[OpenID] This is not a company election

[Dick Hardt]

On 11-Dec-08, at 9:08 AM, David Recordon wrote:

> Hey Brian,
> As Chris asked and the thread was started about, where is *your* blog?
>
> As far as I can tell, all of the other community canidates (with the  
> exception of Peter Nixey who i have the same concern with) have  
> personal blogs where many talk about related subjects to OpenID.

<sigh> not everyone is like you and me David ... and that's ok!

>
> While we all have corporate affiliations, many of us know how to  
> separate what is good for the OpenID community and what is good for  
> our employer. Ideally, these will always line up.  That said, in a  
> situation where they didn't align, would you really vote for the  
> position that is better for the community if it meant losing your  
> role as JanRain's CEO?  I know that I would if I were ever put in  
> that position.

All of us at some time could have a conflict at some point. The  
appropriate thing to do is to declare it and excuse yourself from  
those discussions.

-- Dick