Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:43pm EDT
XBRL International Announces 2011 International Steering mittee Election Results
XBRL International, Inc. (XII) announced today that during its October meeting in Beijing, Arleen Thomas, Senior Vice President, Member petency and Development, AICPA, has been elected Chair of the XII International Steering mittee (ISC) for 2011. David G. van den Ende, Director with Deloitte herlands, was elected as 2nd Vice Chair representing At-Large members.
Five At-Large members of the ISC were also elected: Li Dan, China Ministry of Finance; John Turner, reFiling; Caetano Nobre, MZ nsult S.A.; Shiping Liu, Global Business Intelligence nsulting rporation (GBI); and Avinash Chander, The Institute of Chartered Acuntants of India (ICAI).
“As a global standards anization, XBRL International is pleased to work with a diverse, talented mmunity of volunteers who are mmitted to the future of the XBRL standard,” said Anthony Fragnito, CPA, CEO of XBRL International. “I want to ngratulate our new ISC members and leadership. I look forward to llaborating with them to aelerate adoption of XBRL and engage a broad mmunity of participants in its development.”
"I am passionate about the role of the International Steering mittee as a critical mponent of the ernance of XII and as a voice for the membership,” said Arleen Thomas, CPA, ISC Chairman. “Proactively engaging our members, listening to their needs and ncerns is of primary importance to me. I am nvinced that XBRL will ntinue to transform processes within the business reporting supply chain. Further, I see tremendous potential for XBRL in improving reporting beyond the traditional financial statements."
For additional information about the ISC leadership, please visit .
About XBRL International, Inc.
XBRL International, Inc. (XII) is a not-for-profit nsortium of approximately 650 mpanies and agencies worldwide working together to build the XBRL standard and promote its adoption. The nsortium members meet periodically in international nferences and nduct mmittee work regularly via nference calls. Elections to the International Steering mittee are held each year after October 15th.
This llaborative effort began in 1998 and has produced a variety of specifications and taxonomies to support the goal of providing a standard, XML-based language for digitizing business reports in acrdance with the rules of acunting in each untry or with other reporting regimes such as banking regulation or performance benchmarking. You can read more about our history, the missions of the working groups that carry out much of the work of the anization, and the elected steering mmittee that sets the goals of the nsortium. Interested mpanies and agencies are enuraged to join the XBRL International nsortium and participate in building the future of electronic business reporting through the technical working groups, practice working groups, business mmittees and erning boards. .
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