Dear friends, I have been busy setting up Mardi, a new charity for university alumni to give back, and it has finally been accepted for registration by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Whilst I want to continue to promote DITA I feel I need to devote my time and resources to helping Mardi through the next vital phases in its development. I plan to continue to promote DITA: the Mardi website (
http://mardinet.org ) uses DITA as its source, and I plan to work on a project (along with several OASIS members) using a DITA collaboration platform for Rapid Response in Emergencies. As Mardi grows, I believe this could bring DITA in front of a bigger audience than the work I would have been doing within OASIS. It is with great reluctance, therefore, that I have decided not to renew my OASIS subscription. It has been a great pleasure working with the members of various DITA committees and I know that I leave DITA standards in good hands. I hope to return to OASIS when Mardi is firmly established. Warm regards and best wishes, Doug Dr Douglas Morrison Information Architect
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