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Thu Jan 11 23:01:28 UTC 2007


* Artur Bergman (Six Apart, abergman at sixapart.com, San Francisco CA USA)
* David Recordon (VeriSign, drecordon at verisign.com, San Francisco CA
USA)
* Dick Hardt (Sxip Identity, dick at sxip.com, Vancouver BC Canada)
* Drummond Reed (Cordance, drummond.reed at cordance.net, Seattle WA USA)
* Johannes Ernst (NetMesh, jernst at netmesh.us, Sunnyvale CA USA)
* Martin Atkins (independent, mart at degeneration.co.uk, Essex England UK)
* Scott Kveton (JanRain, scott at janrain.com, Portland OR USA)
Bill Washburn has also graciously agreed to help us through this process
due to his vast experience with organizations like this in the past.

We feel certain these individuals understand OpenID's roots, well
represent the various integral parts of the larger OpenID community,
share a strong vision for moving OpenID forward, and will serve with
integrity as individuals while transparently representing the needs and
values of their respective companies.

So, before we go any further, we want to bring you up to date and make
sure that:
1) We're on a good track.
2) This organization will actually be useful and productive.
3) We're doing this with sufficient clarity and in a transparent
fashion.

Please also feel free to ask questions, I'm sure there are things we've
missed that we've either not thought about or have just forgotten to
write down.

--David
--Artur
--Bill
--Dick
--Drummond
--Johannes
--Martin
--Scott

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