OASIS is pleased to announce the results of the elections for the OASIS
Telecom Member Section Steering Committee.

Congratulations to Paul Knight, Orit Levin - Microsoft, and Enrico Ronco -
Telecom Italia. They have been elected to serve two year terms which will
span from 8 June, 2009 through May 31, 2011.
We offer our thanks to all OASIS Telecom Member Section members who
participated in election process--by nominating candidates, volunteering to
serve on the Steering Committee, reviewing the candidate pool, and casting
votes.

The OASIS Telecom MS is pleased to announce the formation of the SOA for Telecommunications TC. All interested parties are invited to participate in the new OASIS SOA-Tel Technical Committee. This group will work to identify gaps in standards coverage for using SOA techniques in a telecom environment. The SOA-Tel TC will operate under the RAND mode of the OASIS IPR Policy. The TC intends to affiliate with the OASIS Telecom Member Section. TC proposers include representatives of Microsoft, Avaya, BT, HP, Nortel, Telecom Italia, NEC, and others.

The OASIS Telecom Member Section Steering Committee is pleased to report that the 'Adopting SOA for Telecom' Workshop was very well received and attended. The one-day workshop was held at Ditton Manor in the UK on 30 September 2008. Attendance was higher than expected and attendee evaluations were very positive. The Telecom Workshop proceedings are now available at http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2008/workshop. This is the first in a series of Telecom Workshops. For more information on the OASIS Telecom Member Section, please contact dee.schur@oasis-open.org

The Telecom MS is pleased to announce the 'Adopting SOA for Telecom' Workshop on 30 September 2008 at Ditton Manor, UK.

OASIS invites members to participate in the OASIS Telecommunications Services (Telecom) Member Section. The group plans to form and provide oversight for a variety of affiliated OASIS committees, which will work to: