I tend to agree with Chris that the Marketing committee (which I'm
interested in joining, by the way) might be better suited as an
"Adoption" committee or if we want to put even more emphasis on OpenID
as a product then perhaps something more focused like "Product
Marketing Committee" is a good route.
The resulting new focus would allow the committee to work on the
immediate critical needs of productization of OpenID from the
standpoint of the RPs and OPs with the follow-on and integrated step
of more clearly demonstrating the value of OID (the marketing piece).
In regards to an RP specific name on the EC, it seems to me that one
of the top priorities of the Foundation is to drive adoption - in
other words, that job description (of doing things in the name of RPs/
OPs should be in everything the Foundation does and would not
necessarily need to be (however honorary it may or may not be) it's
own separate committee or EC liaison seat.
Jonathan
On Jan 15, 2010, at 4:34 AM, David Recordon wrote:
I think better when analyzing proposals. So put together http://wiki.openid.net/2010-Planning
which lists the officer roles we need to fill and a stab at the
various Committees and chairs (based off of this thread Don's deck).
It's a wiki, please be editing!
--David
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Chris Messina <[email protected]
> wrote:
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
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>
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>
>
>
> 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
> ___________
>
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> CEO - JanRain, Inc.
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>
> 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
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