[OpenID] Board membership limited?

[Nat Sakimura]

Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote:
> Hi Dick,
>
> Dick Hardt wrote:
>> 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.
> Is there some documentation on this or is it just an unspoken rule? 
> What about balancing the corporate members a little bit with smaller 
> organizations and individuals? I'd view this to be at least an 
> interesting thought, to balance the steering role even further and 
> guaranty a wider representation. Also most community board members are 
> affiliated with various interested parties too, so this perhaps this 
> isn't the most balanced setup anyway? Just some food for thoughts from 
> me...
While we were talking on the XDI.ORG governance, we also were talking on 
the geographic, , culture, gender, race balance, etc. as well. These are 
the things to consider as well. What is the composition right now?

Another food for thoughts.

-- 
Nat Sakimura (=nat)
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.