<div>Hi Snorri,</div>
<div>Thanks for applying so long ago (October, I believe). There is a mechanism in place now to use PayPal, or I can send you an invoice. Let me know which method you would prefer. As to others in Europe who applied for membership early on, I contacted everyone who submitted applications - if there was an email address included. Of those I was able to reply to, very few have responded at all. If you would like to pass along any of their contact information, I will be gladly contact or recontact them as the case may be. In any event I appreciate all the support and interest you continue to express. Thank you.</div>
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<div>merci,</div>
<div>-bill<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/29/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Snorri</b> <<a href="mailto:snorri@snorri.eu">snorri@snorri.eu</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Just a question,<br>I don't know how the process is organized today<br>Because I have apply to become (just personally 100$) Member in 2007, Bill<br>
thanked me<br>But I have never received any document of information after... (and to pay)<br>And I know that it's the same for other potential Member in France and<br>Romania have contacted me about the OIDF Membership because they had not<br>
received a answer...<br><br>Who knows why? ;-)<br><br>-Snorri<br><br>-----Message d'origine-----<br>De : <a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</a>] De la part<br>
de Drummond Reed<br>Envoyé : vendredi 29 février 2008 07:56<br>À : <a href="mailto:david@sixapart.com">david@sixapart.com</a>; <a href="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</a><br>Objet : Re: [OpenID board] Membership (or lack thereof) and Board Elections<br>
<br>David has a good point that having community board elections before we have<br>enrolled a reasonable number of community members seems backward. Maybe we<br>should set a target number of community members (50? 100?) after which we<br>
trigger elections?<br><br>I also think as I said on the call today that a dramatically lower community<br>membership fee ($20 or less) would help encourage community membership.<br><br>=Drummond<br><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</a>] On Behalf<br>> Of David Recordon<br>> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:39 PM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</a><br>> Subject: [OpenID board] Membership (or lack thereof) and Board Elections<br>><br>> Stemming from other conversations...I'd have to agree that so far<br>
> we've really done very little to push for membership in the OpenID<br>> Foundation. Today the benefits are around electing the Foundation's<br>> board and approving specification working groups, though they're not<br>
> articulated anywhere nor have we actually built the applications to<br>> make these benefits a reality!<br>><br>> I also think that the local chapters of the OpenID Foundation will (or<br>> at least should) weigh somehow on community board elections. The<br>
> community board should be balanced to represent OpenID communities<br>> around the World and finding a way to have local chapters help achieve<br>> this feels imperative.<br>><br>> I want to start out by saying that I completely agree that we need to<br>
> hold elections for the community board seats so that they are<br>> officially elected by the community! That said, I am truly worried<br>> that the OpenID Foundation's membership is not actually in a position<br>
> to do that yet. Rather, it seems that as we still are not focusing on<br>> building the membership base, even if we hold elections in April/May<br>> (Mike's policy document was awesome btw) *the outcome still won't<br>
> represent the community*. In fact, we might be in a worse position<br>> where 20 members elect the board members for one or two years which is<br>> then seen as being representative of the community. While it can be<br>
> argued that even 20 members electing the community board is better<br>> than 0 members electing it, I'd much rather see us in a situation<br>> where even if it is another six months down the road we have 500<br>
> members electing the board!<br>><br>> Right now, the OpenID ecosystem is moving and growing faster than the<br>> Foundation or its board! I would strongly advocate that we focus our<br>> energy today on making the Foundation match the growing community (as<br>
> we did yesterday in Japan) before locking down the board for another<br>> two years; nearly the entire lifespan of OpenID itself.<br>><br>> My $0.02,<br>> --David<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>
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