Invitation to June 21 meeting in Chicago

The following email was sent to all members of the Initiative on May 24, 2005:

Everyone:
Thank you again for agreeing to become involved in the initiative to update and internationalize the UTBMS codes. We are off to a great start.

The report from the first meeting in Paris was very positive; everyone involved says they are more than willing to do their part.

The next Initiative meeting will be in Chicago on June 21, from 2-5pm. Please rsvp to me at brad@blicksteingroup.com.

Corporate Legal Times SuperConference (www.cltmag.com/superconference) starts the next morning, and our friends at CLT are graciously providing us with meeting space at the show hotel, the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers. Also, if you are in-house and interested in attending the SuperConference, please let us know. We have a limited number of complimentary passes at our disposal. (Note: This is for in-house counsel only – CLT’s strict rules.)

We will distribute a more formalized agenda as we approach the meeting, but here are some of the topics we expect to discuss:

1. Discussion about creating three working groups: (1) internationalization, (2) updates and (3) intellectual property.

2. Areas in which the current UTBMS codes need updating. We hope to emerge from the meeting with a draft list, and some clarity into how we will turn these into a draft of an updated codeset. If possible, please come prepared with ideas about updates you would like to see.

3. Our objective is to distribute copies of all five IP codesets being tested or in use, along with a first draft at a combined codeset. The five we know about are:

• TyMetrix 360
• DataCert/Honeywell
• DuPont
• Canadian Bar Association (proposed)
• 3M

If you know of any other sets, please let me know as soon as possible. We really want to include everybody.

4. Discussion about preferred methods of communication and meeting schedule. We are currently planning a meeting in October in Washington, D.C. around the ACC Annual Meeting and another one in London in September.

I look forward to seeing you all in Chicago on June 21. Please rsvp to me at brad@blicksteingroup.com at your earliest convenience.

Thanks.

Brad Blickstein

PS. We will send major updates by email, but we will continue to post them and other information (such as the slides from the Paris meeting) at www.utbms.com.