A group of over 60 people make up the OpenDocument Fellowship, with the goal of promoting the OpenDocument format. The members including a lot of key players in the creation and development of OpenDocument as well as end users with a special need for document longevity, such as archivists and records managers.
See http://opendocumentfellowship.org for more information.
Oh, and if you don't understand Open Document, the why (or if you don't think it's important), read this article:

