As my repeated requests for discussions like this to occur on the public
mailing list seem to have largely fallen on deaf ears, I'm just moving this to
the public list and removed the one sentence which covered something private.
Brian, this sounds really good though I think we'll have to really prioritize
since 9:30 to noon will not be much time face to face. I think focusing on
what we must accomplish this year (starting with the next 3 to 6 months) will
be the most valuable.
Also, given the bylaws this cannot be an official board meeting as they
require at least seven days of notice (
http://wiki.openid.net/Bylaws#Section44NoticeofMeetings).
Thanks,
--David
----- "Brian Kissel" <[email protected]> wrote:
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Thanks Luke, if you could book a room for us from 9:30 to noon that would be
great. My guess is we’ll have 8 to 10 board members who should be able to
attend. I think the following have expressed interest so far: Scott, David,
Luke, Joseph, Andrew, Raj, DeWitt, Eric, Chris, and Brian. Pretty sure that
Tony, Mike, Nat, and Snorri can’t make it. Don’t know about Gary.
Luke, do you think you could get us a room with a Polycom so we could allow
anyone who can’t make it in person to call in?
I’m open to topics that people would like to discuss. One valuable area might
be the thread that Johannes and Nat have been moving forward w.r.t. key goals
for 2009. Last fall Johannes pulled together a comprehensive list of possible
areas we should consider addressing that included input from Snorri’s and Nat’s
work as well as input from various board members. We’ve recently emphasized a
focus on UX and Security, let’s try to set some specific goals and measures for
success for these two areas.
Another theme that we’ve heard from lots of prospective RPs is better and more
consistent user profile data from the major OPs (SREG, AX, OAuth). Is there a
role for the OIDF to help in this area, or is this something the individual OPs
need to address for themselves? If there is a role for the OIDF, what is it
and how do we measure our success?
We also have a “chicken and egg” problem where a number of content providers
(media, entertainment, affinity groups) say none of my peers or competitors
have deployed OpenID yet, I’ll just wait until someone else goes first. So
what can the OIDF and member companies do to get some early adopters deployed
in each major category to “prime the pump?” Can we get some early adopters in
several categories: newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, sports, games, personal
productivity tools, college and corporate alumni networks, photo sharing,
etc.? If so, what are the specific programs that the OIDF can undertake to
facilitate this?
Then there’s the general challenge with mainstream awareness about OpenID and
its benefits. When and how do we cost effectively inform and educate RPs and
end users of the benefits? Seems premature to invest too much here until we’ve
addressed some of the issues of UX and getting more early adopter RPs live, but
should we have a goal to start doing more proactive outreach in the second half
of 2009 assuming we can address the precursor issues in the first half?
We’ve started to make some progress in commerce applications with Nat’s success
in Japan and the discussions about TX/CX, but there’s a lot more market
research we need to do to fully understand if, when, and how OpenID and other
related open standards could/should play a role in online commerce. Can we set
some goals for market research into retail applications for 2009? I’ve been
working with Andrew, Eric, Raj, and Nat on trying to set up a Retail Advisory
Committee similar to our Content Provider Advisory Committee to start doing
some more systematic research on the needs of retailers with respect to trust,
non-repudiation, PCI compliance, etc. Should we set some specific goals and
measures of success around understanding retailers’ needs in 2009?
I think we all know that there’s a long list of things we could do, but if we
can come to a consensus on what the top 4 to 5 priorities are for the OIDF
2009, then we can put together programs and measures of success for those key
objectives.
Looking forward to a good discussion.
Cheers,
> Brian
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