[OpenID] This is not a company election (WAS: Re: Today is the beginning of the VOTING PERIOD, be ready to make the best choice.)

chris.messina at gmail.com chris.messina at gmail.com
Thu Dec 11 15:41:38 UTC 2008


Hmm, good point. Brian, do you have a personal/non-Janrain site/blog
we could look at?

Chris

On 12/11/08, David Recordon <drecordon at sixapart.com> wrote:
> I'm sorry, but I just feel that I need to say something here...
>
> This is not an election of companies to the board, it is an election
> of individuals.  Brian Kissel running as an individual for a board
> seat is one thing, and something that I would support, but time and
> time again I see indications that Brian is actually running for a
> board seat for his company JanRain and that does not sit well with me.
>
> --David
>
> On Dec 10, 2008, at 6:14 PM, Brian Kissel wrote:
>
>> Our blogsite is at http://blog.janrain.com/ and does support OpenID
>> authentication.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> ___________
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian Kissel
>>
>> CEO, JanRain - OpenID-enable your websites, customers, partners, and
>> employees
>>
>> 5331 SW Macadam Ave., Suite 375, Portland, OR 97239
>>
>> Email: bkissel at janrain.com     Cell: 503.866.4424     Fax:
>> 503.296.5502
>>
>>
>>
>> Get your FREE OpenID at myOpenID.com
>>
>>
>>
>> From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net]
>> On Behalf Of Peter Williams
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:30 AM
>> To: general at openid.net
>> Subject: Re: [OpenID] Today is the beginning of the VOTING PERIOD,
>> be ready to make the best choice.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear candidate.
>>
>> Please identify your main blogsite's main pagesas a URL, to this
>> general at openid.net
>>  list. Please authorize me to report on whether your blog site
>> supports delivery of an authenticated comment, using openid (1 or
>> 2). I will test it (using myopenid) and report back.
>>
>>
>>
>> Snorri's blog, for example, appears to feature 3 vendor-specific
>> ways  of logging in to leave him a comment on his blogsite. None of
>> them are (obviously) OpenID powered. It may actually be possible to
>> use an openid, but I could not see how (e.g. an OpenID logo).
>>
>> http://snorrigiorgetti.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?__mode=login&blog_id=1&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsnorrigiorgetti.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2Fopenid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html
>>
>> It's time for all candidates to act, and be seen clearly to adopt
>> openid. I will not counsel the member I advise to vote for a
>> Candidate who (a) operates a blogsite and (b) that site  does not
>> actually prominently feature openid commenting/signin.
>>
>> If you have an argument against this position, be free to argue a
>> defense on your blogsite.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net]
>> On Behalf Of Snorri
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:38 AM
>> To: general at openid.net
>> Subject: [OpenID] Today is the beginning of the VOTING PERIOD, be
>> ready to make the best choice.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear OpenID Community and dear OIDF Members,
>>
>> I am inviting you to read this post on my blog to remind you of the
>> process and importance of voting. Your vote is critical for the
>> future of OpenID in
>> 2009.http://snorrigiorgetti.com/blog/2008/12/openid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html
>>
>> Please remember that you can take advantage of the next two weeks to
>> ask questions to the Candidates, just as Eddy Nigg did.
>>
>> Regards
>> -Snorri
>>
>>
>>
>>
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