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Hello GAIN POC Community Group Members,</div>
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This is to inform you the OpenID Foundation board of directors approved closing the GAIN POC community group (CG) due to inactivity. This was after close consultation with the CG co-chairs to confirm this next step.</div>
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Note the GAIN POC Participation Agreement define Term and Termination in section 8 (starting on page 8) - “The GAIN POC shall continue as an OIDF community group until terminated by OIDF, in its sole discretion, on such date as it specifies in a written notice
to then-current GAIN POC Members. This Agreement with Participant shall automatically terminate upon termination or expiration of the GAIN POC.”</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The WG mail will be shut down and meetings have been removed the calendar. The CG web pages will be moved to a new archived section under “Groups” on the main navigation:
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The goal is to preserve all of the original content while removing anything operational and no longer relevant. There will be a contact email address published on the CG landing page for anyone that has questions about the HEART specs.</div>
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If you have any questions or comments, please send to director@oidf.org.</div>
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Thank you kindly for your many contributions to the Foundation and the HEART WG over the years as they are sincerely appreciated. And many thanks to the CG co-chairs, Dima Postnikov, Torsten Lodderstedt, Elizabeth Garber, Joseph Heenan, and Mark Haine, for
their leadership.</div>
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Best, </div>
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Mike</div>
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