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On 12/03/2008 01:51 AM, Dick Hardt:
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What price is that? Easy to judge from the sidelines ... </pre>
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The price of having information hidden and the community/foundation
members uninformed and excluded from the process. (Hint: I miss some
really lively discussion which make up typical open source/open
standards discussions on mailing lists. They are usually useful for the
decision makers and the processes in general, despite the noise.)<br>
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If you think you can do a good job on the board, please nominate
yourself to the board!
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Unfortunately I couldn't dedicate the time which I think a board member
would/should have to invest in order to be useful. Another time
perhaps. This however doesn't mean that I don't want to be informed and
part of the processes, otherwise the company I represent wouldn't be a
foundation member in first place.<br>
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Now, in the context of the supposed trademark violation I want to
understand of which nature those violations are and what exactly is
going on. Otherwise it's some kind of spreading FUD, because from what
I heard so far, there will be "negotiations"...Shall I understand that
we can negotiate on the OpenID trademark? I don't see the benefit from
hiding this issue away, quite the opposite. If the board can't present
a clear stance on such issues and signal clearly to the community and
public in general how such violations are handled and of which nature
they are - and have the community involved in this process - then (IMO)
the board failed in its leadership role.<br>
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<td>Signer: </td>
<td>Eddy Nigg, <a href="http://www.startcom.org">StartCom Ltd.</a></td>
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<td><a href="xmpp:startcom@startcom.org">startcom@startcom.org</a></td>
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<td>Blog: </td>
<td><a href="http://blog.startcom.org">Join the Revolution!</a></td>
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<td>Phone: </td>
<td>+1.213.341.0390</td>
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