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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks Johannes and Dick for your clarifying comments.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve
incorporated them into the attached draft.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Have a good weekend everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --
Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
board-bounces@openid.net [mailto:board-bounces@openid.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Johannes
Ernst<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 21, 2008 9:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> board@openid.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Board Election Procedures<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>1. There are a lot of &quot;should&quot;s in there, which
makes me think &quot;if not, what then?&quot; Can that be written without them?<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>2. Can we rephrase the first paragraph as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Who
stands for election?<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>For
this election, all seven community board seats are open for election. The
current community directors are the founding directors of the foundation who
self-selected and were not elected. The corporate directors are appointed by
the community directors, and are not open for election.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>3. This document should contain the timeline for the
election (don't forget a time zone)<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for doing this, Mike.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>On Nov 20, 2008, at 20:57, Mike Jones wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>A draft documenting the procedures we agreed to and handling
corner cases such as ties is enclosed.&nbsp; It also includes the language
about a nominating committee that was previously circulated and generated no
opposition (and which is inoperative in this election because we selected no
nominating committee).<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Timely feedback welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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-- Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>&lt;OpenID Foundation Election Procedures 20-Nov-08.doc&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Johannes Ernst<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:black'>NetMesh Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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