12-2009 December Newsletter

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FEATURES THIS MONTH
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<li><a href="#1">MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT</a></li>
<li><a href="#2">NEWLY FORMED GROUPS</a></li>
<li><a href="#3">UPDATE FROM A FEW DISCUSSION AND WORK GROUPS FROM RECENT MEETING</a></li>
<li><a href="#4">SPOTLIGHT ON PAUL MADSEN</a></li>
<li><a href="#5">BLOG HOTSPOT</a></li>
<li><a href="#6">SOCIAL NETWORKING</a></li>
<li><a href="#7">PRESS RELEASES</a></li>
<li><a href="#8">UPCOMING EVENTS</a></li>
<li><a href="#9">SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES</a></li>
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<a name="1">MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT</a>
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Please contact dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org with questions.

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NEWLY FORMED GROUPS
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The Leadership Council approved the Work Groups (WG) and Discussion Groups (DG) listed below for operation. Each group has its own workspace (wiki), Google Calendar, and mail list available from the home pages linked below. 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/concordia">DG - Concordia</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/icu">DG - Identity Community Update</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/DGJ">DG - Japan</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/clients">WG - Clients</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/WGCI">WG - Consumer Identity</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/eGov">WG - eGovernment</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/healthidassurance">WG - Healthcare Identity Assurance</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/idassurance">WG - Identity Assurance</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/WGIDPSEL">WG - IdP Selection</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/idwsf">WG - ID-WSF Evolution</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/WGJ">WG - Japan</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/p3wg">WG - Privacy and Public Policy</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/ulx">WG - Universal Login Experience</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/udvpitech">WG - User Driven and Volunteered Personal Information Tech</a> 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/uma">WG - User Managed Access</a>

Stay tuned for new groups being formed in the coming weeks: 
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/dashboard.action">http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/dashboard.action</a>

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<a name="3">UPDATE FROM A FEW DISCUSSION GROUPS FROM RECENT MEETING</a>
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Assurance Review Board (ARB) - The Board of Trustees appointed the Assurance Review Board to over see the activities of the forth coming Identity Assurance Certification Program.
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/BoT">Board of Trustees</a>
 <a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/BoT">Minutes</a>

<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/LC">WG - Leadership Council</a>
 <a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/LC/Leadership+Council+F2F+-+2009-09-14">Minutes</a>

<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/concordia">DG - Concordia</a>
 <a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/concordia/Las+Vegas+Sept+16+2009">Minutes</a>

<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/eGov">WG - eGov</a>
 <a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/eGov/eGov+Meeting+-+2009-09-15">Draft Minutes</a>

<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/WGIDPSEL">WG - IdP Selection</a>
 <a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/WGIDPSEL/IdP+Selection+WG+Minutes+-+2009-09-16">Minutes</a>

<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/idwsf">WG - ID-WSF Evo</a>
 <a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/idwsf/Las+Vegas%2C+Sept+15%2C+2009">Minutes</a>

<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/p3wg">WG - Privacy and Public Policy</a>
 <a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/p3wg/Meetings+and+Minutes">Draft Minutes</a>

<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/uma">WG - UMA</a>
 <a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/uma/Meetings+and+Minutes">Minutes</a>

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<a name="4">SPOTLIGHT ON PAUL MADSEN</a>
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Eve is Chair of the User-Managed Access (UMA) Work Group. In addition, Eve served as the Project Concordia Chair/community leader for the last number of years. She was also the first Leadership Council Secretary of Kantara Initiative.

Eve is a Distinguished Engineer in PayPal