FHISO @fhisorg
Family History Information Standards Organisation is a community-owned organisation developing a modern standard for the exchange of genealogical information. fhiso.org Worldwide Joined January 2012-
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The Family History Information Standards Organisation is seeking nominations for the Board of Directors. The election will be held online with voting being conducted from July... fhiso.org/?page=CiviCRM&…
Candidates standing for Chair or Technical Coordinator may also stand as a Director at Large, and we encourage this. The elections of Chair and Technical Coordinator are held first, and if the person elected is also... facebook.com/fhiso/posts/23…
We invite you to consider joining the Family History Information Standards Organisation (FHISO) as we prepare for our first election of officers and anticipate releasing our first normative standards. FHISO was founded to develop genealogical... tech.fhiso.org/drafts/
Membership renewals Richard Smith : June 2, 2019 11:11 am : Announcements Most FHISO members will have received an email on Friday about their membership expiring on 31 May 2019, and asking whether they’d like to renew. A... facebook.com/fhiso/posts/23…
The FHISO Board of Directors have prepared a report on our activities in 2018, and our plans and concerns for the future. This is the first time we have prepared a report of this nature, covering all aspects of the organisation, but we intend to... fhiso.org/report-2018/
FHISO’s Technical Standing Committee is pleased to announce the first public draft of a new standard, "Extended Legacy Format (ELF): Date, Age and Time Microformats", or "ELF Dates" for short. This draft defines microformats for representing... fhiso.org/TR/elf-dates
FHISO’s Technical Standing Committee is pleased to announce the first public draft of a new standard, "Extended Legacy Format (ELF): Date, Age and Time Microformats", or "ELF Dates" for short. This draft defines microformats for representing... fhiso.org/TR/elf-dates?x
*FHISO Board Meeting 13 March 2018* The FHISO Board met by Google Hangout on 13 March 2018 at 18:00 UTC. Subjects covered included finances, technical work, outreach, and bylaws. The minutes of this meeting are available here:... fhiso.org/minutes/2018-0…
*New Draft Standards* The Technical Standing Committee is happy to announce that several drafts have reached... fb.me/47RxsUYzg
FHISO has managed to resurrect an archive copy of the BetterGEDCOM wiki -- the precursor of FHISO -- under their... fb.me/7c07dtddI
The FHISO Board met by Google Hangout on 23 January 2018 at 18:00 UTC. Subjects covered included legal status,... fb.me/1MoLoqAs4
A detailed but readable blog-post summarising FHISO's history and recent progress may be found at: 'Thither... fb.me/1k0KiCtCJ
FHISO Board Meeting 31 October 2017 The FHISO Board met by Google Hangout on 31 October 2017 at 1800 UTC.... fb.me/40oBLTLy1
When the tsc-public mailing list was last active, in May 2016, the consensus of the technical discussion was that... fb.me/1sCN2yH5K
The FHISO Board met by Google Hangout on 13 June 2017 at 1800 UTC. Subjects covered include their legal status,... fb.me/1TuI7STGc
The FHISO Board met by Google Hangout on 16 March 2017 at 2000 UTC. Amendments of the Bylaws were proposed: (A)... fb.me/6os7rZgA6
FHISO has mentioned its intention of publishing some draft standards very soon, but what are they? Many people... fb.me/1aFF1IQJf
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