I’m pleased to report that 175 out of 217 eligible members voted in the election for OpenID Foundation community board members. The election results (listing candidates and number of votes received) are as follows: Elected to serve 2-year terms:

Snorri Giorgetti	106
Nat Sakimura	89
Chris Messina	76
David Recordon	76

Elected to serve 1-year terms:

Eric Sachs	62
Scott Kveton	57
Brian Kissel	55

Not elected:

Eran Hammer-Lahav	54
Joseph Smarr	52
Allen Tom	42
Luke Shepard	37
Johannes Ernst	37
Dick Hardt	36
John Bradley	22
Martin Atkins	21
Mike Kirkwood	8
Peter Nixey	8

The seven elected community board members will take office on January 1st, 2009. The five corporate board members will remain in office. I’d like to thank all those who ran for their commitment to serving the OpenID community. I look forward to working with many of you on advancing OpenID over the coming year, including, I’m sure, many of you who were not elected to the board in this election. -- Mike Jones, for the Elections Committee