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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>+1. Well said, Bill. I would go so far as
to say some of the corporations now involved are here BECAUSE it is a
community-led effort. The only way that would ever change is if the community
stops leading.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Given the set of voices we have here&#8230;I
don&#8217;t see that happening any time soon ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>=Drummond &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
general-bounces@openid.net [mailto:general-bounces@openid.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bill Washburn<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 13, 2008
5:08 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Peter Williams<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> general@openid.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [OpenID] Affliating
OpenID sign ups</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hey...Peter,<br>
<br>
Dare to make a positive difference!&nbsp; Why don't you fight the good fight
and help the OpenID *community* flourish by doing a good thing: joining,
voting, helping make the mettle of governance in the community a little
stronger with your strident opinions?&nbsp; Or as the old saying goes, Rather
than shout at the darkness, light a candle.<br>
<br>
As I see it, there are no immutable laws of the universe, natural or otherwise,
written in stone somewhere that compel the inevitability of your logic that
corporate interests must win and&nbsp; community interests must suffer.&nbsp;
OIDF is fully an intentional design by the OpenID Foundation Board to sustain
and help the OpenID community.&nbsp; Help us keep the founding charter as it
came from Brad et al. to serve everyone freely as envisioned.&nbsp; Indeed,
this intentional community is known well to the entire Board. Nothing else
would do.<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
-bill<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Peter Williams &lt;<a
href="mailto:pwilliams@rapattoni.com" target="_blank">pwilliams@rapattoni.com</a>&gt;
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Affiliation protocols for OPs and the clickpass' idea (sp-centric trust<br>
model enforcement) are both topics that could be standardized to make an<br>
open market - addressing RPs.<br>
<br>
But, the point of being a(ny) board member is to ensure that only<br>
&quot;certain&quot; standards activities are actually authorized/endorsed by
the<br>
&quot;Board&quot; : the ones that benefit your investments. Then you
&quot;present&quot; the<br>
rationale as &quot;community interest&quot;, and &quot;common good&quot;, etc
etc - as to<br>
why certain things are not engaged in.<br>
<br>
If like ICANN/DNS you had community board members per grassroot<br>
involvement, who get all &quot;user-interest focused&quot; vs<br>
&quot;corporate/money/defense focused&quot; you change the governance rules so<br>
there simply are no more community board seats :-). Only govt/corporate<br>
types are allowed in the club.<br>
<br>
Be fun to see how long the &quot;nobody owns this&quot; philosophy lasts, now
big<br>
money is in the air. I give it 6 months, till folks are fighting in the<br>
backroom over stuff. Nobody owns it will suddenly turn into ... well<br>
what we meant on referred &quot;the core protocol&quot;. Of course!
&quot;service<br>
innovations&quot; are allowed (that the Board will not allow to be<br>
standardized) that only some parties will own!<br>
<br>
Governance is hard. The early adoptors have to have some early lead - to<br>
payoff the bets and investments. But, standards means they don't get<br>
much of a head start, over the mere &quot;followers&quot;. Governance is
supposed<br>
to allow politics to manage those contrary goals. Governance always<br>
tests the mettle of a community.<br>
<font color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'><br>
Peter.</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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&gt; -----Original Message-----<br>
&gt; From: <a href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net" target="_blank">general-bounces@openid.net</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net" target="_blank">general-bounces@openid.net</a>]<br>
On<br>
&gt; Behalf Of Chris Obdam<br>
&gt; Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:26 AM<br>
&gt; To: <a href="mailto:general@openid.net" target="_blank">general@openid.net</a><br>
&gt; Subject: [OpenID] Affliating OpenID sign ups<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Hi,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; myOpenID facilitates OpenID consumers a sign p service. It's called<br>
&gt; affliliating. Are there plans integrating this kind of functionality<br>
&gt; in to OpenID?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Greetings,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Chris Obdam<br>
&gt; OpenID Netherlands<br>
&gt; _______________________________________________<br>
&gt; general mailing list<br>
&gt; <a href="mailto:general@openid.net" target="_blank">general@openid.net</a><br>
&gt; <a href="http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general" target="_blank">http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general</a><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
general mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:general@openid.net" target="_blank">general@openid.net</a><br>
<a href="http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general" target="_blank">http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/general</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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