[OpenID board] Election nomination report

Chris Messina chris.messina at gmail.com
Wed Dec 9 00:36:20 UTC 2009


So noted.

Modifying PDFs quickly and easily on the web has yet to become "web  
friendly", so that's what I was referring to.

I'm not sure that WordPress or PBWorks indexes Word or PDFs, so that's  
the other part of what I was referring to.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone 2G

On Dec 8, 2009, at 15:41, Mike Jones <Michael.Jones at microsoft.com>  
wrote:

> For what it’s worth, PDF hasn’t been a proprietary format since  
> July 2008, when it was published as ISO Standard ISO/IEC 32000-1:200 
> 8.  Anyone can write to it and read it now.  And last I checked, bot 
> h Google and Bing index PDF files.
>
>
>
> Given PDF is an open standard and indexed by search engines, I’m not 
>  sure in what sense you’re asserting that PDF is not “web-friendly 
> ”.
>
>
>
>                                                                 --  
> Mike
>
>
>
> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid-board- 
> bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Chris Messina
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:26 PM
> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
> Cc: Darin Richardson; Don Thibeau
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Election nomination report
>
>
>
> Oh. It's a PDF. Hrm.
>
>
>
> Well, in the interest of open technologies and searchable data,  
> here's the same information in a web-friendly format:
>
>
>
> http://wiki.openid.net/Elections
>
>
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:02 PM, John Ehrig <jehrig at inventures.com>  
> wrote:
>
> A FAQ has been posted since the announcement about the election at
>
>
>
> http://openid.net/wordpress-content/uploads/2009/11/OpenID-Foundation-2010-Election-Procedures-FAQ-Final.pdf
>
>
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>
>
> From: Brian Kissel [mailto:bkissel at janrain.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 12:03 PM
> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net; John Ehrig; Don Thibeau
> Cc: Darin Richardson
> Subject: RE: [OpenID board] Election nomination report
>
>
>
> I think Mike Jones is the keeper of the guidelines on how the  
> process works, but as I understand it the top vote recipients have 2  
> year terms, and the next group gets one year terms.  So in this  
> election, 3 get 2 year terms and 3 get one year terms.  Others are  
> kept on the list in the event someone resigns or more are needed if  
> we add more corporate members.
>
>
>
> Good idea to post a FAQ.  John, is this something you can do?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Brian
>
> ___________
>
>
>
> Brian Kissel
>
> CEO, JanRain - WebID and Social Publishing for User Engagement
>
> Email: bkissel at janrain.com     Cell: 503.866.4424     Fax:  
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>
>
> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid-board- 
> bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Chris Messina
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 11:51 AM
> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
> Cc: Darin Richardson
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Election nomination report
>
>
>
> Is information on voting readily available?
>
>
>
> I feel like we should set up wiki.openid.net/Elections to help bring  
> a lot of this information together...
>
>
>
> What it our outreach strategy for getting people to vote? Who is  
> eligible to vote?
>
>
>
> I think we'll need to work with Darin again to send out an email to  
> the membership to let them know that voting begins tomorrow!
>
>
>
> And, what determines who wins? Simple majority? How do we handle  
> ties? Etc. I'm sure there's information about this in the bylaws,  
> but a simple FAQ would be very useful.
>
>
>
> Chris
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Mike Jones <Michael.Jones at microsoft.com 
> > wrote:
>
> Of the 16 candidates who self-nominated to run for the six open  
> community OpenID Foundation board seats, 14 received the required  
> three seconds from other members.  These candidates are:
>
>
>
> Dirk Balfanz
>
> John Bradley
>
> Jonathan Coffman
>
> Marc Frons
>
> Dick Hardt
>
> Robert Harles
>
> Daniel Jacobson
>
> Brian Kissel
>
> Robert Ott
>
> Martin Paljak
>
> Joseph Smarr
>
> Allen Tom
>
> Kick Willemse
>
> Björn Woltermann
>
>
>
> Two candidates did not receive the three required seconds, and  
> therefore are ineligible to stand for election:
>
>
>
> Brady Brim-DeForest
>
> Hari Chand Gupta
>
>
>
> Voting will commence on December 9th and end on December 23rd.
>
>
>
>                                                 -- Mike (writing as  
> election committee chairman)
>
>
>
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