Congrats all! I'm looking forward to working with you in 2011. We've got a lot of work ahead of us — and I hope we can find the right balance of pragmatism and innovation to deliver a solution that the market wants and that retains the values and principles that OpenID stands for.
Chris On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 5:29 AM, Don Thibeau <d...@oidf.org> 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 <http://www.openid.net> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > bo...@lists.openid.net > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > > -- Chris Messina Open Web Advocate, Google Website: http://chrismessina.me Blog: http://chrismessina.me/b Follow my updates: http://twitter.com/chrismessina This email is: [ ] shareable [X] ask first [ ] private
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