<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">We decided that for Board votes this was alright as we'd normally be voting via phone and knowing how each other votes before the vote is over.<div><br><div><div>On Jan 29, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"><br>On 01/29/2009 10:01 PM, Mike Jones:<blockquote cite="mid:C11F8A453DFFBE49A9F0D75873F554462E2E562F59@NA-EXMSG-C118.redmond.corp.microsoft.com" type="cite"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">We should not foreclose the opportunity for board members to record their vote, even when the outcome is known.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I’ll also add that for the votes that pertain to changing the IPR process, a supermajority is needed to pass, as per the process, and therefore, I would encourage everyone to vote.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></blockquote>Ohoomm...and perhaps that prematurely known outcome shouldn't be published prior to the end of the vote (either way).<br><br><div class="moz-signature"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2">Regards </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td>Signer: </td><td>Eddy Nigg,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.startcom.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">StartCom Ltd.</a></td></tr><tr><td>Jabber: </td><td><a href="xmpp:startcom@startcom.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">startcom@startcom.org</a></td></tr><tr><td>Blog: </td><td><a href="http://blog.startcom.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Join the Revolution!</a></td></tr><tr><td>Phone: </td><td>+1.213.341.0390</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>board mailing list<br><a href="mailto:board@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">board@openid.net</a><br><a href="http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>