[OpenID board] Request for blog post announcing election?

Chris Messina chris.messina at gmail.com
Tue Dec 16 00:30:27 UTC 2008


Fixed the newline and Eran's URL.
Chris

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Johannes Ernst <jernst at netmesh.us> wrote:

> Chris, thanks for doing this. There is one spurious newline towards the
> end; otherwise looks good.
>
> On Dec 15, 2008, at 16:20, Chris Messina wrote:
>
> If you want something done... ;)
> Here's the post:
>
>
> http://openid.net/2008/12/16/openid-foundation-board-of-director-election-now-open/
>
> I've linked to the pages that Google gave me for your names. If you have a
> link or blog you'd also like linked up, please let me know.
>
> And yes, the list is marked up in hCard.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 5:21 PM, David Recordon <drecordon at sixapart.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks I'll get this posted when I get home.
>>
>> ---
>> Sent from my iPhone Classic.
>>
>> On Dec 14, 2008, at 5:08 PM, "Chris Messina" <chris.messina at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Could we get a blog post up on OpenID.net announcing that the election is
>> now open?
>> The last post on the election was about nominations being open and was
>> posted Dec 3.
>>
>> Has the election really opened if OpenID.net never announces it? Here's a
>> draft if no one else can get around to it:
>>
>> OpenID Foundation Board of Director Election Now Open
>>
>> The first OpenID Foundation election of community board members opened on
>> December 10th. All members of the OpenID Foundation are eligible to vote for
>> candidates. If you are not already a member of the OpenID Foundation, you
>> can join <https://openid.net/foundation/members/registration> as an
>> individual member for $25/year.
>>
>> There are 17 candidates running for a total of seven seats. You may vote
>> only once, for as many as seven different candidates. The candidates are
>> (alphabetized by first name):
>>
>>    - Allen Tom <http://allentom.com/>
>>    - Brian Kissel <http://bkkissel.myopenid.com/>
>>    - Chris Messina <http://factoryjoe.com/>
>>    - David Recordon <http://davidrecordon.com/>
>>    - Dick Hardt <http://blame.ca/>
>>    - Eran Hammer-Lahav <http://heuniverse.com/>
>>    - Eric Sachs <http://eric.sachs.googlepages.com/>
>>    - Johannes Ernst <http://netmesh.info/jernst>
>>    - John Bradley <http://thread-safe.livejournal.com/>
>>    - Joseph Smarr <http://josephsmarr.com/>
>>    - Luke Shepard <http://www.facebook.com/people/Luke-Shepard/2901279>
>>    - Martin Atkins <http://mart.degeneration.co.uk/>
>>    - Mike Kirkwood <http://www.kirkwood.net/>
>>    - Nat Sakimura <http://www.sakimura.org/en/>
>>    - Peter Nixey <http://www.webkitchen.co.uk/>
>>    - Scott Kveton <http://kveton.com/>
>>    - Snorri Giorgetti <http://snorri.eu/>
>>
>> All candidates listed above received the requisite three seconds to run
>> for the election. The four candidates who receive the most votes will serve
>> two year terms and the three candidates receiving the next highest numbers
>> of votes will serve one year terms. (This allows us to institute staggered
>> two-year terms going forward.)
>>
>> Board membership requires a substantial ongoing investment of time and
>> energy. Board members will be called upon to serve both on the board and on
>> its committees where the work of the foundation is conducted, and to
>> actively contribute. The best candidates are passionate about OpenID and
>> advancing digital identity, will have the time to devote to community
>> service in this manner, and are people who gets things done and work well
>> with others.
>>
>> Voting requires that you sign in with the OpenID that you used to register
>> when you joined the Foundation. If you experience problems participating in
>> the election or joining the foundation, please send a note to
>> <membership at oidf.org>membership at oidf.org.
>>
>> Voting began on December 10 and ends on Wednesday, December 24. Results
>> will be announced by Wednesday, December 31, with the
>> new board terms starting the next day, on Thursday, January 1.
>>
>> Upon completion of the election, the new board will elect the officers
>> (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer) as well as the Executive
>> Committee.
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
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