[OpenID] OIDF Board Election Announcement

Tue Nov 9 17:09:20 UTC 2010

This is to announce the third election of OpenID Foundation community board
members. The Foundation plays an important role in the evolution of Internet
identity technologies. Its focus has been driving OpenID adoption through
improvements in UX, data management, and helping relying parties and
identity providers expand into new application areas.  The 2011 Board will
take up the discussions now underway about how to update the mission and
better engage emerging open standard technologies and initiatives. The
election comes at a time when the market is looking for better
deployability, usability, security, multi-channel support, and guidance on
data and privacy management.  Those elected will help determine what role
the OIDF should play in helping facilitate faster and broader adoption of
open standard identity systems.

Last year three community board members were elected to 2-year terms and so
are not standing for election: Brian Kissel, Marc Frons, and Allen Tom.
Other current community board members may seek re-election. They are Nat
Sakimura, Chris Messina, David Recordon, Joseph Smarr, Daniel Jacobson, John
Bradley, Robert Harles and Dick Hardt. This is a good time to thank the
current board members for their time, attention and leadership over the last
year.  For the purposes of the 2011 election, there will likely be 7
confirmed sustaining members: Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Ping Identity,
Symantec, Yahoo!, and Facebook (other member companies are considering their
status).   Thus, we will likely be electing five community members to the
Board of Directors (the final determination of the number of sustaining
directors and community directors to be slated will be made at the time the
voting is opened). The four candidates receiving the most votes will be
elected to 2-year terms.  One will be elected to a 1-year term.  In order to
be eligible for election, your candidacy must have been seconded by at least
three other members. 

All members of the OpenID Foundation are eligible to nominate themselves,
second the nominations of others who self-nominated, and vote for
candidates.  If you're not already a member of the OpenID Foundation, we
encourage you to join now at
https://openid.net/foundation/members/registration
<http://openid.net/wordpress-content/uploads/2009/11/OpenID-Foundation-2010-
Election-Procedures-FAQ-Final.pdf> . Voting and nominations are conducted
using the OpenID you registered when you joined the Foundation.  Log in at
https://openid.net/foundation/members/ with your OpenID to participate in
the nomination and voting. If you are already a member, you will receive an
email from director at oidf.org advising you the election is open and how to
participate. Please refer to the election FAQ
<http://wiki.openid.net/w/page/12995156/Elections>  for additional
information.  If you experience problems participating in the election or
joining the foundation, please send an email to help at oidf.org.  The election
will be conducted on the following schedule:

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

Times for all dates are Noon, U.S. Pacific Time.

Board participation requires a substantial ongoing investment of time and
energy.  It is a volunteer effort that should not be undertaken lightly.
Should you be elected, expect to be called upon to serve both on the board
and on its committees where the work of the foundation is conducted.  If
you're committed to OpenID and advancing digital identity and are a person
who works well with others, we encourage your candidacy.  The OIDF's
Executive Committee has suggested a few questions candidates may want to
publically address in their candidate statements:

1.       What is you view of the mission of the OpenID Foundation?

2.       What are the key opportunities you see for the OpenID Foundation in
2011?

3.       How will you demonstrate your commitment to the work of the
foundation in terms of resources, focus and leadership?

4.       What would you like to see accomplished over the next year, and how
do you personally plan to make these things happen?

5.       What resources can you bring to the foundation to help the
foundation attain its goals?

6.       What current or past experiences, skills, or interests will inform
your contributions and views?

Candidates can address these questions in their election statements on
various community mailing lists and at http://openid.net
<http://openid.net/>  - especially openid-general at lists.openid.net, and via
blog at oidf.org. Please forward questions, comments and suggestions to me.

Don Thibeau

Executive Director

The OpenID Foundation

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