[OpenID] Q&A: Who gets to vote?

[Dick Hardt]

The membership committee decided the membership fees. It does cost  
money to run the Foundation, and we felt the $100 was a nominal fee  
for an individual to pay to join the Foundation.

I am of the view that anyone that the community votes to join the  
board should be allowed to serve as a community member. Given the size  
of the board, a few people from one employer is not going to distort  
votes.

-- Dick

On 17-Sep-08, at 5:07 PM, Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote:

> Well, if the “Election committees” decide to allow people to join  
> without paying $100, I will be much more likely to seek a board seat.
>
> Question: can employees of the corporate sponsors join the board? Is  
> there any restriction to avoid too many people from the same employer?
>
> EHL
>
>
> On 9/17/08 4:50 PM, "Johannes Ernst" <jernst+openid.net at netmesh.us>  
> wrote:
>
> Q: Who gets to vote on OpenID Foundation matters, e.g. who gets to set
> on community board seats? (such a mine)
>
> A: You need to be OpenID Foundation member in good standing. That
> means you need to have signed up here:
> https://openid.net/foundation/members/registration
>
> That does cost you some money; the theory is that this will get those
> people to vote that care and leave out those that don't.
>
> Hopefully the membership and election committees ( http://wiki.openid.net/OpenID_Foundation/Committees
>   ) will soon have defined a plan how we are going to go about the
> elections.
>
> If you have any comments, please bug your favorite board member. As a
> board we better be responsive to the community ... ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Johannes.
>
>
>
> Johannes Ernst
> NetMesh Inc.
>
>
>
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