<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Thanks Mike (and Don)!<br><br><div>--</div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 25, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Mike Jones &lt;<a href="mailto:Michael.Jones@microsoft.com">Michael.Jones@microsoft.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;
color:#1F497D">I just spoke with Don (who asked me to send this because he won’t
be able to be online for a bit this evening).&nbsp; Yes, the poll should be
deleted.&nbsp; The board should vote on all three documents (IPR Policy, IPR
Procedures, Bylaws) and *<b>THEN</b>* we should have the membership vote to
approve the changes to the IPR Policy and Procedures documents.&nbsp; (No
membership vote is required to update the bylaws.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;
color:#1F497D">Don will also look into distributing the correct copies of all
three documents to the board shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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

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color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</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:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
<a href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net">openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net</a>
[mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Ehrig<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 25, 2009 3:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net"><a href="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net">openid-board@lists.openid.net</a></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OpenID board] Fwd: [OpenID Foundation] New Poll Will Open<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;
color:navy">Apologies, I thought I had answered the question when I said I
believe I am following the proper procedure. &nbsp;I believe you are now
telling me that the procedure is to have the BoD vote first, then the full
membership. &nbsp;I did not understand that to be the case.&nbsp; If that is
correct, I will delete the poll.&nbsp; Please confirm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:navy"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
<a href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net">openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net</a>
[mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David
Recordon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 25, 2009 3:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net"><a href="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net">openid-board@lists.openid.net</a></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OpenID board] Fwd: [OpenID Foundation] New Poll Will Open</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi John,<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">The policy is only one of two documents which make up the
IPR policy. The second is a process document which is missing (and was Mike's
question a few days ago).<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">You still haven't answered my question of why we're asking
the membership to vote on this document when the board hasn't approved it yet.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">--David&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">--<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>

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On Sep 25, 2009, at 3:32 PM, "John Ehrig" &lt;<a href="mailto:jehrig@inventures.com"><a href="mailto:jehrig@inventures.com">jehrig@inventures.com</a></a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:navy">The link
to the document is in the poll. &nbsp;The board saw was copied on the document
on August 11<sup>th</sup>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> <a href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net"><a href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net">openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net</a></a>
[mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David
Recordon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 25, 2009 3:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net"><a href="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net">openid-board@lists.openid.net</a></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OpenID board] Fwd: [OpenID Foundation] New Poll Will Open</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">But
John, where are the documents being voted on? &nbsp;As the board has not
received a full copy of them, I do not understand how the membership would have
either. Additionally, why would we ask the membership to vote on this change
when the full board hasn't yet seen it?&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Sent
from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>

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On Sep 25, 2009, at 3:21 PM, "John Ehrig" &lt;<a href="mailto:jehrig@inventures.com"><a href="mailto:jehrig@inventures.com">jehrig@inventures.com</a></a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:navy">I believe
we are following the proper procedures as outlined in Section 3.4 of the IPR
Process doc, but please correct me if I have misunderstood the process. </span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> <a href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net"><a href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net">openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net</a></a>
[mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David
Recordon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 25, 2009 3:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:board@lists.openid.net"><a href="mailto:board@lists.openid.net">board@lists.openid.net</a></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OpenID board] Fwd: [OpenID Foundation] New Poll Will Open</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">I'm a
bit confused. Why is this being sent out to the membership for a vote when the
board hasn't yet approved it. I think Mike asked for a copy of the latest
documents a few days ago.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Sent
from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>

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Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:membership@oidf.org"><a href="mailto:membership@oidf.org">membership@oidf.org</a></a><br>
<b>Date:</b> September 25, 2009 3:07:26 PM PDT<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:recordond@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:recordond@gmail.com">recordond@gmail.com</a></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>[OpenID Foundation] New Poll Will Open</b><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hello
David Recordon ,<br>
<br>
Voting will open on the following poll on 2009-10-16 -- please register your
vote before 2009-10-23.<br>
<br>
Link:<br>
<a href="https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/17"><a href="https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/17">https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/17</a></a><br>
<br>
Title:<br>
IPR Policy Update v1.5<br>
<br>
Description:<br>
One of the most important responsibilities of the OpenID Foundation is its
stewardship of intellectual property; maintaining and protecting OpenID
technical protocols as they evolve. &nbsp;We are asking the community to vote
on a revision to our IPR policy which provides information regarding companies
who are parts of larger holding companies or other legal entities (aka
"Bound Entities"). &nbsp;These are the only recommended changes to
the IPR policy at this time. &nbsp;The updated IPR document, with the draft
changes 'tracked', can be viewed here:<br>
<a href="http://openid.net/wordpress-content/uploads/2009/09/OpenID-IPR-Policy-final-draft-v1.5.doc"><a href="http://openid.net/wordpress-content/uploads/2009/09/OpenID-IPR-Policy-final-draft-v1.5.doc">http://openid.net/wordpress-content/uploads/2009/09/OpenID-IPR-Policy-final-draft-v1.5.doc</a></a><br>
<br>
Available Choices:<br>
<br>
* Approve<br>
<br>
* Reject<br>
<br>
* Abstain<br>
<br>
<br>
You will receive another notice when the poll opens. Thank you for your
participation!<br>
<br>
---<br>
The OpenID Foundation<br>
<a href="http://openid.net/foundation/"><a href="http://openid.net/foundation/">http://openid.net/foundation/</a></a><o:p></o:p></p>

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board mailing list<br>
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<a href="http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board"><a href="http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board">http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board</a></a><o:p></o:p></p>

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board mailing list<br>
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<a href="http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board"><a href="http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board">http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board</a></a><o:p></o:p></p>

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