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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "board-request@openid.net" <board-request@openid.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> board@openid.net<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, 5 November, 2008 2:59:00 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> board Digest, Vol 23, Issue 22<BR></FONT><BR>Send board mailing list submissions to<BR> <A href="mailto:board@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</A><BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR> <A href="http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board" target=_blank>http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board</A><BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR> <A href="mailto:board-request@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-request@openid.net">board-request@openid.net</A><BR><BR>You can reach the person managing
the list at<BR> <A href="mailto:board-owner@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-owner@openid.net">board-owner@openid.net</A><BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of board digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR> 1. Re: URGENT: New Board members motion (Martin Atkins)<BR> 2. Re: URGENT: New Board members motion (DeWitt Clinton)<BR> 3. Re: URGENT: New Board members motion (Drummond Reed)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:18:57 -0800<BR>From: Martin Atkins <<A href="mailto:mart@degeneration.co.uk" ymailto="mailto:mart@degeneration.co.uk">mart@degeneration.co.uk</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion<BR>To: <A href="mailto:board@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</A><BR>Message-ID: <<A
href="mailto:4910BC41.90401@degeneration.co.uk" ymailto="mailto:4910BC41.90401@degeneration.co.uk">4910BC41.90401@degeneration.co.uk</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed<BR><BR>DeWitt Clinton wrote:<BR>> <BR>> The second reservation is that I feel we should have a plan in place for <BR>> the full five new corporate board members (and backup choices), rather <BR>> than cherry picking one a time. The goal would be to create a diverse <BR>> balance between vendors, consumers, international, domestic, etc, which <BR>> is hard to do with a coherent strategy in place.<BR>> <BR><BR>I'm conscious of the fact that there are some companies ready and <BR>waiting to give us the money and join the board *now*, and those leads <BR>might go cold if we delay much longer.<BR><BR>So while I agree that we don't want to arbitrarily add random companies, <BR>I think there is a compromise where we recruit those
companies that are <BR>already interested while they're still interested and then fill in the <BR>remaining seats all at the same time as you say.<BR><BR>That is of course unless anyone feels that the current potentials should <BR>be *rejected*. I don't think there's anything particularly objectionable <BR>about them. Do you?<BR><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 2<BR>Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 13:26:22 -0800<BR>From: DeWitt Clinton <<A href="mailto:dewitt@google.com" ymailto="mailto:dewitt@google.com">dewitt@google.com</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion<BR>To: <A href="mailto:board@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</A><BR>Message-ID:<BR> <<A href="mailto:5755edd90811041326x2a829adap42a9d2cc89c8fb6@mail.gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:5755edd90811041326x2a829adap42a9d2cc89c8fb6@mail.gmail.com">5755edd90811041326x2a829adap42a9d2cc89c8fb6@mail.gmail.com</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR><BR>Actually, I would like to know if they're going to "go cold" by waiting on<BR>the order of 30-40 days for the community election to conclude first (per<BR>Drummond's hypothetical timeline).<BR><BR>That also gives us some time to discuss a full slate of 5 and reach out to<BR>all with a coherent unified plan.<BR><BR>-DeWitt<BR><BR>On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Martin Atkins <<A href="mailto:mart@degeneration.co.uk" ymailto="mailto:mart@degeneration.co.uk">mart@degeneration.co.uk</A>>wrote:<BR><BR>> DeWitt Clinton wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > The second reservation is that I feel we should have a plan in place for<BR>> > the full five new corporate board members (and backup choices), rather<BR>> > than cherry picking one a
time. The goal would be to create a diverse<BR>> > balance between vendors, consumers, international, domestic, etc, which<BR>> > is hard to do with a coherent strategy in place.<BR>> ><BR>><BR>> I'm conscious of the fact that there are some companies ready and<BR>> waiting to give us the money and join the board *now*, and those leads<BR>> might go cold if we delay much longer.<BR>><BR>> So while I agree that we don't want to arbitrarily add random companies,<BR>> I think there is a compromise where we recruit those companies that are<BR>> already interested while they're still interested and then fill in the<BR>> remaining seats all at the same time as you say.<BR>><BR>> That is of course unless anyone feels that the current potentials should<BR>> be *rejected*. I don't think there's anything particularly objectionable<BR>> about them. Do you?<BR>><BR>>
_______________________________________________<BR>> board mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:board@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board@openid..net">board@openid.net</A><BR>> <A href="http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board" target=_blank>http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board</A><BR>><BR>-------------- next part --------------<BR>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>URL: <A href="http://openid.net/pipermail/board/attachments/20081104/d3190458/attachment-0001.htm" target=_blank>http://openid.net/pipermail/board/attachments/20081104/d3190458/attachment-0001.htm</A> <BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 3<BR>Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 13:28:23 -0800<BR>From: "Drummond Reed" <<A href="mailto:drummond.reed@cordance.net" ymailto="mailto:drummond.reed@cordance.net">drummond.reed@cordance.net</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion<BR>To: <<A href="mailto:board@openid.net"
ymailto="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</A>><BR>Message-ID: <DC1E7C0B3AD8408FADA8BD858A0678A6@ELROND><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR>Dewitt, these are both good points that need to be carefully considered.<BR><BR><BR><BR>On the first one, I'm really going by proven records of service to the<BR>OpenID community. Brian Kissel and Snorri are IMHO unfailing on that count,<BR>which is why I support adding them even in the short term. I suspect both<BR>would agree to stand for re-election even on a short time frame.<BR><BR><BR><BR>On the second one, my suggestion is to take the first step in growing the<BR>board by allocating two corporate board seats now based on the expressed<BR>level of interest from candidates during 2008, then hold the elections, then<BR>have the new board apply the criteria you enumerate below (which I agree<BR>with) to selecting the next three.<BR><BR><BR><BR>=Drummond <BR><BR><BR><BR>
_____ <BR><BR>From: <A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</A>] On Behalf<BR>Of DeWitt Clinton<BR>Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:03 PM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:board@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</A><BR>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion<BR><BR><BR><BR>I like the sentiment of this, Drummond. <BR><BR>However, (and this also addresses Dick's question), I do have two remaining<BR>reservations regarding adding corporate seats before the community election:<BR><BR>The first is that in order to preserve a community majority (which we<BR>absolutely must do) we would need to self-appoint community representatives.<BR>That feels ... wrong. But maybe I'm being oversensitive here.<BR><BR>The
second reservation is that I feel we should have a plan in place for the<BR>full five new corporate board members (and backup choices), rather than<BR>cherry picking one a time. The goal would be to create a diverse balance<BR>between vendors, consumers, international, domestic, etc, which is hard to<BR>do with a coherent strategy in place.<BR><BR>-DeWitt<BR><BR><BR><BR>On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Drummond Reed <<A href="mailto:drummond.reed@cordance.net" ymailto="mailto:drummond.reed@cordance.net">drummond.reed@cordance.net</A>><BR>wrote:<BR><BR>I am totally in favor of any nomination process for community board members<BR>that will reach the maximum audience and produce the maximum participation.<BR>I don't know what the specifics are on the nomination process as supported<BR>by the new election tools that Mike referred to - if they can do the full<BR>job, that's great.<BR><BR><BR><BR>RE holding an election, I strongly agree that we
should announce an election<BR>as one of the principal drivers for a membership drive. I see no reason not<BR>to decide on this at next Monday's board meeting, announce it at IIW, and<BR>schedule the election for no more than 30 days out after IIW. We could<BR>announce that the election will be complete by mid-December and the new<BR>board will be seated starting Jan. 1 2009. Fresh slate for a new year.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Also IMHO of this should slow down acceptance of new corporate board members<BR>- we should take action on that ASAP.<BR><BR><BR><BR>=Drummond <BR><BR><BR><BR> _____ <BR><BR>From: <A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid..net">board-bounces@openid.net</A>] On Behalf<BR>Of DeWitt Clinton<BR>Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:46 AM<BR><BR><BR>To: <A
href="mailto:board@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</A><BR>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion<BR><BR><BR><BR>To be clear, I'm very comfortable adding new corporate members. I voted<BR>with the consensus on that one.<BR><BR>-DeWitt<BR><BR>On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Dick Hardt <<A href="mailto:dick..hardt@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:dick.hardt@gmail.com">dick.hardt@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>I understand the logic of not self-selecting community board seats -- and<BR>saying we are going to have an election in a few weeks likely will drive<BR>membership given the recent OpenID awareness.<BR><BR><BR><BR>I don't understand why you are uncomfortable adding new corporate board<BR>members. Would you elaborate?<BR><BR><BR><BR>-- Dick<BR><BR><BR><BR>On 4-Nov-08, at 12:21 PM, DeWitt Clinton wrote:<BR><BR><BR><BR>I remain uncomfortable adding any new board members, corporate or
otherwise,<BR>until we hold the election.<BR><BR>Admittedly, back around Feb/March this year I was vocal about wanting us to<BR>have a larger membership base before holding elections. A membership drive<BR>was one way to do that. Another was my suggestion to drop membership fees.<BR><BR>But now I'm reversing my earlier position. (Had I known the election would<BR>be pushed all the way into 2009 waiting for a membership drive, then I<BR>wouldn't have taken that position to begin with.) <BR><BR>So I recommend we just go ahead and hold the election now. Worst case, we<BR>have a board that represents a smaller membership than we'd like. I'd still<BR>prefer that over self-selecting new community board members..<BR><BR>-DeWitt<BR><BR>On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Dick Hardt <<A href="mailto:dick.hardt@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:dick.hardt@gmail.com">dick.hardt@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>It will be a while before
we can have a real election.<BR><BR><BR><BR>We agreed we would finish our messaging so that we could then market to the<BR>membership so that it is clear the value of membership. Then we can have<BR>nominations, then we can vote. <BR><BR><BR><BR>We are still a little ways from having the messaging done. A marketing drive<BR>and nomination process likely will take a couple weeks each at least. We are<BR>minimum a couple months from having an election unfortunately.<BR><BR><BR><BR>-- Dick<BR><BR><BR><BR>On 4-Nov-08, at 11:09 AM, DeWitt Clinton wrote:<BR><BR><BR><BR>Rather than do it this way, why don't we simply start an open nomination<BR>process (i.e., not nominations made by the board) and schedule a real<BR>community election, as voted in by the members?<BR><BR>-DeWitt<BR><BR>On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Drummond Reed <<A href="mailto:drummond.reed@cordance.net"
ymailto="mailto:drummond.reed@cordance.net">drummond.reed@cordance.net</A>><BR>wrote:<BR><BR>+1 to Snorri's nomination - his work speaks for itself.<BR><BR><BR><BR>=Drummond <BR><BR><BR><BR> _____ <BR><BR>From: <A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</A>] On Behalf<BR>Of David Recordon<BR>Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:42 AM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:board@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</A><BR>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion<BR><BR><BR><BR>If we're in nomination mode, then I'd also like to nominate Snorri to join<BR>as a community board member (if he is willing to accept that nomination).<BR>Snorri has done amazing community work internationally which should be<BR>directly supported by the
Foundation.<BR><BR><BR><BR>On Nov 4, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Drummond Reed wrote:<BR><BR><BR><BR>+1 to all Brian's points here. I want to clarify again that my objection<BR>last week was not to moving forward on this - I am very supportive of adding<BR>additional corporate board members immediately -- it was only to the<BR>difficulty of closing what turned out to be a contentious issue via an email<BR>vote.<BR><BR><BR><BR>I am all for holding a vote this week if we want to call a meeting. Worst<BR>case we could hold the vote at the BOD meeting next Monday afternoon at IIW.<BR>(Have we set an exact time/location for that meeting? Will there be dial-in<BR>so all board members can participate if they are not at IIW in person?)<BR><BR><BR><BR>Also, in terms of community board members, I would like to nominate Brian<BR>Kissel to join as a community board member (if he is willing to accept that<BR>nomination). I'd move for that vote to be held at the same time so
he could<BR>join the board at the same time as the new corporate board members.<BR><BR><BR><BR>=Drummond<BR><BR><BR><BR> _____ <BR><BR>From: <A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</A>] On Behalf<BR>Of Brian Kissel<BR>Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 4:47 PM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:board@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</A><BR>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion<BR><BR><BR><BR>+1 with Dick on additional corporate members. I've had conversations with<BR>BBC (Zac Bjelogrlic, Dirk-willem Van.gulik ) and PayPal (Andrew Nash) and<BR>know that both organizations would both like to join. I don't know who else<BR>in on the list of possible new members, but if we have up to 5 corporate<BR>spots to
fill and these two firms are willing to make a commitment of time<BR>and dollars, I think we should not delay. <BR><BR><BR><BR>BBC has already shown their leadership by hosting the Content Provider<BR>Advisory Committee meeting in NYC several weeks ago. They've also OpenID<BR>enabled RadioPop and are looking at additional properties to roll out.<BR>They've offered to work with NPR (who was also at the NYC session) to see if<BR>we can get BBC, NPR, PBS, and CBC to collaborate on OpenID enablement<BR>initiatives. And in any case, we need some large representative RPs on the<BR>BOD. As I've said before, I think media companies are a next logical<BR>adopter of OpenID, so would welcome BBC's membership. <BR><BR><BR><BR>PayPal would also be great because they have a lot of experience in managing<BR>phishing and general security infrastructure and represent the perspective<BR>of merchants and payment infrastructure providers, which we need
represented<BR>on the BOD if we want to continue to expand the applicability and value of<BR>OpenID beyond user generated content access.<BR><BR><BR><BR>I don't know if these are the companies we're thinking about voting on near<BR>term, but if so, I would strongly endorse their membership. I also agree<BR>with Dick that getting the funding commitment from these two companies in<BR>uncertain financial times is critical and will actually help with hiring the<BR>new ED and coming up with a reasonable budget for the various initiatives<BR>we'll want to undertake in 2009. For those that didn't see Nat Sakimura's<BR>announcement about OpenID Japan<BR><<A href="http://openid.net/2008/11/03/openid-japan-launches-with-32-member-companies" target=_blank>http://openid.net/2008/11/03/openid-japan-launches-with-32-member-companies</A><BR>/> , they are making great progress and we need to have equally compelling<BR>aspirations.<BR><BR><BR><BR>With
respect to community membership, JanRain would certainly welcome the<BR>opportunity to contribute as a BOD member, but we'll continue to participate<BR>via my membership on the Marketing and Customer Research Committee<BR>regardless.<BR><BR><BR>We are working with Research Media to get the OpenID membership polling<BR>solution working this week and the BOD election system working next week.<BR>Regardless of that, I don't think we should wait on the BOD vote the two<BR>additional corporate members.<BR><BR><BR><BR>There is a lot of good buzz going on right now with the Microsoft and Google<BR>announcements. If we could also announce these two new corporate BOD<BR>members at IIW, that we can continue to build on that momentum.<BR><BR><BR><BR>So, IMHO, we should do the vote on the 2 additional corporate sponsors right<BR>now (assuming they are still willing) and finalize them this week. If we<BR>want to wait on community members, that's fine
with me.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR><BR>Brian<BR><BR>==============<BR><BR>Brian Kissel<BR><BR>Cell: 503.866.4424<BR><BR>Fax: 503.296.5502<BR><BR><BR><BR>From: <A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid..net</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</A>] On Behalf<BR>Of Dick Hardt<BR>Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:54 PM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:board@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</A><BR>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion<BR><BR><BR><BR>I don't see any advantage to the coupling of hiring an ED and bringing on<BR>new board members. Any ED is going to look at the risk of getting paid.<BR>Bringing in money before hand is a good sign. In the current economic<BR>climate, making a donation to a Foundation is going to come under
increased<BR>scrutiny.<BR><BR><BR><BR>The bylaws allow the board to appoint temporary community board members as<BR>need be -- something we would want to do in case someone needs to resign for<BR>some reason.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Only bringing on corporate members one at elections does not serve us well.<BR>We have a product, which is membership, and we should remove barriers to<BR>selling it rather then raising it -- and requiring the timing to coincide<BR>with an election does not serve anyone well -- except those that want to<BR>make board membership exclusive.<BR><BR><BR><BR>We have been working on having elections since last March.<BR><BR><BR><BR>As noted in my financial report, not bringing these corporate members on<BR>board was a bad financial decision.<BR><BR><BR><BR>-- Dick<BR><BR><BR><BR>On 24-Oct-08, at 6:49 PM, DeWitt Clinton wrote:<BR><BR><BR><BR>Sort of. I think we should have finished the discussion about how to<BR>proceed with a full
five new corporate board members, timed that around the<BR>hiring of the new ED, and ideally scheduled all of it around the election of<BR>new community members. With those three pieces in place we then could make<BR>a coordinated engagement on all three. Four pieces, in fact, as we can<BR>count the CRC in there as well.<BR><BR>I share your frustration, Dick, and I agree that sometimes a vote makes a<BR>good forcing function. It's taken far too long to get where we are, and I<BR>happen to concur that those were fine nominees. And I especially welcome<BR>Brian's continued leadership in any case.<BR><BR>Hopefully this is the kick in the pants we need to close in expediently on<BR>the missing pieces. And then I'd welcome seeing this come up for a vote<BR>again in the near future.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>-DeWitt<BR><BR>On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Dick Hardt <<A href="mailto:dick.hardt@gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:dick.hardt@gmail.com">dick.hardt@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>Do you have a suggestion on how this should have been done differently by<BR>me?<BR><BR><BR><BR>I made the motion on the board call and agreed to withdraw it until after<BR>the membership committee report was published, and then we could do the vote<BR>over email. Agreed that the vote should have been started on the public list<BR>-- but we are here now.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Do you have a new motion to bring the nominees on the board that you would<BR>support that we could act upon?<BR><BR><BR><BR>-- Dick<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On 24-Oct-08, at 5:17 PM, DeWitt Clinton wrote:<BR><BR><BR><BR>This is not a vote against any of the nominees, but procedurally and<BR>organizationally we can do better than this. Hence to the motion as it<BR>stands at this time:<BR><BR>-1<BR><BR>-DeWitt<BR><BR>On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Raj Mata <<A href="mailto:rajmata@yahoo-inc.com"
ymailto="mailto:rajmata@yahoo-inc.com">rajmata@yahoo-inc.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>-1.<BR><BR>Agree with Gary.<BR><BR>Raj<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</A>] On<BR><BR>Behalf Of Krall, Gary<BR>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:42 PM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:board@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</A><BR><BR>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion<BR><BR>-1.<BR><BR>As we are actively in the process of recruiting for a Executive Director<BR>which my understanding is should complete shortly coupled; with the<BR>manner in which this vote has been requested/handled is a clear<BR>indication to me that adding any additional members at this time would<BR>not be
prudent.<BR><BR>Gary.<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid..net">board-bounces@openid.net</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</A>]On<BR>Behalf Of Dick Hardt<BR>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:48 AM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:board@openid.net" ymailto="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</A><BR>Subject: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion<BR>Importance: High<BR><BR><BR>(this motion was originally posted on the board-private list to<BR>protect the confidentiality of the potential corporate board members<BR>-- reposting to public list to provide transparency to community)<BR><BR>Background:<BR><BR>There are two corporations that have expressed interest in joining the<BR>OpenID Foundation for the last six months. The board approved adding 5<BR>new corporate board seats, to
be balanced with community seats so that<BR>the community seats have a majority.<BR>Brian Kissel has been active on the marketing committee and the<BR>customer research committee. He organized a gathering of content<BR>providers in NY that led to the OpoenID UX summit last Monday.<BR>The primary source of funding for the Foundation is corporate board<BR>seats. In order to fund a new Executive Director and OpenID adoption<BR>initiatives, we need more funding. The patience of the two<BR>corporations is running thin as they have been waiting for far to long<BR>for a decision from the board.<BR><BR>The motion: Add the two corporate board seats and add Brian Kissel as<BR>the community seat. Brian's seat (like all other community board<BR>seats) would be up for re-election when we hold an election.<BR><BR>All board members need to vote or abstain for the motion to be<BR>considered.<BR><BR>Votes to date:<BR><BR>+1 Dick Hardt (made motion)<BR>+1 Martin Atkins
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