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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board
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