[grabeh]

You make a case for the redundancy of CVs but then at the end point him in the direction of what is effectively a CV. If you're going to point him in the direction of a CV substitute, I would just attach a copy to the email to save the hassle of him going to your Linkedin profile.

[kls]

There are ways to reduce the redundancy, like using LinkedIn as the primary data store and then setting up a macro to generate your resume from that data store. This way the CV reflects all of the updated made to the single authoritative source, yet can be formatted into a more traditional CV.