[OpenID] 2012 OpenID Foundation Director Election

[Chris Messina]

Thanks Don, and thanks all for the privilege of advocating for the
community-at-large's interests over the past several years. I don't think
we've yet begun to crack the nut at the potential that will be unlocked
with a durable, interoperable, and user-friendly solution for internet
identity — especially one that acknowledges and works well across
multi-modal device contexts.

If you are passionate about internet identity and have been waiting for an
opportunity to step up and assert yourself into the dialogue and ongoing
progress of the OIDF, there's no better time than now to do so.

It's been an honor to serve,

Chris

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Don Thibeau <don at oidf.org> wrote:

> This is a message regarding the upcoming OpenID Board of Directors
> election.
>
> Chris Messina has decided not to run for re-election in 2012. I want to
> acknowledge the important contributions Chris has made from the beginning
> of the OpenID effort. As a community board representative and member of the
> Executive Committee, Chris has shared his considerable network, marketing
> expertise and strong views about user-centric identity. As Chris has said;
> "internet identity continues to be an unsolved problem for the mass of free
> (as in freedom) internet users."
>
> Chris's contributions act as model for others to step up to the important
> contributions that can be made as a community director on the OpenID
> Foundation Board. To be sure, leadership and collaboration with
> competitors on industry standards has built in challenges, especially for
> those representing a broad community interest. In this context the voice of
> the community is especially important. A concrete and recent lesson lies
> in the evolution to OpenID Connect and how collaboration of community
> contribution and among unlikely allies like Facebook, Google, and Microsoft
> is changing online identity.  2012 will be a pivotal year. OpenID Connect
> global adoption will begin, Google's transfer of its Account Chooser<http://accountchooser.com/> IPR
> to the foundation will be determined and work on new protocols is expected.
>
>
> On behalf of the Board and the OpenID community, we thank Chris for his
> service. We ask OpenID Foundation members to encourage your colleagues to
> step forward for election and most important participate in the upcoming
> vote. Contact me if you have any questions.
>
> Don Thibeau
> Executive Director
> OpenID Foundation
> don at oidf.org
>
>
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