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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bill,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I reviewed this and I agree with you &#8211;
all the raw material is there and now it just need to be boiled down into a
small set of bullets. I&#8217;d suggest a simple matrix of 3-5 bullets (no
less, no more) for both &#8220;Benefits of Individual Membership&#8221; and &#8220;Benefits
of Company/Organizational Membership&#8221;.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Before we try to wordsmith the actual bullet
text, a good first step would just be to see if we can agree on each of those bullets
and their priority.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I just made a first draft strawman attempt
on your Google doc (<a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgcxj79q_9fcn5hbfg">http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgcxj79q_9fcn5hbfg</a>).
I encourage others to have a go at it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>=Drummond <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>===============================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I've shared a document with you called &quot;Benefits of OIDF
membership (draft)&quot;: <br>
<a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgcxj79q_9fcn5hbfg&amp;invite=dv7584x"
title="blocked::http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgcxj79q_9fcn5hbfg&amp;invite=dv7584x">http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgcxj79q_9fcn5hbfg&amp;invite=dv7584x</a><br>
<br>
It's not an attachment -- it's stored online at Google Docs. To open this
document, just click the link above.</span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
board-bounces@openid.net [mailto:board-bounces@openid.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bill Washburn<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 13, 2008
4:41 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OpenID Board<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [OpenID board] Benefits
of OIDF membership</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As we talked about on the
call, here are the benefits of membership I have started on.&nbsp; They are all
too verbose, so they need a tough editor.<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
-bill<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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