It would seem that renaming Marketing to Adoption might be a prudent move, if it also brings with it certain criteria for success and metrics to help gauge progress.
I think that the "Marketing" committee was ill-defined and had weak support — especially from a branding perspective where there is still no agreement on how important OpenID is a consumer brand. As such, I can see how the first priority should be Adoption, which could include pushing for the test suite and improving the libraries, which would be followed by a more rigorous marketing approach. Otherwise, I agree with focusing on committees, but I also think that we need to come up with a better approach to encourage progress within the committees, and for them to report their progress on the openid.net website and lists. I think we've done a poor job communicating with the outside world what is going on with OpenID — and participation on these lists alone does not suffice. Chris On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:55 PM, David Recordon <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, which is why one of our Committees must be directly focused on > making RPs successful. We need to disband our current Marketing > Committee – it hasn't done anything – and create appropriate > Committees with clear goals and leaders. > > --David > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Allen Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Given that adoption depends on RPs actually adopting OpenID, I think it’s > > important that we visibly demonstrate to the community that RPs (or at > least > > potential RPs) have a voice. > > > > Allen > > > > > > On 1/14/10 7:23 PM, "David Recordon" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 2010 is the year where we must work on developing OpenID as a product > beyond > > just a technology. That said, I don't think that extending the Executive > > Committee with another appointed liaison role is the correct approach. > > > > This year we must also push work out from the Board into Committees. > This > > both broadens the pool of people who can directly become involved and > forces > > us as an organization to increase the value for non-sustaining members. > > > > I believe that the Executive Committee should be chartered to either: > > 1) remain small (no more than five) and perform the execution work not > done > > in the Committees themselves, or > > 2) be made up of the Officers (president, vice president, secretary, > > and treasurer) and the chair of each Committee to focus on tackling > > execution issues across the organization as a whole. > > > > I am supportive of being more formulaic to the organizations leadership > > structure. > > > > --David > > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Brian Kissel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Well, I guess I didn’t wait ;-) As I said on the call yesterday, I think > > Daniel’s idea is a good one. We added the technical and international > > liaison roles to ensure we had sufficient breadth of perspective at the > > executive committee working level, and I think it served us well in 2009. > > Given that we really want to continue to drive adoption and usage in > 2010, > > having a representative on the EC that brings the “voice of the customer” > is > > a good thing. We have some new board members that bring that viewpoint > and > > it would be great to make the most of this in the coming year. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian > > ___________ > > > > Brian Kissel <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254> > > CEO - JanRain, Inc. > > [email protected] > > Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502 > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Kissel > > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:06 PM > > > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback > > > > > > Thanks Don, I’ll wait a bit to see how others respond before putting in > my > > +1 > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian > > ___________ > > > > Brian Kissel <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254> > > CEO - JanRain, Inc. > > [email protected] > > Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502 > > > > Increase registrations, engage users, and grow your brand with RPX. > Learn > > more at www.rpxnow.com <http://www.rpxnow.com/> > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Thibeau > > (OIDF ED) > > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:58 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: 'Daniel Jacobson' > > Subject: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback > > > > OIDF Board Members > > Yesterday the new members of the OpenID Board of Directors received an > > orientation briefing on many of the plans and priorities we will discuss > on > > our first meeting Jan 20th. While not an official meeting, the agenda > > previewed some of key issues the new board will consider as well as info > for > > our budget development and committee process for 2010. The relevant > content > > from the orientation briefing will be updated and included as part of the > > background material for the teleconference on the 20th. > > > > For your information: > > One of the suggestions that came out of that discussion was a suggestion > > from Daniel Jacobson that the views of relying parties can be best > > represented by the addition of a liaison on the executive committee. It > was > > suggested that this new role be similar to that of the international and > > technical community liaison positions. These “non officer” positions are > > part of the executive committee by virtue of board convention established > > last year rather than OIDF by laws. > > > > Board Action Item: > > Please let me know if you are unable to make the teleconference on the > 20th > > and, if desired, to whom you designate as your proxy. > > > > Don Thibeau > > [email protected] > > Executive Director > > The OpenID Foundation > > http://openid.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > board mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > > board mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > > > > _______________________________________________ > > board mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > > > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > -- Chris Messina Open Web Advocate, Google Personal: http://factoryjoe.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/chrismessina This email is: [ ] shareable [X] ask first [ ] private
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