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<p>Are you able to view the links below? If not, please contact Dervla O'Reilly, dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org <br>
We encourage you to forward this to your colleagues. </p>
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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 DISCUSSION AND WORK GROUPS</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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<p>TBD.</p>
<p>TBD.</p>
<p>Please contact dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org with questions. </p>
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NEWLY FORMED GROUPS
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<p>Two recent groups of interest: the Telecommunications Identity Work Group (WG) and the Mind The Gap Discussion Groups (DG) were launched recently. .<strong> </strong><br>
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/telcoid">DG - Telecommunications Identity</a><br>
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/mtg">DG - Mind The Gap</a><br>
<p>Stay tuned for new groups being formed in the coming weeks: <br>
<a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/dashboard.action">http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/dashboard.action</a></p>
<p class="more"><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/dashboard.action">Read more</a></p>
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<a name="3">UPDATE FROM DISCUSSION AND WORK GROUPS</a>
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<p><b>Assurance Review Board (ARB)</b> - The Board of Trustees appointed the Assurance Review Board to over see the activities of the forth coming Identity Assurance Certification Program.
<p><b><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/BoT">Board of Trustees</a></b>
<br><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/BoT">Minutes</a>
<p><b><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/LC">WG - Leadership Council</a></b>
<br><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/LC/Leadership+Council+F2F+-+2009-09-14">Minutes</a>
<p><b><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/concordia">DG - Concordia</a></b>
<br><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/concordia/Las+Vegas+Sept+16+2009">Minutes</a>
<p><b><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/eGov">WG - eGov</a></b>
<br><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/eGov/eGov+Meeting+-+2009-09-15">Draft Minutes</a>
<p><b><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/WGIDPSEL">WG - IdP Selection</a></b>
<br><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/WGIDPSEL/IdP+Selection+WG+Minutes+-+2009-09-16">Minutes</a>
<p><b><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/idwsf">WG - ID-WSF Evo</a></b>
<br><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/idwsf/Las+Vegas%2C+Sept+15%2C+2009">Minutes</a>
<p><b><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/p3wg">WG - Privacy and Public Policy</a></b>
<br><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/p3wg/Meetings+and+Minutes">Draft Minutes</a>
<p><b><a href="http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/uma">WG - UMA</a></b>
<br><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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<p>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.</p>
<p>Eve is a Distinguished Engineer in PayPal