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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Gilad. I have pushed your comments up to the repo.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Paul<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ofa_boardplus <ofa_boardplus-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gilad Shainer<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 17, 2020 10:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> ofa_boardplus@lists.openfabrics.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ofa_boardplus] FW: Draft Bylaws and Intellectual Property Rights review - background and process<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mellanox comments in the enclosed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Gilad Shainer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mellanox SVP Marketing, NVIDIA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Office: +1-408-916-0048, Mobile: +1-408-421-0048<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ofa_boardplus [<a href="mailto:ofa_boardplus-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org">mailto:ofa_boardplus-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:p.grun55@gmail.com">p.grun55@gmail.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 25, 2020 1:08 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'ofa boardplus' <<a href="mailto:ofa_boardplus@lists.openfabrics.org">ofa_boardplus@lists.openfabrics.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Cayton, Phil' <<a href="mailto:phil.cayton@intel.com">phil.cayton@intel.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Ofa_boardplus] Draft Bylaws and Intellectual Property Rights review - background and process<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='background:#FFEB9C'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>External email: Use caution opening links or attachments</span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>To all OFA members,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attached is information and informal background related to the Board’s recent decision to begin a one month general membership review of drafts of both the new Bylaws and Intellectual Property Rights policy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Paul Grun<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Former Chair, OpenFabrics Alliance<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>