<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">OpenID Foundation Board:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is an update on regarding the development of OpenID Foundation's self certification of conformance to the OpenID Connect Standard.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Several companies have expressed interest being among the first adopters, Forgerock, Google, Microsoft, Ping Identity and Salesforce.</div><div class="">Deutsche Telkom and KDDI may join the effort. These companies are preparing technical testing, legal review and other resources to make the RSA goal.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We have a final, signed copy of the <span style="line-height: 16.866666793823242px;" class="">contract jointly developed with Umeå University for deployment and operation of conformance testing software. </span><span style="line-height: 16.866666793823242px;" class="">The contract reflects the testing software is being developed with the European Union GÉANT project. </span><span style="line-height: 16.866666793823242px;" class="">OpenID Foundation, </span><span style="line-height: 16.866666793823242px;" class="">Umeå University and </span><span style="line-height: 16.866666793823242px;" class="">GÉANT project will jointly communicate the collaboration as part of the launch.</span></div><div class=""><span style="line-height: 16.866666793823242px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="line-height: 16.866666793823242px;" class="">Microsoft legal will soon begin a review Tom Smedinghoff's</span> drafts of the self-certification document and the terms of service document. We plan to combine these two documents into a single TOS agreement. Thanks in advance to Microsoft for the "directed funding" of these legal resource. We hope Microsoft's due diligence will facilitate that of others. We soon will share a comprehensive FAQ. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As Tony Nadalin requested we plan to add additional meetings to insure the Executive Committee and Board has viability into business, legal and technical developments.</div><div class="">Your attention in these matters is appreciated.</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""></div></body></html>