<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Its coming...I should be able to finish it by tomorrow, although it could use refining I'm sure.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The things I think that need to be harped upon (please add/subtract as you might see fit):</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- What SOM.org is (a place online to work on spreading open formats)</DIV><DIV>- The benefits of open formats</DIV><DIV>- What people can do to get involved (help with the wiki, etc.)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Any presentations/definitions you guys have, please send my way. It'll surely make the announcement more well rounded.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Take care,</DIV><DIV>Cameron<BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; 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text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>---</DIV><DIV>Cameron Parkins</DIV><DIV>www.superhumanoids.com</DIV><DIV>AIM: cam3ran</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV></DIV><DIV><I style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">"Among</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all"</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></I><I style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">- </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">Tracy Kidder channeling<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Paul Farmer</SPAN></I></DIV><I style="font-style: italic; "><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></I></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jul 8, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Jon Phillips wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 14:26 +0200, Bjorn Wijers wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi everybody,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I just registered spreadopenmedia.org and pointed it to the same account<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">as spreadopenmedia.com If the DNS has been propagated it should be<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">useful anytime soon now ;)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">grtz</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">BjornW</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cool, so what should the full URL be? I'm happy using .com</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Also, Cameron, how is the announcement text coming along? I would like</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">to start blogging about weekly to get more people involved...with</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">emphasis on how people can get involved...</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jon</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jon Phillips</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:jon@creativecommons.org">jon@creativecommons.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">cell: 510.499.0894</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Community/Business Developer</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Creative Commons</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">www.creativecommons.org</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Please note: the contents of this email are not intended to be</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">legal advice nor should they be relied upon as or represented to be</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">legal advice.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Creative Commons cannot and does not give legal advice.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">You need to assess the suitability of Creative Commons' tools for</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">your particular situation, which may include obtaining appropriate</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">legal advice from a licensed attorney.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>