At the next executive team meeting, which was attended by James Barksdale, Marc Andreessen and the VPs of every department including product engineering, each member was given a copy of the 'Netscape Bugs Bounty Program' proposal and Ridlinghafer was invited to present his idea to the Netscape Executive Team.
در ملاقات بعدی تیم اجرایی، که James Barksdale, Marc Andreessen و سرپرست‌های هر بخش و از جمله مهندسین تولید در آن حضور داشتند، به هر عضو یک کپی از طرح "برنامه باگ باونتی Netscape" داده شد و Ridlinghafer به ارائه ایده تیم اجرایی Netscape تشویق شد.