I'm certainly interested in this process, but can't offer much experience at this point. Still, if I can be of service to any particular end, let me know.
And of course we can discuss on the BOD call. Chris On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Scott Kveton <[email protected]> wrote: > The OpenID Foundation search committee has been working to hire an > executive director for some time now. We have come very close at > times, even to the point of making an offer, only to have the > candidate pass on the opportunity. > > As background, the OIDF BOD have agreed for some time that an ED will > be critical for the organization's success in 2009. There were many > discussions on the general@ list about this during the election and I > believe the consensus remains that this is still a path we want to > head down. The hiring criteria was to try and find someone that was > strong operationally and not necessarily so much of a technologist or > evangelist. The thought was that we have plenty of evangelists; we > needed someone who could execute on programs that make membership > relevant and also to help drive OpenID adoption in the marketplace. > > In November, the Search Committee agreed that there were several > things a full-time interim ED could be doing to help move the > organization forward while we search for a permanent candidate. We > did not want to hire an interim or permanent candidate in the final > weeks of 2008 as we had the new BOD coming on-line in 2009. Now that > elections are over, we can take a look at filling this gap. > > The Search Committee agreed that the following short-term (3 months) > goals for the interim candidate: > > * Drive the process to hire a full time ED > - Review and refine the job description as necessary > - Manage the process and recruiter (if we hire one) > - Screen candidates, reference checks > - Recommend a short list to the search committee > > * Recruit 3 more corporate board members > - The OIDF BOD voted to add 5 more corporate board seats (for a > total of 10) in November '08 > > * Develop Operating Plan goals for the OIDF for 2009 – should cover > some key topics > - Revenue goals > - Membership goals > - OpenID adoption goals (RPs and active end users) > - International plans (more proactive integrated plan to encompass > what Nat and Snorri have started) > - Technology progress goals (usability, data management, security, > commerce, mobile, browser integration, etc.) > > *Develop draft budget and Financial Plan (income statement, cash flow, > balance sheet) for 2009 > - Consistent with 2009 goals developed above > - Detailed assumptions about both revenues and costs > > * Develop a Revenue Plan > - Detailed plan of how we're going to meet the income part of our > financial plan > - Will include membership revenue, services revenue, and other > possible sources of income > > * Develop comprehensive Membership Plan > - Consistent with Operating and Financial plans > - Should benchmark other comparable foundations/SIGs to determine > what tiers of membership/sponsorship we should have, what benefits are > for each tier, how much we charge for each tier, etc. IMHO, the Linux > Foundation SIG is a good place to start as there are many similarities > in goals. We should agree who we think the best organizations are to > benchmark > > * Develop high level OpenID Technology Roadmap > - Based on CRC findings and the long wish list at > http://wiki.openid.net/Strategy, pick the top 3 to 5 things that are > going to have the biggest impact on adoption and usage of OpenID and > value to the members, and come up with a detailed plan with specific > goals to share with members and the OpenID community > > * Develop International Plan (ideally with help from our new > International board members) > - Consistent with the Operating Plan goals, develop a detailed > plan to achieve our international goals > > * Develop Adoption and Usage Plan > - Consistent with the Operating Plan goals, develop a detailed > plan to achieve our international goals > - Should be coordinated with Membership plan since membership > plans should also have adoption/usage related goals > - May also include other areas such as business/legal framework, > Marcom plan, etc. > > * Marcom plan > - In support of membership and adoption and usage goals, develop a > comprehensive marcom plan > > Brian Kissel has agreed to take on the task finding an interim ED > candidate for the OIDF while the Search Committee reconstitutes itself > as part of the new BOD. The current members are: > > Search/Hiring > > * Raj Mata representing Yahoo! > * David Recordon > * Scott Kveton (chair) > * Johannes Ernst > * Brian Kissel > > If you are interested in participating in this committee or have some > specific input on this process, by all means please let us know. > > We should have an update on the hiring of an interim ED by the board > call next week. I'll go ahead and add that to the agenda for our > first call. > > - Scott > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > -- Chris Messina Citizen-Participant & Open Web Advocate-at-Large factoryjoe.com # diso-project.org citizenagency.com # vidoop.com This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private
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