GCARI is New Host for ICE!

During the recent XTech Conference in San Jose, Graphic Communications Association Research Institute, Inc. (GCARI) and the Information and Content Exchange (ICE) Authoring Group jointly announced a letter of understanding between the two organizations in which GCARI is named as the official Host organization for the ICE Authoring Group. GCARI has entered into this relationship to fulfill its ongoing mission of promoting standards for use in fields of information technology and publishing. Under this agreement, all members of ICE Authoring Group (ICE AG) and Advisory Council (ICE AC) also shall become Special Membership Group (SMG) members of GCARI. The new Host Organization will host the ICE web site as well as upcoming ICE standards activities. GCARI will also sponsor an ICE Seminar Series to promote understanding and implementation of the fledgling standard. The first ICE seminar will take place on May 17 and 18 in New York City.

ICE recently won the Seybold Technology Trailblazer award for 1998. ICE AG Founding Sponsor members include Jay Brodsky (Tribune Media Service), Phil Gibson (National Semiconductor), Bruce Hunt (Adobe Systems, Inc.), Dianne Kennedy (representing Microsoft Corporation), Rick Levine (Sun Microsystems, Inc.), Laird Popkin (News Internet Services), Neil Webber (Vignette Corporation) and Andrew Werth (CNET, Inc.) Brad Husick.

If you are interested in learning more about or participating as part of the GCARI ICE Advisory Counsel, contact Dianne Kennedy or Marion Elledge at GCA.

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