Hi Don, 

Are you going to release the figures like in the previous years? 

http://openid.net/2008/12/27/openid-board-election-results/

Best, 

=nat via iPhone

On 2010/12/16, at 22:29, "Don Thibeau" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Members,
> 
> Thank you for voting for those who will represent you at this pivotal time 
> for OpenID. This is to introduce the newly elected community directors of the 
> OpenID Foundation Board. In 2011 Brian Kissel and Allen Tom will be 
> fulfilling the second year of their terms as community representatives.  Marc 
> Frons has resigned from the second year of his service because of pressing 
> business issues at the New York Times.
> 
> Mike Jones, Chris Messina, Nat Sakimura and John Bradley bring deep domain 
> expertise in online identity to their board service.  I think it’s fair to 
> say their election reflects a community-wide acknowledgement of the 
> consistency and quality of their contributions in recent years. The election 
> of Kick Willemse and Axel Nennker signals an important shift towards more 
> international leadership on the board. At last week’s Identity Next 
> Conference and at the Identity Summit in Geneva, Nat, John, Kick and Axel led 
> discussions expanding a more global view of OpenID's adoption and updating 
> its technology with our colleagues in the EU. Nat, Mike, Kick and John have 
> been elected to two years terms. David Recordon will represent Facebook in 
> 2011.
> 
> It’s important to acknowledge the contributions of Luke Sheppard, Mike 
> Ozburn, Dick Hardt, Joseph Smarr, Daniel Jacobson and Rob Harles. Each 
> contributed the energy, talent and diversity of views that makes the 
> foundation an occasionally frustrating, increasingly complex and unique 
> resource in online identity.  Because of their efforts, the 2011 board starts 
> the new year with a mandate for building momentum around the merged 
> AB/Connect working group and the restructuring the OIDF to be a more 
> effective, more international organization.
> 
>  
> 
> Technology development and board deliberations rarely follow a graceful 
> upward curve. With the push / pull of competing business models and the cross 
> jurisdictional impact of online identity, it’s easy to underestimate the time 
> and commitment required of directors to reconcile corporate, community and 
> global interests in a rapidly changing identity ecosystem. The board has 
> important work to do right from the start of 2011.  It must leverage and 
> deploy the unique assets of the foundation, its leadership as a convener of 
> OpenID Summits , its authoritative voice in standards development, and most 
> importantly its growing worldwide community.
> 
> This is to you to engage with this new board from the start. We will soon 
> publish a calendar of OpenID Summits, reorganize our governance and advance 
> the utility of our “product” through the AB/Connect working group.  Blog your 
> views at openid.net, serve on work groups and contribute to the development 
> of one of the most important technologies of our time.
> 
> Don Thibeau
> Executive Director
> openid.net
> 
> 
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