<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Just to be clear, we just reduced the OIDF membership fee to $25. You do need to be a member to run, but that's a modest expense I think.<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 18, 2008, at 10:36, Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div> <font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">I feel passionate about this enough to run for a board seat but I also feel passionate about not paying fees enough not to run.<br> <br> EHL<br> <br> <br> On 11/18/08 9:10 AM, "Johannes Ernst" <<a href="jernst+openid.net@netmesh.us">jernst+openid.net@netmesh.us</a>> wrote:<br> <br> </span></font><blockquote><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br> <br> > On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:52, Chris Messina wrote:<br> >> Unfortunately the OIDF as it stands does not have its pedigree in<br> >> branding or in consumer products, and therefore we lack much<br> >> strategic direction that will help us make OpenID a household name<br> >> like Visa became. It's a surmountable problem if we have the budget<br> >> and can garner the mindshare, but I've not seen anything from the<br> >> foundation that has such strategic, long-term awareness and brand-<br> >> building on the agenda.<br> <br> Having served on the OIDF's board of directors since day one, I think<br> this is an accurate assessment. I have brought this up many times with<br> the board members, and it was the #1 rationale for me to signing over<br> the OpenID trademark to the foundation, so it could build that<br> consumer brand. But there's never been anything resembling a majority<br> that this is something OIDF should prioritize.<br> <br> This is the time to point out that board elections are coming up<br> rather soon, and I would invite everybody who feels strongly about an<br> issue like this one to consider running for the board. (Even if I<br> create myself more re-election competition that way ;-))<br> <br> Cheers,<br> <br> <br> <br> Johannes.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </span></font></blockquote> </div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>