OpenID Board Election Results: Sincere Thanks to All! Let Us All Work Together!

Please let me address particularly all of those who have not been elected or re-elected, to tell them that we are considering them as highly experienced and immensely valuable to OpenID and the Foundation. Together, we will continue efforts to insure the success of OpenID in the world, and build on all that former and current members of the Board had accomplished. We know that their contributions to the Mailing List and to the various Committees will continue be invaluable. They will continue their work establishing Local Chapters in their respective countries.

And since we are recruiting new Corporate Members (speaking of which--I am hoping to see TELCO come aboard very soon!), we will be able to broaden the New Community Board.

As soon as January First, I will be at the service of the whole OpenID Community with the New Board.

Composition of the New Community Board

The composition of the New Board is as follows:

Elected to serve 2-year terms:

- Snorri Giorgetti             106 votes

- Nat Sakimura                 89

- Chris Messina                76

- David Recordon              76

Elected to serve 1-year terms:

- Eric Sachs                     62 votes

- Scott Kveton                 57

- Brian Kissel                   55

You can see the complete results here: http://openid.net/2008/12/27/openid-board-election-results/

I am convinced that the New Board will be able to give OIDF vigor and impulsion.

Please allow me to express a personal reflection on Nat Sakimura's election. Nat's name and mine will give a new "European-Asian" face to the OpenID Foundation and will remind everyone that the Foundation has been created to promote the interests of the Worldwide Community.

My Thanks to all the Members

I would like to extend my thanks to all 175 persons who have voted, and also to remind them that, during the course of the year, they will be called upon to participate in other votes or polls.

May also reiterate that you only have two days left to vote on the PAPE Specification.

Of course, in 2009, we will develop actions to increase the number of new Members; several of our efforts will be directed towards medium-sized businesses.

This is just the beginning of a New Era for OpenID! Let us all pull together to make it happen!