[OpenID] Board membership limited?

[Dick Hardt]

Hi Eddy

Both statements are accurate.

Anyone is welcome to run for the community board seats when they come  
up for re-election.

The community board members want to ensure that the Foundation  
represents the community, so would like to limit the Corporate board  
membership, or at least ensure that community board seats balance the  
corporate board seats -- so adding additional corporate board members  
is not out of the question, it would require careful consideration by  
the board.

-- Dick

On 8-Feb-08, at 6:07 PM, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote:

> Reading yet another nice article at http://www.internetnews.com/ 
> security/article.php/3726771/OpenID+Gets+Star+Power.htm I picked up  
> the following:
>
> "Washburn said that although the foundation will continue  
> recruiting companies of all sizes to support the OpenID standard,  
> it is not likely to add any more board members."
>
> Why is that? Just a week ago I was visiting the page at http:// 
> openid.net/foundation/join/ which invites to join the foundation,  
> from student up to the kind of cooperations which just joined? A  
> week ago there was a big emptiness at the "Corporate Board Members"  
> section...
>
> Can somebody clarify what the official position is?
>
> -- 
> Regards
>
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