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Hello HEART Working Group Members,</div>
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This is to inform you the OpenID Foundation board of directors approved closing the HEART working group (WG) due to inactivity. This was after close consultation with the working group co-chairs to confirm this next step.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As the WG has been inactive for some time, there are no active contributors to form consensus to close. The
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA50334270-bab2-1955-a9c3-ace217c8b666" href="https://openid.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/OIDF_Process-Document_Final_2024-10-19.pdf">Process Document</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> outlines
the process, in Section 4.16 Closing a WG on page 6, that notes a Supermajority of the Board may close a WG if deemed necessary.</span></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 WG 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 WG 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 co-chairs, Debbie Bucci and Eve Maler, for their leadership.</div>
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