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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=812320501-11082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>FYI, a current rough timeline toward fully public review of
the proposed IPR policy and process. Great progress was made during this
weeks face to face meeting, notes from that should be coming pretty
soon.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=812320501-11082007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>--David</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Bill Washburn
[mailto:billhwashburn@yahoo.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 08, 2007
9:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Daggett, David; Jonathan.Nimer@Sun.COM;
Bill.Smith@Sun.COM; Recordon, David; george.fletcher@corp.aol.com;
shreyas@yahoo-inc.com; brian_hernacki@symantec.com; Eduardo.Gutentag@Sun.COM;
kcameron@microsoft.com; terry.hayes@corp.aol.com; mchenlee@yahoo-inc.com;
rajmata@yahoo-inc.com; John_Kubodera@symantec.com<BR><B>Cc:</B> Ron Moore (LCA);
Mike Jones; Raj Mata; Bill Washburn<BR><B>Subject:</B> IPR
timeline<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: bookman old style,new york,times,serif">Dear
Colleagues--<BR><BR>I want to take this opportunity to express again the
appreciation of all of us on the OIDF team about the very productive and highly
valuable collaboration that took place yesterday. It was very energizing
and exciting in all respects. Thanks to everyone for making the time
available and taking the trouble to give generously of your attention and
interest.<BR><BR>At the end of yesterday, there was a time line proposed /
formulated. Here is that time-line...<BR><BR>Monday, August 12 - latest
draft of IPR policy distributed to the discussion group members;<BR>Friday,
August 16 - initial draft of the IPR process distributed;<BR>Monday, August 19 -
initial draft of the "IPR Rationale document" distributed to members of the IPR
discussion group;<BR>Thursday, August 23 - a conference call scheduled for 9am
Pacific (noon Atlantic) to review and discuss the IPR draft
documents;<BR>Thursday, August 30 - Board of the OpenID Foundation to review and
discuss the IPR documents <BR>Late August /early September - IPR documents will
be shared with a slightly larger circle of "interested parties who have
been more tangentially interested in the IPR discussion... (IBM, Oracle,
etc.)<BR>mid - late September IPR documents made available for public comment
... potentially including a BoF during/at DIDW.<BR><BR>Please let me know if any
corrections/additions/changes are
needed.<BR><BR>thanks,<BR>-bill<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>