[OpenID] 8th OpenID community board member

[David Recordon]

The executive committee is currently made up of a mix of community and  
corporate members.  Given that there will always be one more community  
member than corporate, I think it would be hard to have an executive  
committee made up entirely of corporate members.  That said, it is  
something we should address in the Foundation's bylaws.

--David

On Feb 6, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Peter Williams wrote:

> 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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