[OpenID] This is not a company election

[David Recordon]

Yes, of course. Diversity is good, but so is transparency. :)

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On Dec 11, 2008, at 8:16 PM, "Chris Messina" <chris.messina at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Johannes Ernst <jernst+openid.net at netmesh.us 
> > wrote:
>
> On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:01, Scott Kveton wrote:
> While the open source participant in me is concerned about Brian not
> having a personal blog, the current board member that has fiduciary
> responsibility for the OIDF is not.  Brian may not completely
> understand the 'open community' rules of engagement but *that's a good
> thing for us*.  IMHO we have to get away from the whole
> technology-for-the-sake-of-technology.
>
> Now here's something I really can say ++1 to.
>
> We need to broaden the sets of expertise that we have on the board,  
> not insist that all board members look and talk and do the same. (No  
> board is needed for the latter at all, one individual as dictator  
> will do just fine.)
>
> Of course this gets my +1 as well.
>
> Diversity is one thing that open source needs more of, and I'd love  
> to work on coming up with a plan in the next year to expand and  
> increase the number of active stakeholders and contributors to  
> OpenID -- that goes well beyond the protocol layer and into the  
> social, political and economic aspects of user-centric identity  
> technologies.
>
> Chris
>
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