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Hi Eddy<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Both statements are accurate.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Anyone is welcome to run for the community board seats when they come up for re-election.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The community board members want to ensure that the Foundation represents the community, so would like to limit the Corporate board membership, or at least ensure that community board seats balance the corporate board seats -- so adding additional corporate board members is not out of the question, it would require careful consideration by the board.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>-- Dick</div><div><br><div><div>On 8-Feb-08, at 6:07 PM, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> Reading yet another nice article at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3726771/OpenID+Gets+Star+Power.htm">http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3726771/OpenID+Gets+Star+Power.htm</a> I picked up the following:<br> <br> "Washburn said that although the foundation will continue recruiting companies of all sizes to support the OpenID standard, it is not likely to add any more board members."<br> <br> Why is that? Just a week ago I was visiting the page at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://openid.net/foundation/join/">http://openid.net/foundation/join/</a> which invites to join the foundation, from student up to the kind of cooperations which just joined? A week ago there was a big emptiness at the "Corporate Board Members" section...<br> <br> Can somebody clarify what the official position is?<br> <br> <div class="moz-signature">-- <br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2">Regards </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Signer: </td> <td>Eddy Nigg, <a href="http://www.startcom.org">StartCom Ltd.</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jabber: </td> <td><a href="xmpp:startcom@startcom.org">startcom@startcom.org</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Blog: </td> <td><a href="http://blog.startcom.org">Join the Revolution!</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Phone: </td> <td>+1.213.341.0390</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">general mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:general@openid.net">general@openid.net</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general">http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>