[OpenID] My views on the coming elections to the board

Tue Nov 24 18:50:00 UTC 2009

John, as I am 99% sure nobody else is enjoying our exchange nearly as 
much as ourselves - I respectfully excuse myself from further 'slightly 
subtle US bashing' (lets go offline)

paul

p.s. wrt OIDF & Kantara - gimme a hint. Does your position statement use 
the words 'Hell' & 'freezes'? or some assessment of porcine aerodynamics?

John Bradley wrote:
> I don't know that Tony Nadalin counts as a Texan now that he has moved 
> to Redmond.
>
> He thinks Santiago is in Bolivia anyway at least that is where he 
> helpfully told the US Secret service I am from, last time I visited 
> the WhiteHouse.
>
> I will look into laser removal for you, though I have to warn it may 
> leave a bald patch.
>
> So as my campaign manager should I declare my position on folding the 
> OIDF into Kantara?
>
> What sort of issues do you think should be discussed?  (FYI How much 
> the Leafs suck this year is out of scope)
>
> John B.
>
>
> On 2009-11-24, at 2:27 PM, Paul Madsen wrote:
>
>> if you pay to get the 'I heart SAML'  ink removed from my butt I'm 
>> with you
>>
>> But please, no mention of 'chile' - polls show it just confuses the 
>> Texan voters
>>
>> John Bradley wrote:
>>> I could do my campaign statement in Spanish, now that I am Chilean.
>>>
>>> Though my Spanish is still not much better than my French and I 
>>> learned most of that when I lived in Hull.  (Limited but colourful 
>>> vocabulary)
>>>
>>> I could let you be my campaign manager,  but first you have to admit 
>>> that openID has better branding and public mindshare than SAML.
>>>
>>> Tell me if openID v Next could meet all of the SAML use cases would 
>>> you turn away from the dark side of the SSO force? (no not WS-Fed)
>>>
>>> John B.
>>> On 2009-11-24, at 1:49 PM, Paul Madsen wrote:
>>>
>>>> John, I've just finished reading a review of Sarah Palin's book and 
>>>> it gave me some ideas for your campaign.
>>>>
>>>> As a first step please stop admitting you are Canadian, it won't 
>>>> play with voters in the mid-West.
>>>>
>>>> paul
>>>>
>>>> John Bradley wrote:
>>>>> Santosh,
>>>>>
>>>>> It is Paul's barbed hockey pucks you need to watch out for:)
>>>>>
>>>>> I will be running once I figure out something clever to say on my 
>>>>> candidate statement.
>>>>>
>>>>> I could outsource it to Paul,  Canadians work cheep I am told. 
>>>>>  (Every time I ask for money)
>>>>>
>>>>> John B.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2009-11-24, at 1:09 PM, Santosh Rajan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> hehe i have no intentions of moving closer, short of having shoes 
>>>>>> thrown at me! :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Paul Madsen 
>>>>>> <paulmadsen at rogers.com <mailto:paulmadsen at rogers.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Wow, I was undecided but I must confess Santosh's argument,
>>>>>>     buttressed as it is by strong evidence & logical thinking, is
>>>>>>     compelling.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Santosh, are you sure you wouldn't consider moving closer?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Santosh Rajan wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Ok, so i thought I will put down my thinking on the coming
>>>>>>>     OpenID elctions.
>>>>>>>     Disclaimer: I have no intentions for nominating myself.
>>>>>>>     Because I think that would be preposterous for the following
>>>>>>>     reasons.
>>>>>>>     1) I am sure there are better qualified people than me to be
>>>>>>>     on the board.
>>>>>>>     2) I live half was across the world from SA. California and
>>>>>>>     I couldn't do any justice to that position.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Now there are two people who i wouldn't like to see continue
>>>>>>>     on the board. I will give their names and the reasons.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     1) Brian Kissel. I don't think he has any leadership
>>>>>>>     qualities. A leader has to lead from the front, and Brian
>>>>>>>     unfortunately has not lead from the front.peaks 2) Chriss
>>>>>>>     Messina. I don't even know why he is on the OpenID board. As
>>>>>>>     far as I can see he is a man who speaks from "all sides of
>>>>>>>     his mouth". Maybe he is a PR man or something like that. I
>>>>>>>     don't understand what he really is all about. From my
>>>>>>>     personal experience with him, he is not a man to be trusted.
>>>>>>>     I have my own reasons to believe so from my own interactions
>>>>>>>     with him.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Sorry Brian. Chris, for saying this in public. You are free
>>>>>>>     to reply to this post and prove me wrong.
>>>>>>>     Thanks
>>>>>>>     Santosh
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     -- 
>>>>>>>     http://hi.im/santosh
>>>>>>>
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