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January is 'planning month' in both our personal and business lives as we wrestle with how to enact those New Year's resolutions and reset business plans to reflect the out-turn of the past year. February sees the start of the conference season, and for many of us in this community, that starts with RSA in San Francisco.
I think we can safely conclude that Kantara did it 'with bells on' this year 
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Not only did we have some great presentations by Kantara members Eve Maler and Ian Glazer, but also Sarah Squire did a great job in leading the 'Birds of a Feather' session for our pre-formative digital identity professionals project (a.k.a ID-Pro).
And don't forget social! 'Breakfast with Kantara' at Jillian's on 4th Street was well attended despite the early hour on the Wednesday, while the 'Friends and Family' cocktail party with the IDESG folks on Thursday graced visitors to Mary Hodder's parents hillside apartment with most exquisite views of San Francisco and the bridge. Hat tip to Kantara Director organizations CA, Digi.me and Forgerock - thank you for sponsoring - and thanks to Mary's and Virtual's organizational prowess!
We sure needed the respite by then because the day-long Board meeting at Forgerock's SFO offices on Thursday was packed with reports and presentations, action, motions and minutes - all with one aim - to deliver great value to Kantara members through 2017.
From San Francisco the circus moved to Vienna, where long time member and eGov Working Group Chair had organized the TIIME workshop. See those proceedings here.
TIIMe
Cockatil
REDFEDS
That is certainly the case at Kantara.
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