina IRAM O-Member X * Armenia SARM O-Member X Australia SA P-Member X * Austria ON O-Member X * Azerbaijan AZSTAND P-Member X Bangladesh BSTI X Barbados BNSI X Belarus BELST O-Member X Belgium NBN P-Member X * Bosnia and Herzegovina BAS X Brazil ABNT O-Member X * Bulgaria BDS O-Member X * Canada SCC P-Member X * Chile INN O-Member X * China SAC P-Member X * Colombia ICONTEC O-Member X * Congo, The Democratic Republic of OCC X Costa Rica INTECO O-Member X Côte-d'Ivoire CODINORM P-Member X Croatia HZN O-Member X Cuba NC O-Member X * Cyprus CYS P-Member X Czech Republic CNI P-Member X Denmark DS P-Member X Ecuador INEN P-Member X * Egypt EOS O-Member X Fiji FTSQCO X Finland SFS P-Member X France AFNOR P-Member X * Germany DIN P-Member X * Ghana GSB X * Greece ELOT O-Member X * India BIS P-Member X * Iran, Islamic Republic of ISIRI P-Member X * Ireland NSAI P-Member X Israel SII O-Member X Italy UNI P-Member X * Jamaica BSJ P-Member X Japan JISC P-Member X Jordan JISM X * Kazakhstan KAZMEMST P-Member X Kenya KEBS P-Member X * Korea, Republic of KATS P-Member X Kuwait KOWSMD X Lebanon LIBNOR P-Member X Luxembourg SEE O-Member X Malaysia DSM P-Member X * Malta MSA P-Member X * Mauritius MSB X Mexico DGN O-Member X Morocco SNIMA O-Member X Netherlands NEN P-Member X New Zealand SNZ P-Member X * Nigeria SON X Norway SN P-Member X Pakistan PSQCA P-Member X Panama COPANIT X Peru INDECOPI O-Member X Philippines BPS O-Member X Poland PKN O-Member X * Portugal IPQ O-Member X * Qatar QS X Romania ASRO O-Member X Russian Federation GOST R O-Member X Saudi Arabia SASO P-Member X Serbia ISS O-Member X Singapore SPRING SG P-Member X * Slovenia SIST P-Member X South Africa SABS P-Member X * Spain AENOR P-Member X * Sri Lanka SLSI O-Member X Switzerland SNV P-Member X * Syrian Arab Republic SASMO X Tanzania, United Rep. of TBS X Thailand TISI O-Member X Trinidad and Tobago TTBS P-Member X Tunisia INNORPI O-Member X * Turkey TSE P-Member X * Ukraine DSSU O-Member X United Arab Emirates ESMA X United Kingdom BSI P-Member X Uruguay UNIT P-Member X * USA ANSI Secretariat X * Uzbekistan UZSTANDARD X Venezuela FONDONORMA P-Member X * Viet Nam TCVN O-Member X Zimbabwe SAZ X P-Member TOTALS Total of P-Members voting: 32 24 8 9 TOTALS 61 10 16 (*) A comment file was submitted with this vote Comments from Voters Argentina IRAM O-Member [1]Argentina(IRAM).doc Australia SA P-Member [2]Australia(SA).doc Austria ON O-Member [3]Austria(ON).doc Belgium NBN P-Member [4]Belgium(NBN).doc Brazil ABNT O-Member [5]Brazil(ABNT).doc Bulgaria BDS O-Member [6]Bulgaria(BDS).doc Canada SCC P-Member [7]Canada(SCC).doc Chile INN O-Member [8]Chile(INN).doc China SAC P-Member [9]China(SAC).doc Colombia ICONTEC O-Member [10]Colombia(ICONTEC).doc Cuba NC O-Member [11]Cuba(NC).doc Ecuador INEN P-Member [12]Ecuador(INEN).doc France AFNOR P-Member [13]France(AFNOR).doc Germany DIN P-Member [14]Germany(DIN).doc Ghana GSB [15]Ghana(GSB).doc Greece ELOT O-Member [16]Greece(ELOT).doc India BIS P-Member [17]India(BIS).doc Iran, Islamic Republic of ISIRI P-Member [18]Iran,IslamicRepublicof(ISIRI).doc Italy UNI P-Member [19]Italy(UNI).doc Jordan JISM [20]Jordan(JISM).doc Kenya KEBS P-Member [21]Kenya(KEBS).doc Malaysia DSM P-Member [22]Malaysia(DSM).doc Malta MSA P-Member [23]Malta(MSA).doc New Zealand SNZ P-Member [24]NewZealand(SNZ).doc Poland PKN O-Member [25]Poland(PKN).doc Portugal IPQ O-Member [26]Portugal(IPQ).doc Singapore SPRING SG P-Member [27]Singapore(SPRINGSG).doc South Africa SABS P-Member [28]SouthAfrica(SABS).doc Spain AENOR P-Member [29]Spain(AENOR).doc Switzerland SNV P-Member [30]Switzerland(SNV).doc Tunisia INNORPI O-Member [31]Tunisia(INNORPI).doc Turkey TSE P-Member [32]Turkey(TSE).doc Uruguay UNIT P-Member [33]Uruguay(UNIT).doc USA ANSI Secretariat [34]USA(ANSI).doc Venezuela FONDONORMA P-Member [35]Venezuela(FONDONORMA).doc Comments from Commenters Ecma International [36]EcmaInternational.doc References 1. http://commentfiles/Argentina%28IRAM%29.doc 2. http://commentfiles/Australia%28SA%29.doc 3. http://commentfiles/Austria%28ON%29.doc 4. http://commentfiles/Belgium%28NBN%29.doc 5. http://commentfiles/Brazil%28ABNT%29.doc 6. http://commentfiles/Bulgaria%28BDS%29.doc 7. http://commentfiles/Canada%28SCC%29.doc 8. http://commentfiles/Chile%28INN%29.doc 9. http://commentfiles/China%28SAC%29.doc 10. http://commentfiles/Colombia%28ICONTEC%29.doc 11. http://commentfiles/Cuba%28NC%29.doc 12. http://commentfiles/Ecuador%28INEN%29.doc 13. http://commentfiles/France%28AFNOR%29.doc 14. http://commentfiles/Germany%28DIN%29.doc 15. http://commentfiles/Ghana%28GSB%29.doc 16. http://commentfiles/Greece%28ELOT%29.doc 17. http://commentfiles/India%28BIS%29.doc 18. http://commentfiles/Iran,IslamicRepublicof%28ISIRI%29.doc 19. http://commentfiles/Italy%28UNI%29.doc 20. http://commentfiles/Jordan%28JISM%29.doc 21. http://commentfiles/Kenya%28KEBS%29.doc 22. http://commentfiles/Malaysia%28DSM%29.doc 23. http://commentfiles/Malta%28MSA%29.doc 24. http://commentfiles/NewZealand%28SNZ%29.doc 25. http://commentfiles/Poland%28PKN%29.doc 26. http://commentfiles/Portugal%28IPQ%29.doc 27. http://commentfiles/Singapore%28SPRINGSG%29.doc 28. http://commentfiles/SouthAfrica%28SABS%29.doc 29. http://commentfiles/Spain%28AENOR%29.doc 30. http://commentfiles/Switzerland%28SNV%29.doc 31. http://commentfiles/Tunisia%28INNORPI%29.doc 32. http://commentfiles/Turkey%28TSE%29.doc 33. http://commentfiles/Uruguay%28UNIT%29.doc 34. http://commentfiles/USA%28ANSI%29.doc 35. http://commentfiles/Venezuela%28FONDONORMA%29.doc 36. http://commentfiles/EcmaInternational.doc -- waudo siganga emailsignet@mailcan.com

Dear All, In todays Daily Nation, the ICT Board advertised (p 18) for Digital Village Entrepreneurs. This is very significant in the sense that we are now very close to involving our rural folks in creating wealth through ICT enterprise. In the past few months since the idea of DVs was mooted, we have learnt a great deal and new rural technologies have emerged. Private sector is beginning to see opportunities in our rural areas. Similar programs elsewhere have often been taken up by the private sector and escalated Broadband penetration. In Slovakia for example Government direct subsidies to rural areas has helped the country achieve the greatest broadband density in Europe. The subsidy drove demand for broadband beyond any estimates. In Chile direct subsidy, intense government local content coupled with tax incentives for rural infrastructure helped the country take broadband to the even sparsely populated Tundra regions of the Andes. Farmers in the region have as much as 11 MB broadband to homes. Operators are happy and productively utilizing rural Base Stations without additional subsidies. Although in our case we have managed some sort of subsidy, we need more especially tax incentives on rural infrastructure. With incentives, it will be attractive for operators to take up rural connectivity on commercial basis. We shall be through with the supply side of ICTs when the undersea, the terrestrial fibre, data centers, disaster recovery centers and network operation centers are ready in the next few months. Some of these projects are being undertaken by the private sector and where necessary the Government may intervene marginally. The challenge now lies on the Demand side. The risk is that operators may concentrate to provide for the bent up demand in urban areas forgetting rural areas. Yet Mpesa shows us that the money is in rural areas. The purpose of this e-mail therefore, is to seek for your support in identifying youth from your rural areas (that is if you come from a village like me) and recommend them to Victor at the ICT Board. I know there are other private initiatives outside of operators intending to support the DV project but we are still grabbling with how this can be distinctively done without causing confusion. Knowing that we have a great resource in you (Kictanet) I am confident that your contribution would enhance the efforts to scale up ICTs in our country. Asante. Bitange Ndemo. ---------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------- "easy access to the world"
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