[OpenID] This is not a company election
David Recordon
drecordon at sixapart.com
Thu Dec 11 17:08:03 UTC 2008
Hey Brian,
As Chris asked and the thread was started about, where is *your* blog?
As far as I can tell, all of the other community canidates (with the
exception of Peter Nixey who i have the same concern with) have
personal blogs where many talk about related subjects to OpenID.
While we all have corporate affiliations, many of us know how to
separate what is good for the OpenID community and what is good for
our employer. Ideally, these will always line up. That said, in a
situation where they didn't align, would you really vote for the
position that is better for the community if it meant losing your role
as JanRain's CEO? I know that I would if I were ever put in that
position.
--David
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Sent from my iPhone Classic.
On Dec 11, 2008, at 5:52 PM, "Brian Kissel" <bkissel at janrain.com> wrote:
> Fair question. Of the 17 community member candidates, nearly all of
> us have ties to companies or organizations with vested interests in
> the success of OpenID, which shouldn’t surprise anyone. In fact, we
> should want that – passion, energy, and ongoing commitment come fro
> m vision and driving for success.
>
>
>
> And as anyone who works at JanRain will tell you, our engineers run
> the company – I’m just corporate overhead ;-)
>
>
>
> Like many of us, I also have hundreds of usernames and passwords for
> various accounts on the web, along with associated profiles,
> reputations, and social networks. I’ve also worked for companies th
> at had websites where we wanted to create better user experiences, f
> orm closer bonds to our customers/members, and monetize the relation
> ships with our customers with more sales or higher CPMs.
>
>
>
> So I’m coming at this position with the vantage point of an end user
> , an RP, an OP, and a technology platform provider – which I believe
> can be a helpful perspective. I’ve been involved with online ident
> ity back to 1996 when I was at NetAngels where we were developing bo
> okmarking management and collaborative filtering technology to help
> people find websites, people, and products that were interesting and
> relevant based on their profiles, stated interest, and online activ
> ities. I worked in the area of enterprise SSO at Oblix, which was e
> ventually acquired by Oracle and rolled into their identity manageme
> nt platform offerings. At CheckFree, among other things I worked on
> multi-factor authentication solutions for the websites of banks and
> financial institutions. So online identity, authentication, profil
> es, and security are not new endeavors for me.
>
>
>
> And, as I’d imagine all the other candidates would, I’d certainly
> want to continue on as a member of the OIDF board even if I left Jan
> Rain for some reason down the road. When I talk to family, friends,
> and colleagues about what I do, they all say – great, can’t wait
> for that to be a reality because I hate having to manage all those a
> ccounts and profiles, the web should be easier. That’s what want to
> help make happen.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Brian
>
> ==============
>
> Brian Kissel
>
> Cell: 503.866.4424
>
> Fax: 503.296.5502
>
>
>
> From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net]
> On Behalf Of Dick Hardt
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:21 AM
> To: david at sixapart.com
> Cc: general at openid.net List
> Subject: Re: [OpenID] This is not a company election
>
>
>
> +1
>
>
>
> Brian: I think it behooves the community for you to clarify if you
> are running as an individual representing your interest in OpenID,
> or if this is motivated by being CEO of JanRain at this point in
> time. You will continue to hold this community seat even if you
> leave JanRain. Is that the commitment you are making?
>
>
>
> Nat, Allen, Eran and Eric have also indicated a corporate
> affiliation. Would the rest of you clarify?
>
>
>
> Myself, I will continue to have an interest and represent the
> community wether I work at Microsoft or not.
>
>
>
> As some history, David, Scott and Martin have all continued to
> represent the community and sit on the board even though their
> employer changed.
>
>
>
> -- Dick
>
>
>
> On 11-Dec-08, at 5:54 AM, David Recordon wrote:
>
>
>
>
> I'm sorry, but I just feel that I need to say something here...
>
>
>
> This is not an election of companies to the board, it is an election
> of individuals. Brian Kissel running as an individual for a board
> seat is one thing, and something that I would support, but time and
> time again I see indications that Brian is actually running for a
> board seat for his company JanRain and that does not sit well with me.
>
>
>
> --David
>
>
>
> On Dec 10, 2008, at 6:14 PM, Brian Kissel wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Our blogsite is at http://blog.janrain.com/ and does support OpenID
> authentication.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Brian
>
> ___________
>
>
>
> Brian Kissel
>
> CEO, JanRain - OpenID-enable your websites, customers, partners, and
> employees
>
> 5331 SW Macadam Ave., Suite 375, Portland, OR 97239
>
> Email: bkissel at janrain.com Cell: 503.866.4424 Fax:
> 503.296.5502
>
>
>
> Get your FREE OpenID at myOpenID.com
>
>
>
> From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net]
> On Behalf Of Peter Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:30 AM
> To: general at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID] Today is the beginning of the VOTING PERIOD,
> be ready to make the best choice.
>
>
>
> Dear candidate.
>
> Please identify your main blogsite’s main pagesas a URL, to this general at openid.n
> et list. Please authorize me to report on whether your blog site sup
> ports delivery of an authenticated comment, using openid (1 or 2). I
> will test it (using myopenid) and report back.
>
>
>
> Snorri’s blog, for example, appears to feature 3 vendor-specific way
> s of logging in to leave him a comment on his blogsite. None of the
> m are (obviously) OpenID powered. It may actually be possible to use
> an openid, but I could not see how (e.g. an OpenID logo).
>
> http://snorrigiorgetti.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?__mode=login&blog_id=1&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsnorrigiorgetti.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2Fopenid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html
>
> It’s time for all candidates to act, and be seen clearly to adopt op
> enid. I will not counsel the member I advise to vote for a Candidate
> who (a) operates a blogsite and (b) that site does not actually pr
> ominently feature openid commenting/signin.
>
> If you have an argument against this position, be free to argue a
> defense on your blogsite.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net]
> On Behalf Of Snorri
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:38 AM
> To: general at openid.net
> Subject: [OpenID] Today is the beginning of the VOTING PERIOD, be
> ready to make the best choice.
>
>
>
> Dear OpenID Community and dear OIDF Members,
>
> I am inviting you to read this post on my blog to remind you of the
> process and importance of voting. Your vote is critical for the
> future of OpenID in 2009.http://snorrigiorgetti.com/blog/2008/12/
> openid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html
>
> Please remember that you can take advantage of the next two weeks to
> ask questions to the Candidates, just as Eddy Nigg did.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> -Snorri
>
>
>
>
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