Best of luck to the new board members. Here is a link to the presentation I gave at the last OpenID Foundation Board meeting.
http://dickhardt.org/2010/12/oidf-2010/ -- Dick On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Chris Messina <chris.mess...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > bo...@lists.openid.net > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > >
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