<div>It has been nice seeing everyone pull this together! Thanks for allowing me to lurk, and I look forward to seeing how this turns out :)</div>
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<div>-Shawn<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Scott Kveton</b> <<a href="mailto:scott@janrain.com">scott@janrain.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi Everybody,<br><br>Here is the draft note going to the general list authored by David and with<br>comments from Drummond, Johannes and myself. I've also added a section
<br>introducing Bill's role and mentioning that he and I can be the contact<br>points for people interested in participating in the OIDF (deferring first<br>to Bill of course). Also, I've listed out each of us as members of the
<br>board with any elected role that we have.<br><br>I'd like to send this note out to the general list first thing tomorrow<br>morning.<br><br>Did I miss anything?<br><br>- Scott<br><br><br>--<br><br>All,<br><br>Like any organization, the OpenID Foundation needs a sustainability model
<br>and set of by-laws to get off the ground. This is one of the final remaining<br>steps to actually getting the legal organization fully spun up.<br><br>In coming up with a plan, we've tried hard to balance the need for funds
<br>to help more widely promote and evangelize OpenID, while not becoming<br>evil or allowing influence or control to be bought. One nice protection<br>is that the Foundation (per the charter sent out previously) does not
<br>control the specifications because the specification development is<br>performed on public mailing lists with no requirement of membership to<br>participate.<br><br>You can find a proposed draft of the funding model (to be reflected in
<br>the Foundation's bylaws) on the wiki here:<br><br><a href="http://openid.net/wiki/index.php/OpenID_Foundation/sustainability">http://openid.net/wiki/index.php/OpenID_Foundation/sustainability</a><br><br>To send comments and suggestions, please do not use the talk page on the
<br>wiki, but rather reply to this thread.<br><br>I'd also like to take this chance to introduce Bill Washburn (formerly of<br>Opninity) who has been appointed by the board to act as the Executive<br>Director for the OpenID Foundation. Bill brings a wealth of experience from
<br>this field to this role and it was unanimous decision of the board to<br>empower Bill to lead the charge in the creation of the OIDF. Bill is the<br>lead point of contact for all-things-OIDF and I'll be acting as the backup
<br>in my role as the current chair of the board for the OIDF. Feel free to<br>contact us with any/all questions you might have.<br><br>It should be noted this is a proposal based on input from the seven person<br>board currently in place. We're seeking input from the community and highly
<br>encourage folks to see the discussion that have been occurring on the board<br>mailing list: <a href="http://openid.net/pipermail/board/">http://openid.net/pipermail/board/</a><br><br>Looking forward to the discussions,
<br><br>The OpenID Foundation Board:<br>Scott Kveton, Chair<br>David Recordon, Vice chair<br>Dick Hardt, Treasurer<br>Martin Atkins, Secretary<br>Artur Bergman<br>Johannes Ernst<br>Drummond Reed<br><br>Bill Washburn, Executive Director OpenID Foundation
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