FEATURE/HRH Prince Charles Recognizes FileNET-Wessex Coppice Group Partnership to Preserve Ancient Art of ``Coppicing''.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers FEATURE... NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Nov. 22, 2000 FileNET Sponsors Innovative U.K. IT Training Program that Teaches Crafters to Reach Out to World Markets FileNET Corp. (Nasdaq:FILE), the leading provider of process-centric Web content management and related e-business applications, Wednesday announced that it has partnered with the Wessex Coppice Group to offer IT training to students in its innovative U.K. Greenwood New Entrants Training Program. Students are trained in the art of coppicing For the locality in Oldham, see Coppice, Greater Manchester. Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management in which young tree stems are cut down to near ground level. , an ancient craft that uses stems growing from living tree stumps to create furniture and other products. A FileNET-sponsored education center offers the students hands-on learning of the critical IT skills needed to market and distribute their handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft products worldwide using the Internet. His Royal Highness “HRH” redirects here. For other uses, see HRH (disambiguation). Royal Highness (abbreviation HRH) is a style (His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness); plural Royal Highnesses (abbreviation TRH, , the Prince of Wales Prince of Wales switches places with his double, poor boy Tom Canty. [Am. Lit.: The Prince and the Pauper] See : Doubles , officially launched the program on Nov. 20 at a ceremony at FileNET's European Education European Education: Issues and Studies is a quarterly journal of education. Established in 1969, it presents contemporary issues and studies in European education. The journal includes articles on education policy, theory and practice. Its ISSN number is 1056-4934. Centre, located in the county of Hampshire, England, the heart of the U.K. Greenwood industry. In officially launching the Wessex Coppice Group's Greenwood New Entrants Program, the prince acknowledged the example being set by the partnership between FileNET and the Wessex Coppice Group. Prince Charles said: "In a world in which marketing is becoming ever more important, some element of business training is essential for anyone to succeed. Wood craftsmen can all too easily get left behind. "That's why I am particularly pleased to launch this wonderful greenwood initiative today, and, in that sense, FileNET deserve every possible congratulations for so readily offering their help to train the craftsmen in computer skills." The prince unveiled a plaque to commemorate the event. Speaking at the event, Lee Roberts, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , FileNET, said: "FileNET appreciates and recognizes the immeasurable value of using modern technology to preserve ancient crafts. We believe computer technology is a key tool in helping the world come closer together -- rural communities with urban communities, students with teachers, and large businesses with individual entrepreneurs. "We look forward to working with the Wessex Coppice Group to help students learn to market and distribute their products over the Web." Coppicing is an ancient craft where broadleaf broad·leaf adj. Broad-leaved. Adj. 1. broadleaf - having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves broad-leafed, broad-leaved greenwood trees, such as hazel, are trimmed to the stump to encourage the growth of stems or "poles." The poles are used to make products such as hurdles, furniture and thatching thatch n. 1. Plant stalks or foliage, such as reeds or palm fronds, used for roofing. 2. Something, such as a thick growth of hair on the head, that resembles thatch. 3. Dead turf, as on a lawn. tr.v. spars. Woven hazel screens made using coppicing methods have been dated back to 5,000 B.C. The U.K. Greenwood New Entrants Program, which will train 10 people in the art of coppicing, is sponsored by the Wessex Coppice Group and funded in part by the European Social Fund The European Social Fund (ESF) is one of the four European Structural Funds that provide grants to support economic development within the European Union. The ESF is the oldest one. It was created by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 and became operational in 1960. . For information about the Wessex Coppice Group, visit www.coppice.org.uk About FileNET FileNET is the leading provider of eProcess-enabled Web content management and related e-business applications for the enterprise. FileNET solutions allow corporations and government organizations to thrive in the global economy by linking customers, partners and employees through process-intensive business interactions. With headquarters in Costa Mesa, the company markets its innovative products in more than 90 countries through its own global sales, professional services and support organizations, as well as via its ValueNET(R) Partner network of resellers, system integrators and application developers. Founded in 1982, the company currently employs more than 1,700 people and reported record revenues of $287 million in nine months, ended Sept. 30, 2000. 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