<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>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.<br><br><div>--</div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><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><br><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hello David Recordon ,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Voting will open on the following poll on 2009-10-16 -- please register your vote before 2009-10-23.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Link:</span><br><span><a href="https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/17">https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/17</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Title:</span><br><span>IPR Policy Update v1.5</span><br><span></span><br><span>Description:</span><br><span>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. 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"). These are the only recommended changes to the IPR policy at this time. The updated IPR document, with the draft changes 'tracked', can be viewed here:</span><br><span><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></span><br><span></span><br><span>Available Choices:</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Approve</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Reject</span><br><span></span><br><span>* Abstain</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>You will receive another notice when the poll opens. Thank you for your participation!</span><br><span></span><br><span>---</span><br><span>The OpenID Foundation</span><br><span><a href="http://openid.net/foundation/">http://openid.net/foundation/</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>