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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear candidate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please identify your main blogsite’s
main pagesas a URL, to this <a href="mailto:general@openid.net">general@openid.net</a>
list. Please authorize me to report on whether your blog site supports delivery
of an authenticated comment, using openid (1 or 2). I will test it (using myopenid)
and report back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Snorri’s blog, for example,
appears to feature 3 vendor-specific ways of logging in to leave him a
comment on his blogsite. None of them are (obviously) OpenID powered. It may actually
be possible to use an openid, but I could</span> not see how (e.g. an OpenID
logo).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://snorrigiorgetti.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?__mode=login&blog_id=1&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsnorrigiorgetti.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2Fopenid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html">http://snorrigiorgetti.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?__mode=login&blog_id=1&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsnorrigiorgetti.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2Fopenid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It’s time for all candidates
to act, and be seen clearly to adopt openid. I will not counsel the member I advise
to vote for a Candidate who (a) operates a blogsite and (b) that site does
not actually prominently feature openid commenting/signin.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If you have an argument against this
position, be free to argue a defense on your blogsite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
general-bounces@openid.net [mailto:general-bounces@openid.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Snorri<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> general@openid.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OpenID] Today is the beginning of the VOTING PERIOD, be ready
to make the best choice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear OpenID Community and
dear OIDF Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am inviting you to read
this post on my blog to remind you of the process and importance of voting.
Your vote is critical for the future of OpenID in 2009. </span><span lang=FR><a
href="http://snorrigiorgetti.com/blog/2008/12/openid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html">http://snorrigiorgetti.com/blog/2008/12/openid-foundation---the-new-board-election-is-on.html</a></span><span
lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please
remember that you can take advantage of the next two weeks to ask questions to
the Candidates, just as Eddy Nigg did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-Snorri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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