The votes are in!

The OpenSocial Foundation community representatives election has concluded. You have selected Paul Lindner and Mark Halvorson to serve as your two representatives for this year's board. Congratulations to Paul and Mark!

For those of you looking to get involved with OpenSocial, there are many opportunities outside the board, including:

• wiki.opensocial.org: Contribute to documenting best practices and articles on the new OpenSocial community wiki
• Get Started Building Apps: Brainstorm, check out a few tutorials, and get programming
• Help build OpenSocial 1.1: Participate in the on-going evolution of OpenSocial's technical specification by contributing to the next version of the specification

See you on the forums!

Posted on behalf of the OpenSocial Foundation by Mark Weitzel (Secretary)

The polls are closed!!

Greetings Everyone,

This is just a quick note to let you know that the election for the two OpenSocial Board Community Representatives is now officially closed. We will be tallying up the ballots and posting the results shortly.

I would like to thank all of our nominees for being willing to commit their time and effort to OpenSocial, as well as all of those who took the time to vote. Finally, I owe one last thank you to Ryan Boyd of Google who went above and beyond to helped make everything happen behind the scenes.

Posted on behalf of the OpenSocial Foundation by Mark Weitzel (Secretary)

Rock the Vote: Community Representatives election is open!

The election for the OpenSocial Foundation's community board representatives is now open. If you previously applied for membership, you should have received an email directing you to submit your ballot. The election will close at 11:59 PM PDT on Tuesday, June 15, 2010. You can find information on each person on the candidate info page.

Two of these candidates will be elected by the community to serve on the OpenSocial Foundation's Board of Directors. As a reminder, the role of the OpenSocial Foundation is to promote the OpenSocial specification, and to help ensure that it remains freely implementable by all, in perpetuity. You can find more information about the foundation by visiting the OpenSocial Foundation FAQ.

If you have not submitted a membership application to the OpenSocial Foundation, and would like to have your voice heard in this election you still may do so. To be eligible to vote in the current election, you must submit the OpenSocial Foundation membership application (it's free) by 11:59 PM PDT on Tuesday, June 8, 2010.

If you have any questions or comments about the election please visit the OpenSocial community forum.

Posted by Mark Weitzel, on behalf of the OpenSocial Foundation