Given that this is pretty big news -- what kind of outreach are we doing/have we done? Can we speak to the significance at all to stir up some coverage?
Chris On 1/28/09, David Recordon <[email protected]> wrote: > From the blog > (http://openid.net/2009/01/28/paypal-joins-openid-foundation-board-as-we-enter-2009/) > and welcome Andrew! > > Building on the momentum from last year, the OpenID Foundation is pleased to > announce the addition of PayPal as a sustaining corporate member of the > Board. PayPal selected Andrew Nash, Sr. Director of Information Risk > Management and a longstanding advocate for OpenID, as their representative > and joins the current board of seven community elected board members and > five sustaining corporate members: Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign and > Yahoo!. According to Andrew, PayPal decided to become a sustaining member of > the Foundation for a few key reasons: > > - Open standards-based user-centric identity is clearly becoming an > increasingly important part of the evolving web infrastructure > - PayPal has significant experience and expertise with security, trust, > reputation and retail transactions that can be directly relevant as OpenID > expands into new market and application areas. > > Executive committee announced > > Following the community board member elections in December, the Board > elected its Executive Committee (EC) at the first OpenID Foundation Board > meeting of 2009 (minutes). The EC which works with the executive director on > day to day operations and governance of the Foundation. > > The following members were selected to the EC for 2009: > > Chair – Brian Kissel (JanRain) > Vice-Chair – Scott Kveton (Vidoop) who was previously Chair > Secretary – Mike Jones (Microsoft) > Treasurer – Raj Mata (Yahoo!) > Committee Liaison – David Recordon (Six Apart) who was previously Vice-Chair > > The election of the EC was by unanimous consent on a full slate of officers, > as discussed and determined by all the board members. The full Board meets > every six weeks and the EC meets every two. In addition, in affirmation of > the global nature of OpenID, the Board recently voted to add an > International Liaison to the EC and will select that member shortly. > > Board members featured on ReadWriteTalk > > Last week, four Board members joined Sean Ammirati and others from popular > technology blog ReadWriteWeb for an hour long podcast about increasing > overall OpenID adoption, future plans for the OpenID Foundation and our > thoughts on Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect. The interview has > been published on ReadWriteTalk. > > Once again, we look forward to continuing our progress in 2009 and continue > to welcome the input and contributions of the entire community. > _______________________________________________ > general mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general > -- Chris Messina Citizen-Participant & Open Web Advocate-at-Large factoryjoe.com # diso-project.org citizenagency.com # vidoop.com This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
