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The Regularly Scheduled Meetings Will Be

Normally: Tuesday @ (9AM California, 12PM New York, 5PM London, 6PM Central Europe Time)
Dial-in Number: 1-270-696-2525
Enter Passcode 492808 then "#"

Agenda for weekly call

"spotlight” for 2011 BPM and Workflow Handbook

Discuss and decide on “spotlight” for 2011 BPM and Workflow Handbook. The Call for Papers must go out soon if the book is to be launched at the WfMC May event. Some suggestions by email ahead of the meeting will help to start the discussion. What’s the new hot BPM topic? If any?

Recent Spotlights:
2010 – Business Intelligence
2009 – Government
2008 – Human Workflow
2007 – Healthcare

Volunteers and candidate suggestions for submitted abstracts review board.

2011 ACM Awards

See attached page for details.

What Service Does WfMC Perform?

Presented Listed and Milestones
WfMC Newsletter -- Thur Sept 29th (bi-weekly)
4Q2010 Industry Directory -- begin member info update (pub 10/21)
WfMC Industry Insider Webinar: XPDL 2.2 (Oct 5th?)
Monthly Member Roundtable Conference Call (Oct 13th)
2010 Marvin L. Manheim Award Nomination Deadline -- Nov 6th
NEED HELP on Wiki usage

Future of WfMC Discussions

Asia/Europe Friendly Meeting -- Friday, Oct 1st?
Elections -- nominations due Friday, Oct 15th (discuss eligibility)
NEW MEMBER: TristoTech
Distribute Benefits Package and 2010/2011 Invoices (Sept 30th)

XPDL Working Group

Status of 2.2? Timeframe for
XPDL member meeting, Q4? Need to announce plans for this, and get input on when and where?
XPDL 2.2 for WfMC Industry Insider Webinar?

Planning Future Meetings

1Q2011 Member Meeting -- Feb 22-23; Need Host
Process.gov Event and Handbook Launch -- May 23-24
2Q2011 Member Meeting -- May 25-26; (possibly @ GMU)

ACM Book Status

See Promotional activity to follow what is being done.
Press release is out. Coordinating press releases by other companies.
Nathaniel thinks we should engage the services of a publicist. On proposal gathered. Want one or two more. Suggest checking with the Global 360 PR firm.
Sending books to all the Gartner analysts.
Keith gave books to Forrester people: Connie, Clay, Craig La Clair, and Derek Miers.

Process Incubator

Need to define criteria for endorsing official XPDL certification sites, such as Denis Gagne's Process Incubator
Need to then figure how to push certification requests to his site.

WfMC financials

Creative Commons

Adopt for all WfMC work.

Business Process Modeling Notation Users Group - Robert

Status at XPDL2.2/BPMN2.0 Projects

BPMN 2.0 / XML Process Definition Language 2.2 Working Group - Robert

Status at XPDL2.2/BPMN2.0 Projects
What is needed for XPDL.org site?
Conformance subject. Gotta make it happen.
Nathaniel Document on Conformance Program
Issues registered in XPDL4BPMN site.

Wf-XML & OGC

Status, Plans, meeting next week

BPAF

exciting possibilities, but no-one to drive it.

Meetings

University Outreach

Consider involving more people in research.

Use of Collaboration Tools

managing issue list.
how to use forum.
Earn your way to membership.

CMIS

http://blogs.msdn.com/ecm/archive/2008/09/09/announcing-the-content-management-interoperability-services-cmis-specification.aspx

we should have a response of some kind relative to how this fits within the WfMC and Reference Model

BPM in Practice

Will we do a revision of the book?
How about punching up the graphics a bit with a professional designer?
We can setup a way to pay for work to the book through proceeds on the book if we coordinate

Research

As we discussed, I want to do a 2009 Market survey and start soliciting input from SC members (and others close to the group such as Michael)

Past Meetings

WfMC Meeting, Mar 2009 - March meeting completed
London/TIBCO, Nov. 3-4 completed
ACM Webinar
Process.gov 2010 concluded April 14-15,

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