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<p class=MsoNormal>A long standing concern of the OpenID board and focus of
this years’ Adoption Committee has been keeping <a
href="http://www.openid.net">www.openid.net</a> current and informative. This
is to announce the launch of a beta program for a new blog / news aggregation
feature of the web site. The goal is to host informative discussions as a
trustworthy source for OpenID adoption. We’ve begun an inventory of relevant
sources and will replace the government section on our homepage. I will responsible
for editorial calls and will be blogging on behalf of the OIDF. Guest posts
will be encouraged. We will be hiring a part time contractor to moderate and manage
the beta program until the end of the year. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>One key success factor is curation or moderation. Those
involved in last year’s website upgrade worked with Amanda Richardson. Amanda
has solid corporate technical customer support credentials and open source
community “chops.” Her volunteer work on last years’ web site
upgrade was an important part of that success. Amanda’s role will be part
coordinator, part content “wrangler.” Our objective is not to
be encyclopedic – harvesting everything OpenID – rather we will featuring
informed and value adding content. Many board and community members generate
this on a regular basis. Target content is that which drives adoption especially
for relying parties and international venues. After some operating
experience we may integrate software to help automate the process. Amanda will
be reaching out to you soon for feedback and suggestions for news feeds, blogs
and other sources. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The board’s working philosophy; “the OIDF should
do only what the foundation can uniquely do” is reflected in this
initiative. Recent events, like press requests for comments on
“timing attacks” and a recognition that we need to do more press
and analyst briefings to support OpenID adoption points to the need for more
outreach. This renewed is especially true of relying party and
international adoption. Improvements to the foundation’s website are part
of several changes the EC has made as part of its Mid Year Review. The EC
emphasized success metrics for the website as an outreach platform as well as
reprioritization of the Executive Director’s time to more market facing
activities like this. Thanks to Daniel Jacobson and Chris Messina for
helping lead this project. Watch this space.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Don Thibeau<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://openid.net/"><span
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