[OpenID board] Request for blog post announcing election?

Chris Messina chris.messina at gmail.com
Mon Dec 15 01:08:37 UTC 2008


Could we get a blog post up on OpenID.net announcing that the election is
now open?
The last post on the election was about nominations being open and was
posted Dec 3.

Has the election really opened if OpenID.net never announces it? Here's a
draft if no one else can get around to it:

OpenID Foundation Board of Director Election Now Open

The first OpenID Foundation election of community board members opened on
December 10th. All members of the OpenID Foundation are eligible to vote for
candidates. If you are not already a member of the OpenID Foundation, you
can join <https://openid.net/foundation/members/registration> as an
individual member for $25/year.

There are 17 candidates running for a total of seven seats. You may vote
only once, for as many as seven different candidates. The candidates are
(alphabetized by first name):

   - Allen Tom <http://allentom.com/>
   - Brian Kissel <http://bkkissel.myopenid.com/>
   - Chris Messina <http://factoryjoe.com/>
   - David Recordon <http://davidrecordon.com/>
   - Dick Hardt <http://blame.ca/>
   - Eran Hammer-Lahav <http://heuniverse.com/>
   - Eric Sachs <http://eric.sachs.googlepages.com/>
   - Johannes Ernst <http://netmesh.info/jernst>
   - John Bradley <http://thread-safe.livejournal.com/>
   - Joseph Smarr <http://josephsmarr.com/>
   - Luke Shepard <http://www.facebook.com/people/Luke-Shepard/2901279>
   - Martin Atkins <http://mart.degeneration.co.uk/>
   - Mike Kirkwood <http://www.kirkwood.net/>
   - Nat Sakimura <http://www.sakimura.org/en/>
   - Peter Nixey <http://www.webkitchen.co.uk/>
   - Scott Kveton <http://kveton.com/>
   - Snorri Giorgetti <http://snorri.eu/>

All candidates listed above received the requisite three seconds to run for
the election. The four candidates who receive the most votes will serve two
year terms and the three candidates receiving the next highest numbers of
votes will serve one year terms. (This allows us to institute staggered
two-year terms going forward.)

Board membership requires a substantial ongoing investment of time and
energy. Board members will be called upon to serve both on the board and on
its committees where the work of the foundation is conducted, and to
actively contribute. The best candidates are passionate about OpenID and
advancing digital identity, will have the time to devote to community
service in this manner, and are people who gets things done and work well
with others.

Voting requires that you sign in with the OpenID that you used to register
when you joined the Foundation. If you experience problems participating in
the election or joining the foundation, please send a note to
membership at oidf.org.

Voting began on December 10 and ends on Wednesday, December 24. Results will
be announced by Wednesday, December 31, with the
new board terms starting the next day, on Thursday, January 1.

Upon completion of the election, the new board will elect the officers
(Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer) as well as the Executive
Committee.


Chris

-- 
Chris Messina
Citizen-Participant &
 Open Technology Advocate-at-Large
factoryjoe.com # diso-project.org
citizenagency.com # vidoop.com
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