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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear Members of the Board:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>As I write this, my first thoughts go to
Bill Washburn, with whom I have had the pleasure to be in contact over the last
few months. Bill and I had begun an exchange/discussion on different themes, such
as my possible visit to the USA to help out with OpenID this summer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>As a man of action, who likes working in
the field to achieve concrete results, I welcome with enthusiasm the new
approach the Board wishes to take, its desire to “Open a New Chapter.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This announcement revives my hopes to
consolidate or bring to bear a number of actions and negotiations I had
initiated in the world outside the US/Canada so far…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I welcome this decision by the Board; I
want you to all to know that I am at your entire disposal to assist or actively
participate, in one way or another, to bringing OIDF into this new phase.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This is a good time I think to present you
with an Executive Summary of <span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/actions">25 concrete actions</a></span> I
have taken to boost OpenID everywhere I could over the last few months:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 01 | Europe |
Creation, legal registration and leadership of the <a
href="http://www.openideurope.eu/">OpenID Europe Foundation</a> with the help
of my wonderful <a href="http://www.openideurope.eu/team/">team</a>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 02 | Intellectual
Property | Writing of a <a
href="http://www.openideurope.eu/policies/openid-trademark-policy">Trademark
Policy</a> + Protection of the OpenID Brand at the WIPO level: enter
"OpenID" <a
href="http://www.wipo.int/romarin/processLocalization.do?language=en">here</a>
+ Protection of the domain names, e.g.: <a href="http://www.openid.asia/">openid.asia</a>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 03 | Finance /
Governance | My proposal to make OIDE a Corporate/Founding Member of OIDF so as
to bring its financial support and contribution to the annual revenue (several
exchanges of emails with Bill Washburn);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 04 | Government |
The French Government (with which we have made tangible progress in promoting
OpenID) will be presiding the European Union in 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This may offer a
tangible opportunity to boost OpenID deployment in Europe—thanks to
contacts we have established with several “<a
href="http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm">Commissions</a>”;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 05 | Normalization
| Initiation of the Normalization Process of OpenID specifications to a <a
href="http://www.cen.eu/cenorm/sectors/sectors/isss/index.asp">European
standards body</a>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 06 | Adoptions /
RPs | First small “wave” of adoptions with over 400 RPs well
established in Europe, e.g.: the <a
href="https://id.local.ch/en/?origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.local.ch%2Fen%2F">Swiss
Yellow Pages</a>, an <a
href="http://www.netassur.fr/default.aspx?pr=sec&pa=openid">Insurance
company</a>, a <a href="http://www.memup.fr/OpenID_r135.html">“BtoB”
site for online sales</a>, a <a href="http://www.mx3.ch/account/login">Music
portal</a>, …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 07 | Marketing |
Marketing actions such as the Opening of the <a
href="http://www.openidstore.com/">OpenID Store</a> (delivery of gifts,
exclusively in Europe); <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 08 | Events |
Participation to all <a href="http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/events.htm">events</a>
concerning digital identity, organizing OpenID dinner/meetings in European
cities and capitals, e.g.: <a href="http://news.openideurope.eu/berlin">Berlin</a>,
<a href="http://www.sakimura.org/en/modules/wordpress/index.php?p=37">Basel</a>
in Switzerland;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 09 | OIDF | My
small contribution to mailing lists or committees (<a
href="http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/">local chapters</a>) + Management
of the <a href="http://openid.net/pipermail/eu/">EU Mailing List</a>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 10 | Lobbying |
Multiple meetings with CEOs and decision makers in corporations or major
Internet Sites, e.g.: <a
href="http://www.vivendi.com/corp/en/governance/dir_levy.php">Jean-Bernard Levy</a>,
Chairman of Vivendi <span style='color:black'>(Music, TV, Telco…);</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 11 | E-Commerce |
Meetings with E-commerce organizations such as <a href="http://www.fevad.com/">FEVAD</a>,
to which most European sites participate with as objective the organization of <i>Journée</i>
(Day long Event), devoted to “The Advantages of OpenID” <span
style='color:black'>in each capital;</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 12 | Local Chapters
| The set up of over 15 Local Chapters (each with an infrastructure
capable of bringing them to a level equal to that of <a
href="http://www.openidfrance.fr/">France</a>), in Europe (Switzerland, Sweden,
UK, <a href="http://www.openid.com.gr/">Greece</a> …), but also in Asia (<a
href="http://openid.in.th/">Thailand</a>, China, Korea, New Zealand), in the
Middle East (<a href="http://www.openid.ir/">Iran</a>), in Africa (South
Africa), and in South America (<a href="http://www.openid.com.ar/">Argentina</a>)…;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 13 | Memberships |
We have obtained financial support from <a
href="http://www.openideurope.eu/foundation/members/">businesses</a> in Europe,
but also we have obtained funds from local chapters, and redistributed these;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 14 | Community | We
are permanently in contact with the OpenID Community and we are also
proactively contacting its members, e.g.: trip to <a
href="http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/totnes.htm">Totnes</a> (UK Parliament
constituency) in the UK to confer with directly with <a
href="http://markcross.openid.co.uk/">Mark Cross</a> (OpenID UK); <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 15 | Bank/Loyalty
Programs | Meetings with <a
href="http://www.groupe.caisse-epargne.com/asp/ci_modele3.aspx?ml=826">banking
organizations</a> and large distribution groups which have an interest in pilot
programs and trial runs for their consumer loyalty development programs
(Loyalty Cards with OpenID)…;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 16 | Worldwide
Community | Founding of organizations on four continents: OpenID Europe (June
2007), inception of <a href="http://www.openidasia.org/">OpenID Asia</a> and,
soon to come, "OpenID Africa & Middle East,” and “OpenID
Latin America";<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 17 | Local
Initiatives | Regional projects with contacts at the local government level or
of a University or at the City level: e.g.: “One OpenID for each
Parisian” with the <i>“<a
href="http://fr.lutece.paris.fr/fr/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?article_id=76&portlet_id=57">Mairie
de Paris</a>”…</i>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 18 | Networking |
Establishing and maintaining relationships with persons motivated to support
OpenID in over 45 countries: e.g.: a computer school in Iraq or an
entrepreneur/writer in Armenia (<a href="http://www.albertpoghosyan.com/">Albert
Poghosyan</a>)…;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 19 | Cobranding |
Pooling of interests with NICs/National registrars (<a
href="http://www.restena.lu/restena/en/EN-Presentation.htm">DNS.lu</a> or <a
href="http://www.afnic.fr/_en">AFNIC</a>) to launch projects such as “1
domain name = 1 OpenID + 1 Digital Identity for Each “Internetter;”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 20 | Studies market
| Various studies to bolster OpenID (RPs), e.g.: “<a
href="http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/Study.ppt">Today one Internet User in 2</a>
(50% of users) abandons the registration process the moment they are asked to
fill in a form”;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 21 |
Documentation/translation | Initiation of a set of indispensible Technical
Documentations and efforts to have them translated in several languages;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 22 | Partnerships |
With several SSIIs to implement OpenID e.g.: <a href="http://www.af83.com/">AF83</a>
(Louis Montagne, CEO);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 23 | Projects |
Various Projects we intend to rework during the next few months, e.g.: <a
href="http://www.openidsource.org/">OpenID Source</a> (the Developers
Community) or <a href="http://www.openidworld.com/">OpenID World</a> (Usage
Statistics);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 24 | Media / Press
Releases | Regular contacts with the Press, interviews, articles published in
various <a href="http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/article.pdf">magazines</a>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 25 | Actions | Many
other concrete actions!… <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Most of them have
been able to get off the ground thanks to the establishment of the OIDE Foundation,
which gave them their footing, thanks to its indispensible legal existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you would like to
learn more about my (personal) vision of actions I think (IMHO) would be
effective, and which we should consider taking in the future in order to write
that “New Chapter.” In the case of OIDF, the main goal / objective
is Exponential Adoption Growth–please contact me, we can discuss my
“Worldwide Strategic Operational Plan” together. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bill Washburn was the
first to suggest that I come spend the summer in the States this year. I am
quite ready to spend my summer stateside. Please let me know what you think of
this idea, and give me a concrete answer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I remain at your
disposal to discuss all these possibilities…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-Snorri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>P.S.: PDF <span style='color:black'>here</span><span
style='color:#1F497D'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:
#1F497D'><a href="http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/actions">http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/actions</a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>></span><span
lang=EN-US> and html with the links:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 01 | Europe |
Creation, legal registration and leadership of the OpenID Europe Foundation
<</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.openideurope.eu/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.openideurope.eu/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> with
the help of my wonderful team: <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.openideurope.eu/team/"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.openideurope.eu/team/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 02 | Intellectual
Property | Writing of a Trademark Policy <</span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.openideurope.eu/policies/openid-trademark-policy/"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.openideurope.eu/policies/openid-trademark-policy/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>
+ Protection of the OpenID Brand at the WIPO level: enter "OpenID"
here: <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.wipo.int/romarin/processLocalization.do?language=en"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.wipo.int/romarin/processLocalization.do?language=en</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>
+ Protection of the domain names, e.g.: openid.asia <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.openid.asia/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.openid.asia</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 03 | Finance /
Governance | My proposal to make OIDE a Corporate/Founding Member of OIDF so as
to bring its financial support and contribution to the annual revenue (several
exchanges of emails with Bill Washburn);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 04 | Government |
The French Government (with which we have made tangible progress in promoting
OpenID) will be presiding the European Union in 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This may offer a
tangible opportunity to boost OpenID deployment in Europe—thanks to
contacts we have established with several “Commissions” see <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm"><span lang=EN-US>http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 05 | Normalization
| Initiation of the Normalization Process of OpenID specifications to a
European standards body, see <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.cen.eu/cenorm/sectors/sectors/isss/index.asp"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.cen.eu/cenorm/sectors/sectors/isss/index.asp</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 06 | Adoptions /
RPs | First small “wave” of adoptions with over 400 RPs well
established in Europe, e.g.: the “Suisse Pages Jaunes” (the Swiss
Yellow Pages) <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="https://id.local.ch/en/?origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.local.ch%2Fen%2F"><span
lang=EN-US>https://id.local.ch/en/?origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.local.ch%2Fen%2F</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>, an
Insurance company, see <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.netassur.fr/default.aspx?pr=sec&pa=openid"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.netassur.fr/default.aspx?pr=sec&pa=openid</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>, a
“BtoB” site for online sales, see <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.memup.fr/OpenID_r135.html"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.memup.fr/OpenID_r135.html</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>, a
Music portal, see <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.mx3.ch/account/login"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.mx3.ch/account/login</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 07 | Marketing |
Marketing actions such as the Opening of the OpenID Store <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.openidstore.com/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.openidstore.com/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>
(delivery of gifts, exclusively in Europe); <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 08 | Events |
Participation to all events <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/events.htm"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/events.htm</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>
concerning digital identity, organizing OpenID dinner/meetings in European
cities and capitals, e.g.: Berlin <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://news.openideurope.eu/berlin"><span
lang=EN-US>http://news.openideurope.eu/berlin</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>,
Basel in Switzerland <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.sakimura.org/en/modules/wordpress/index.php?p=37"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.sakimura.org/en/modules/wordpress/index.php?p=37</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> ;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 09 | OIDF | My
small contribution to mailing lists or committees (local chapters <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/"><span lang=EN-US>http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>) +
Management of the EU Mailing List <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://openid.net/pipermail/eu/"><span
lang=EN-US>http://openid.net/pipermail/eu/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 10 | Lobbying |
Multiple meetings with CEOs and decision makers in corporations or major
Internet Sites, e.g.: Jean-Bernard Levy <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.vivendi.com/corp/en/governance/dir_levy.php"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.vivendi.com/corp/en/governance/dir_levy.php</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>,
Chairman of Vivendi <span style='color:black'>(Music, TV, Telco…);</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 11 | E-Commerce |
Meetings with E-commerce organizations such as FEVAD <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.fevad.com/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.fevad.com/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>), to
which most European sites participate with as objective the organization of <i>Journée</i>
(Day long Event), devoted to “The Advantages of OpenID” <span
style='color:black'>in each capital;</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 12 | Local Chapters
| The set up of over 15 Local Chapters (each with an infrastructure
capable of bringing them to a level equal to that of France <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.openidfrance.fr/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.openidfrance.fr/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> ), in
Europe (Switzerland, Sweden, UK, Greece <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.openid.com.gr/"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.openid.com.gr/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> …), but
also in Asia (Thailand <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://openid.in.th/"><span lang=EN-US>http://openid.in.th/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> ,
China, Korea, New Zealand), in the Middle East, in Iran <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.openid.ir/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.openid.ir/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> ), in
Africa (South Africa), and in South America (Argentina <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.openid.com.ar/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.openid.com.ar/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> );<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 13 | Memberships |
We have obtained financial support from businesses <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.openideurope.eu/foundation/members/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.openideurope.eu/foundation/members/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> in
Europe, but also we have obtained funds from local chapters, and redistributed
these;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 14 | Community | We
are permanently in contact with the OpenID Community and we are also
proactively contacting its members, e.g.: trip to Totnes (UK Parliament
constituency) <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/totnes.htm"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/totnes.htm</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> in
the UK to confer with directly with Mark Cross <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://markcross.openid.co.uk/"><span lang=EN-US>http://markcross.openid.co.uk/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>
(OpenID UK); <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 15 | Bank/Loyalty
Programs | Meetings with banking organizations <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.groupe.caisse-epargne.com/asp/ci_modele3.aspx?ml=826"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.groupe.caisse-epargne.com/asp/ci_modele3.aspx?ml=826</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> and
large distribution groups which have an interest in pilot programs and trial
runs for their consumer loyalty development programs (Loyalty Cards with
OpenID);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 16 | Worldwide
Community | Founding of organizations on four continents: OpenID Europe (June
2007), inception of OpenID Asia <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.openidasia.org/"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.openidasia.org/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> and, soon to
come, "OpenID Africa & Middle East,” and “OpenID Latin
America";<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 17 | Local
Initiatives | Regional projects with contacts at the local government level or
of a University or at the City level: e.g.: “One OpenID for each
Parisian” with the <i>“Mairie de Paris,”</i> see <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://fr.lutece.paris.fr/fr/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?article_id=76&portlet_id=57"><span
lang=EN-US>http://fr.lutece.paris.fr/fr/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?article_id=76&portlet_id=57</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 18 | Networking|
Establishing and maintaining relationships with persons motivated to support OpenID
in over 45 countries: e.g.: a computer school in Iraq or an entrepreneur/writer
in Armenia… Albert Poghosyan <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.albertpoghosyan.com/"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.albertpoghosyan.com/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 19 | Cobranding |
Pooling of interests with NICs/National registrars (DNS.lu <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.restena.lu/restena/en/EN-Presentation.htm"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.restena.lu/restena/en/EN-Presentation.htm</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> or
AFNIC France <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.afnic.fr/_en"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.afnic.fr/_en</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>) to launch
projects such as “1 domain name = 1 OpenID + 1 Digital Identity for Each
“Internetter;”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 20 | Studies market
| Various studies <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/Study.ppt"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/Study.ppt</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> to
bolster OpenID (RPs), e.g.: “Today one Internet User in 2 (50% of users)
abandons the registration process the moment they are asked to fill in a
form”;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 21 |
Documentation/translation | Initiation of a set of indispensible Technical
Documentations and efforts to have them translated in several languages;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 22 | Partnerships |
With several SSIIs to implement OpenID e.g.: AF83 <</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.af83.com/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.af83.com/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>
(Louis Montagne, CEO);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 23 | Projects |
Various Projects we intend to rework during the next few months, e.g.: OpenID
Source <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.openidsource.org/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.openidsource.org/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> (the
Developers Community) or OpenID World <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.openidworld.com/"><span
lang=EN-US>http://www.openidworld.com/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>> (Usage
Statistics);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 24 | Media / Press
Releases | Regular contacts with the Press, interviews, articles published in
various magazines <</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/article.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.snorrigiorgetti.fr/article.pdf</span></a></span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- 25 | Actions | Many
other concrete actions!… <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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