<html><head><base href="x-msg://2849/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I voted and put in my nomination for the board.<div><br></div><div>Anyone feeling like seconding me can do it when they vote for the revised charter.</div><div><br></div><div>I encourage everyone to vote. We need to get the WG process going.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>John B.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 2009-12-01, at 6:01 PM, Don Thibeau (OIDF ED) wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1F497D" face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">On Dec 1, 2009, at 12:19 PM, Don Thibeau (OIDF ED) wrote:<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br><br><o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">This is to alert all that we have a significant shortfall in the vote re:<br>the IPR process. Votes are needed now.<br><br>Many members may not be aware of the very high bar set for changes of this<br>sort. A bit of history may be helpful. The discussion at the time was that<br>the founding members had put a fair amount of effort into drafting the<br>original documents and working out the necessary IP compromises, and they<br>did not want modification to be too easy.<br><br>As Nat suggests below there is a clear consensus that the proposed changes<br>are critically important to meet current needs. I urge you to vote now.<br>The poll URL is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/21" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/21</a><br><br>Don Thibeau<br><a href="mailto:don@OIDF.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">don@OIDF.org</a><br>Executive Director<br>The OpenID Foundation<br><a href="http://openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://openid.net</a><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:22:01 +0900<br>From: Nat Sakimura <<a href="mailto:n-sakimura@nri.co.jp" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">n-sakimura@nri.co.jp</a>><br>Subject: [OpenID] Help us change the IPR Process so that we can create<br><span class="apple-tab-span"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>WGs easier (was Vote Now)<br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:openid-general@lists.openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">openid-general@lists.openid.net</a><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:4B147DC9.1030905@nri.co.jp" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">4B147DC9.1030905@nri.co.jp</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"<br><br>Thanks very much Don.<br><br>We need to become able to spin up WGs much easier than now.<br>This IPR process change enable us to do so.<br>We badly need it to make us able to move forward for things like Authn<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>v.next, AX 1.1, 2.0, Artifact Binding etc.<br><br>Please do vote (in favour :-). The poll URL is<br><br><a href="https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/21" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/21</a><br><br>Cheers,<br><br>=nat<br><br>(2009/12/01 11:03), Don Thibeau (OIDF ED) wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Two important _all_ member activities are currently underway: the IPR<o:p></o:p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Process revision voting and community board seat nominations. I<o:p></o:p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">encourage you to make your views heard on these key issues for our<o:p></o:p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">foundation.<o:p></o:p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">IPR Process voting ends on the 4^th . Please vote today if you haven't<o:p></o:p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">already done so.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls</a><o:p></o:p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>general mailing list<br><a href="mailto:general@lists.openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">general@lists.openid.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-general" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-general</a><o:p></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>general mailing list<br><a href="mailto:general@lists.openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">general@lists.openid.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-general" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-general</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>