Ghent Workgroup revamps website and elects new executive committee

The Ghent Workgroup has unveiled its new streamlined website at www.gwg.org.

In addition the GWG, the international cross-section of PDF and print experts, has announced newly elected officers to its executive committee.

The latest version of the website has been completely revamped to address the expanding population of GWG specification users and adopters.

David Zwang, GWG chairman, said: ‘Now that we've successfully developed and published a fuller spectrum of free best practice resources, we recognize the need to ensure that users have easy and quick access to these valuable resources. We also are entering more of an education phase of GWG; where we want to spread the word even further to all those who can benefit. One of the best ways to accomplish this is to deliver that information through our website.’

Zwang says that the GWG has also added an education component to its marketing subcommittee, to reflect the need and planned efforts in making the graphic arts community aware of important GWG findings.

Additionally, the GWG site features a new forum where members and visitors alike can participate in discussions about current specifications, resources, needs, and developments. Visitors simply sign up and can join in general GWG discussions as well as specific subcommittee topics ranging from specifications, job ticketing, color management, packaging, office document, process control, to compliancy.

The GWG website was previewed at the organization's general meeting in Paris, where additional highlights included the election of new executive committee members. The newly elected officers joining current GWG chair, David Zwang, of Zwang & Co. and representing IPA are:

- Vice chair: David van Driessche, Enfocus
- Executive director: Vicki Blake, Integrated Color Solutions (re-elected)
- Marketing officer: Pascale Ginguen, Screen Angel (re-elected)
- Technical officer: Stephan Jaeggi, PDFX-ready (re-elected)
- Documentation officer: Peter Kleinheider, Callas Software
- Treasurer: Andy Psarianos from PPA (re-elected)