http://blogs.msdn.com/jevdemon/archive/2007/02/15/yet-another-soa-consortium-yasc.aspxHere's another in what appears to be a growing trend . Interestingly enough - this one seems to be part of the OMG . Update: The SOA Leaders site appears to have vanished (cache of the site courtesy the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine ).en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/jevdemon/archive/2007/02/15/yet-another-soa-consortium-yasc.aspx#1686265Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:31:15 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1686265brenda michelson<p>Hi John,</p> <p>*This* SOA Consortium is an advocacy group committed to successful SOA adoption. &nbsp;To gain infrastructure efficiencies, the founding sponsors and members determined it made fiscal sense to be managed by the OMG. &nbsp; However, the SOA Consortium is not working on, or interested in working on, standards. &nbsp;</p> <p>The members are a mix of end-users (Fortune 200 so far), vendors and service providers. &nbsp;</p> <p>The &quot;work&quot; is (1) evangelizing SOA in the context of business value generation and (2) enabling successful (and sustainable) SOA adoption.</p> <p>The IC's SOA group is participating in the SOA Consortium's Community of Practice.</p> <p>And yes, the SOA Consortium is a client of mine.</p> <p>-brenda</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/jevdemon/archive/2007/02/15/yet-another-soa-consortium-yasc.aspx#1690854Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:39:25 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1690854jevdemon<p>Thanks for the clarification Brenda. &nbsp;This group seems to have a different focus than some of the others I lumped it in with. &nbsp; Advocating SOA in the form of business benefits is critical. &nbsp; I think your efforts will be worth watching.</p>