[OpenID] This is not a company election

[David Recordon]

+1, completly agreed!

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On Dec 11, 2008, at 4:55 PM, "chris.messina at gmail.com" <chris.messina at gmail.com 
 > wrote:

> No... It's that there are two levels of board membership: community
> and corporate.
>
> I believe there are N + 1 community seats to N corporate seats.
>
> The point is a good one: community members are advocates for the
> community, individuals and non-corporate interests at large, and there
> pay a nominal fee to participate. Corporate board members are
> typically expected to cover a lion's share of the costs associated
> with running the Foundation (or so it seems in practice).
>
> If Brian is vying for a community seat, he would, as has been pointed
> out, desire the seat regardless of his employer and would take serious
> the charge to represent the interests of the community over, or in
> conjunction with, his company's interests.
>
> For my own part, I work at Vidoop part-time. I also own and run a
> consulting company called Citizen Agency. Vidoop stands to benefit
> from the advancement of OpenID in the marketplace, but I'm running for
> the community board seat because I believe in the promise of OpenID
> and demonstrated that long before I ever started working at Vidoop.
>
> Some degree of self-interest (even commercial) is to be expected of
> the candidates. However, it should not be the overriding interest in
> running as there are corporate seats designed for such parties.
>
> Chris
>
> On 12/11/08, Eric Norman <ejnorman at doit.wisc.edu> wrote:
>> Let's see if I have the picture here.
>>
>> The OpenID community enthusiastically touts the fact that some
>> large companies are supporting OpenID.
>>
>> The OpenID community also wants to make it clear the those
>> companies should have no voice as far as OpenID is concerned.
>>
>> Eric Norman
>>
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