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6. Events

  1. Interops (Interoperability Testing)

    • Participation open to members and non-members (significant discount for members)

    • Two day event usually co-located with Roundtable

    • Results published to relevant standards org

    • Public version on Consortium website

  2. Roundtables

    • “All hands” plenary meeting of membership

    • Three per year midway between IETF meetings

      • help to drive each other

    • Held in conjunction with Interops

    • Technical committee working meetings

    • Steering Committee meeting

    • Review and status of technical committees

    • Consensus on direction, next steps of Consortium

  3. Workshops

    • First workshop tentatively planed for 1Q2006

    • Public workshop or invitational depending on goal & topic

    • Open to non-Consortium members

    • Could be co-hosted with Roundtable or independent event

  4. Annual Conference

    • Need is still under evaluation

    • Would offer technology and product overviews, tutorials and classes, demonstrations and vendor offerings

    • Public conference with member discounts

    • Could be co-hosted or co-located with another organization or outsourced to a providing organization