<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear members of the OpenId board,<div><br></div><div>I've been nominated in June 2009 as belgian OpenId representative, and I would like to share a few comments, at least about OpenId Europe</div><div><ul class="MailOutline"><li>the OpenId Europe website was last updated in June, to announce my 'nomination'; previous update was in December 2008. Does it really make sense to maintain that foundation? I have the feeling that it gives a bad image of OpenId, at least in Europe, which looks like a not very lively community</li><li>I understand that being OpenId representative means that I should have a role towards my local community, and I already had some contacts for that; but shouldn't we also be some kind of relay between the foundation and the local communities? Shouldn't there be an top-down information flow? I'm of course following what's happening on the specs mailing list, but I must admit I don't feel what it's like to be part of the OpenId community... I renewed my membership to show my support, but don't really feel part of any real community, which I think is a bit sad</li></ul><div><br></div><div>So I would propose two things: assess the real need for the OpenId Europe community, and put in place some communication flows from the board towards the local representatives, to give a sense of liveliness to this community.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div><br></div><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div>---</div><div>Prof. Jean-Noël Colin</div><div>Faculty of Computer Science<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Tel: +32 (0)81 725274</div><div>University of Namur<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><a href="http://info.fundp.ac.be">http://info.fundp.ac.be</a> </div><div>Rue Grandgagnage 21<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Skype: jn.colin</div><div>5000 Namur</div><div>Belgium</div></span></div></span>
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