[OpenID] International representation on the 2011 OpenID Board of Directors

[Nat Sakimura]

I agree.

At the same time, time is really tight. According to the openid wiki,
here is the list of the key dates:

Nominations open: Monday, November 15, 2010
Nominations close: Monday, November 29, 2010
Election begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Election ends: Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Results announced by: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
New board terms start: Friday, January 1, 2011

So, we have to put together the slate this week.

=nat

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:47 PM, John Bradley <ve7jtb at ve7jtb.com> wrote:
> Don,
> The reality is that with only two board members form outside the us and the
> vast majority coming from the San Francisco Bay area the foundation winds up
> being rightly perceived as a Bay area club.
> We were unable to organize a directors meeting for Washington DC this year.
>   One was planned next to IIW east, Nat and I booked and attended, but the
> board meeting was cancelled.
> I am a bit frustrated at how the board and foundation supports international
> activity.  The resolution is nice but we need real action.
> Nat and I have helped organize two summits in Europe this year, with limited
> support.
> If I run again,  I will be pushing for one East coast Board F2F and one
> European one (I would ask for South America but small steps)
> I want the foundation to support at least two Summits in Europe one in
> conjunction with a board meeting so we can have the board members attend.
> We also need to support at least one summit in Asia.
> Nat and I as community board members have to pay thousands of dollars every
> year out of our own pockets to attend.   The other board members need to
> suck it up and bare some of the cost of being an international organization
> as well.
> I also think that we need to be better organized for the election to get one
> or two europeans on the board.   Last time the vote was split across two
> many candidates.    Perhaps we can organize a primary or consensus decision
> on the list to have two people run for the region.
> We can discuss a strategy for that on the openid-ed list.
> I hope we still have people like Kick and others who are still interested in
> running.
>
> I recognize that a lot of the key people involved in developing openID are
> from the Bay Area and are important to the community.
> However if we want openID to be successful we need to move beyond that
> initial group of people.
> So I would like to discuss my running with other non US people to put
> together a slate that increases international participation.
> That slate may or may not include me at the end of the day.    Time is
> running short.  We should probably get organized before the conference in
> the Hague Dec 8.
> John B.
> On 2010-11-09, at 10:37 AM, Don Thibeau wrote:
>
> Nat and John
> As Co Chairs of the OpenID Foundation's International Committee
> This is to ask you to consider your own and others candidacy for service on
> the 2011 OpenID Board of Directors.
> The recently passed Board resolutions affirm the importance of global
> adoption and collaboration around open identity technologies.
> International representation and leadership at the board level is consistent
> with these goals.
> To that end robust international participation in the recently announced
> elections is important. New individual membership often occurs at this time
> as a result of interest in the elections.
> That participation can find a public voice in the nominations, public
> support and the statements of the candidates on various mailing lists and at
> opened.net
> Please feel free to share this message with others
> Don Thibeau
> Executive Director
> openid.net
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