[OpenID board] Change in Google representation to the board
Dick Hardt
dick.hardt at gmail.com
Wed Apr 1 22:05:56 UTC 2009
I hope to see your continued involvement in OpenID DeWitt!
-- Dick
On 31-Mar-09, at 10:11 AM, DeWitt Clinton wrote:
> Fellow members of the Board,
>
> As planned, Google is rotating our representative to the OpenID
> Foundation board. It has been a true pleasure and honor to work
> with the board over the past year, and I'm happy to see how much
> we've grown and have been able to accomplish in that time. The
> successful community elections at the end of 2008, the hiring of Don
> Thibeau, our significant investment in UX research, our welcoming of
> Facebook and PayPal to the board, and the community's tireless
> evangelism and continued development of OpenID all stand out as
> highlights of the year for me.
>
> Google's new representative is no stranger to you all. I'm pleased
> that Eric Sachs has agreed to fill the position -- an obvious choice
> from our end, to be sure -- and Eric will step down from his
> community-elected position to make the transition. As this creates
> an opening among the community seats, I believe the bylaws stipulate
> the next-highest community vote recipient, Allen Tom, will be
> invited to fill the community seat that Eric is vacating. Assuming
> Allen accepts the position, welcome! And a personal thank you to
> Eric, who, as everyone knows, has been a principal driving force and
> leader within Google around OpenID for quite some time.
>
> My interest in OpenID doesn't stop here, of course. On the
> contrary, I would like to offer my continued services in supporting
> the Foundation and the community in a more focused capacity. In
> particular, I would be happy to assist the IPR Committee and the
> Trademark Committee in their efforts to improve the framework under
> which the community operates and develops new technology.
>
> Again, thank you all for the opportunity to work with the OIDF in
> helping create what I'm certain will be seen in years to come as one
> of the watershed moments in creating a more open and more social web.
>
> Best regards,
>
> DeWitt Clinton
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