[OpenID board] Change in Google representation to the board

[David Recordon]

Hey DeWitt,
I'd love to have you join the IPR and Trademark committees to help us  
push that work to completion!

--David

On Mar 31, 2009, at 10:11 AM, DeWitt Clinton wrote:

> Fellow members of the Board,
>
> As planned, Google is rotating our representative to the OpenID  
> Foundation board.  It has been a true pleasure and honor to work  
> with the board over the past year, and I'm happy to see how much  
> we've grown and have been able to accomplish in that time.  The  
> successful community elections at the end of 2008, the hiring of Don  
> Thibeau, our significant investment in UX research, our welcoming of  
> Facebook and PayPal to the board, and the community's tireless  
> evangelism and continued development of OpenID all stand out as  
> highlights of the year for me.
>
> Google's new representative is no stranger to you all. I'm pleased  
> that Eric Sachs has agreed to fill the position -- an obvious choice  
> from our end, to be sure -- and Eric will step down from his  
> community-elected position to make the transition.  As this creates  
> an opening among the community seats, I believe the bylaws stipulate  
> the next-highest community vote recipient, Allen Tom, will be  
> invited to fill the community seat that Eric is vacating.  Assuming  
> Allen accepts the position, welcome!  And a personal thank you to  
> Eric, who, as everyone knows, has been a principal driving force and  
> leader within Google around OpenID for quite some time.
>
> My interest in OpenID doesn't stop here, of course.  On the  
> contrary, I would like to offer my continued services in supporting  
> the Foundation and the community in a more focused capacity.  In  
> particular, I would be happy to assist the IPR Committee and the  
> Trademark Committee in their efforts to improve the framework under  
> which the community operates and develops new technology.
>
> Again, thank you all for the opportunity to work with the OIDF in  
> helping create what I'm certain will be seen in years to come as one  
> of the watershed moments in creating a more open and more social web.
>
> Best regards,
>
> DeWitt Clinton
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