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WELCOME TO OMG! |
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| Dear BPMI Members,
Let me start by offering a heart-felt "thank you" for all
that you have contributed to the Initiative and for your
overwhelming support for this important step forward. It's been
an honor and a pleasure serving as BPMI Chairman and I have
nothing but the most profound enthusiasm for
the road ahead.
Working together with OMG, we have the rare opportunity to
spread BPMI's message to a broader audience of executives,
technologists and business process practitioners. We can
continue to refine BPMN and encourage adoption from technology
vendors and the end user community. We can help to normalize the
process landscape by participating closely in the
emerging BPDM and by clarifying BPMN's relationship with UML. We
can reach out through education events and published material
spanning industries and the globe, making process standards and
practices accessible and productive for everyone.
I entreat you to make this journey with me, to continue the
work that has changed the industry's perception of BPM and made
important strides in bridging the gap between business and IT.
For Class B members, please join and participate in WARIA (
http://www.waria.com/
). The ideas and energy of our Class B
members has been valuable throughout the life of BPMI, and WARIA
provides a place where members can continue to be informed and
involved. For Class A members, please join and participate in
OMG. While your
company can derive many benefits from OMG membership, I value
most highly this particular opportunity to continue the work of BPMI. The process revolution has just begun. Please help us
progress the effort.
Best regards,
Jeanne Baker
Chair, BPMI
Vice President, Technology, Sterling Commerce |
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Why Join OMG:
The merged activities of OMG and BPMI will lead to an increase in the
viability of the Business Process, Business Modeling and Business Rules
specifications. Only OMG members will be able to influence the future
direction of these business process specifications. BPMI members are
invited to join OMG and continue the great work that has been done to
date.
As part of the merger, OMG will maintain and promote BPMI’s
specifications and other intellectual property within the OMG process.
All specifications work will be done within an OMG Task Force comprising
current OMG BEI Task Force members and members of BPMI (both those who
are already OMG members and those who join OMG). The new Task Force will
be subject to OMG Policies and Procedures.
OMG will maintain BPMI’s URLs and the contents of its website. OMG will
also promote the BPMI brand as part of our marketing of OMG’s
activities.
The big kickoff event will be at the OMG Technical Meeting in Atlanta,
GA on September 12-16, 2005. At this meeting, decisions will be made by the Task Force about the way
in which BPMI’s work will be continued, whether the Task Force’s name
should be changed to reflect the addition of BPMI’s activities, and who
will lead the Task Force and the Steering Committee. There will also be
a BPM Information Day at this meeting. All companies that are OMG
members at that time can participate in the Task Force, make their voice
heard and vote on these important issues. BPMI members that have not
joined OMG before the meeting will not be able to participate in the
kick-off and influence the future direction of BPMI’s work.
How to join:
The merger agreement between OMG and BPMI provides your Company with
a US$5,000 credit towards your first year OMG membership.
Typically, companies joining OMG in order to develop and promote a
technology that is important to them have chosen to join at the Domain
or Contributing level, in order to get the maximum benefit of their
membership and the ability to be deeply involved in the current and
future OMG activities that are important to them. At the Domain or
Contributing level, you can participate and vote in the Task Force, be
elected to the BPMI Steering Committee, submit technologies to the Task
Force, and serve on OMG’s Board of Directors and Architecture Board.
Lower level members lose any opportunity to submit technologies and many
of the other opportunities, depending on their level. (click
here
for membership fees structure).
We would be glad to discuss this further with you and see how we can
make the transition to OMG very simple for you. Please do not hesitate
to contact Kenneth Berk, Director of Business Development at
kenberk@omg.org.
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