<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I have the same understanding as Artur and David. There was a brief moment in the discussion of this issue sometime ago when if was up in the air, but I have the recollection that we all agreed and our attorneys solidly supported the conclusion/decision that we were right to take the harder 501(c)(3) path.<br><br>cheers,<br>-bill<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: "Recordon, David" <drecordon@verisign.com><br>To: board@openid.net<br>Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2007 1:11:05 PM<br>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Unanimous Consent form for State of Oregon<br><br>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="509561020-08052007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">As was mine.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="509561020-08052007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="509561020-08052007"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">--David</font></span></div><br>
<div class="OutlookMessageHeader" dir="ltr" align="left" lang="en-us">
<hr tabindex="-1">
<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> board-bounces@openid.net
[mailto:board-bounces@openid.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Artur
Bergman<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:29 PM<br><b>To:</b>
board@openid.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OpenID board] Unanimous Consent form
for State of Oregon<br></font><br></div>
<div></div><br>
<div>
<div>On May 8, 2007, at 12:27 PM, Drummond Reed wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
<blockquote type="cite">
<div class="Section1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Bill, my only comment
is that section 4 current reads as follows:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"></span></font></p>
<p class="body" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">RESOLVED, that the
officers of the Corporation are hereby authorized to apply on behalf of the
Corporation for tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, and for all other applicable federal, state, regional and local
tax exemptions and benefits.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">I thought that we had
agreed that we were not pursuing 501c3 status. I can understand leaving this
provision in in case we MIGHT want to do so in the future, but would seem
better to rephrase it as:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"></span></font></p></div></blockquote>
<div>My understanding was that we were pursuing 501c3 status.</div>
<div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div>
<div>Artur</div>
<div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br>board mailing list<br>board@openid.net<br><a target="_blank" href="http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board">http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board</a><br></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>