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The Printer Working Group (a Program of the IEEE-ISTO) is an active organization with a legacy of addressing pertinent standards in the print and imaging industry such as the Printer/Finisher MIBs and Internet Printing Protocol (Chartered via IETF), XHTML/CSS Profile (later forwarded to W3C for completion), Character Repertories to aid lightweight clients, and web services interfaces for Printing and Management Services (current projects). The PWG develops and maintains a common Semantic Model which has been successfully leveraged across separate, harmonious standards organizations like UPnP and Bluetooth at the low end and CIP4/JDF at the high end.   Work within the PWG is ongoing both in terms of maintenance, revision (ala Printer MIBv2 RFC3805), cross industry partnering (PWG and DMTF will partner for semantic alignment in 2005) and addressing new areas of standardization as necessary (ex. Web-based Imaging Management Services for fleet management of printers and MFDs).   The PWG is very lightweight in terms of fee structure ($1500.00 annual per company) and relies heavily on volunteers from the industry. In particular, the PWG Process requires that we maintain leadership in the form of Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary. These officers are nominated and elected to a 2 year term. Terms revolve in September. This September the following terms are revolving Chairman - Harry Lewis (IBM) - 2nd 2 year term expires Vice Chairman - Lee Farrell (Canon) - 2nd 2 year term expires Secretary - Jerry Thrasher (Lexmark) - 1st 2 year term expires AT THIS TIME THE PWG WOULD LIKE TO SOLICIT NOMINATIONS TO FILL THESE THREE OFFICER POSITIONS FOR THE 2 YEAR TERM BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 2005! Any individual member or anyone from a member company is eligible to be nominated. The main characteristic a nominee should possess is a strong interest in the health and viability of the standards process within the print and imaging industry. Please submit your nominations to the officers and the PWG using the CC list from this message. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO PWG-ANNOUNCE@PWG.ORG (this address is for broad PWG announcements, only). If you would like to initiate open discussion regarding a nominee, please do so using pwg@pwg.org. Thank you for your support of the PWG, your thoughtful consideration regarding nominations and your potential contributions related to the next Leadership cycle.   ---------------------------------------------- Harry Lewis IBM STSM Chairman - IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group http://www.pwg.org IBM Printing Systems http://www.ibm.com/printers 303-924-5337 ----------------------------------------------