Good news from ISO/IEC. Apparently there is still a bit of paperwork to do to formalise the acceptance but the votes are all in and ODF is go!.

The ODF Alliance press release is here (pdf) and Andy Updegroves Standards Blog entry is here.

On Sunday the NZOSS held its first AGM over the Phone and using an online form of meeting called Internet Relay Chat (IRC). IRC is the oldest form of chat technology on the Internet, predating services such as ICQ and MSN. This allowed members who were not in the main centres to attend the meeting on the same basis as other members.

The subtitle of the article is "Open standards, free software, and old documents", which isn't nearly as eycatching...

The message and style of delivery is a good one for those of you interested in advocacy. Very subtle but with some very good insights. Read it and add it to your repertoire.