[OpenID] 8th OpenID community board member

[Peter Williams]

The reason I asking this is that ICANN started with this general format, until the pesky community members "interfered" with big business - so got eliminated from the process.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net] On
> Behalf Of Peter Williams
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 11:18 AM
> Cc: general at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID] 8th OpenID community board member
>
> Out of interest, can executive committee members communicate with
> corporate members without (full) disclosure to community members?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net]
> On
> > Behalf Of David Recordon
> > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 11:06 AM
> > To: Darren Bounds
> > Cc: general at openid.net
> > Subject: Re: [OpenID] 8th OpenID community board member
> >
> > Hey Darren,
> > When first adding corporate board members to the Foundation, we
> > decided to maintain a ratio of one more community member compared to
> > the total number of corporate members.  As it's possible for
> corporate
> > members to join the board at any time throughout the year, we wanted
> a
> > solution that either doesn't randomly assign new community members or
> > not add community members until the next yearly election.  We thus
> > decided that the best approach would be to add community members
> based
> > on the election results (http://openid.net/2008/12/27/openid-board-
> > election-results/
> > ).  Eran was up next, though he declined the role, which means that
> > Joseph became the newest community member of the board until the next
> > community election.
> >
> > Hope that helps!
> >
> > --David
> >
> > On Feb 6, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Darren Bounds wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just noticed Joseph Smarr was recently added to the OpenID board
> as
> > > the 8th member. Congratulations!
> > >
> > > Would anyone mind explaining why and where was this decision made?
> > > Just curious, as it seemed somewhat strange that someone was added
> to
> > > the board several weeks after the vote and with not a lot of
> detail.
> > > There was mention of needing to keep a 'ratio' in tact that I'm not
> > > familiar with.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > darren bounds
> > > darren at cliqset.com
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