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.<div>
<br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It's been an honor to serve,</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Don Thibeau <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:don@oidf.org">don@oidf.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="'Gill Sans'">This is a message regarding the upcoming OpenID Board of Directors election.</font><div>
<font face="'Gill Sans'"><br></font></div><div><div><font face="'Gill Sans'">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." </font></div>
<div><font face="'Gill Sans'"><br></font></div><div><font face="'Gill Sans'">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. </font><span style="font-family:'Gill Sans'">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. </span><span style="font-family:'Gill Sans'">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 <a href="http://accountchooser.com/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Account Chooser</a> IPR to the foundation will be determined and work on new protocols is expected. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family:'Gill Sans';font-size:medium">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.</span></div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:'Gill Sans';font-size:medium"><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-family:'Gill Sans';font-size:medium">Don Thibeau</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="'Gill Sans'">Executive Director</font></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
<font face="'Gill Sans'">OpenID Foundation</font></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="'Gill Sans'"><a href="mailto:don@oidf.org" target="_blank">don@oidf.org</a></font></div>
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