So its sounding like most people would prefer or at least be
comfortable with keeping the EC small as long as we ensure that:
· we have the right committees (i.e. make sure we add/have o
ne focused on adoption with good representation by RPs)
· the Committees have strong leadership (including board mem
bers as co-chairs) and are communicating with the full board on a ti
mely basis
· the board and EC make sure that the OIDF is properly suppo
rting the Committees and managing any cross committee functional iss
ues that may be relevant
If that’s the case, then the EC elections coming up next week will o
nly be for the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer’s positio
ns. Don Thibeau as Executive Director is also a member ex-officio.
In addition to the 6 committees that David has proposed at http://wiki.openid.net/2010-Planning
, are there any other committees that we collectively feel we should
start out the year with? We can always add and retire committees as
necessary, but want to make sure we have the right ones to start out
the year.
· Adoption. Charter: Develop OpenID as a product and largel
y working with relying parties to "bring the voice of the customer"
while looking at branding, usability, and delivered value.
· Government. Charter: Support the needs of the US Federal G
overnment and other governments looking to deploy OpenID.
· Security. Charter: Working with the Technology Committee
and various Working Groups, ensure that OpenID's security model is a
ppropriate for how it is being deployed.
· Technology. Charter: Oversee the technical Working Groups'
progress and liase between them and the Adoption, Government, and S
ecurity Committees.
· Legal. Charter: Oversee, protect, and develop the Fou
ndation's bylaws and IP it is responsible for such as copyrights and
trademarks World-wide.
· International Outreach. Charter: Coordinate and support t
he work of OpenID communities primarily outside of North America. Co
llaborate with OpenID Europe and Japan.
Cheers,
Brian
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CEO - JanRain, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:openid-board-
[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Recordon
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:43 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing
Feedback
And thanks for the edits!
Personally I'm fine with the Executive Committee being the four
officers assuming that it's scope and role is fairly small.
Whether it's part of the Executive Committee or separate, I believe
that there is a need for a regularly meeting group of the Officers and
Chairs. This group would be smaller than the Board itself and ensure
that the Foundation is supporting the needs of all of the Committees
and tackle cross-functional issues. This group must be empowered by
the Board to make decisions and thus progress. This is why I can also
see a model where we re-charter the Executive Committee to have this
role.
I think about this much like how companies have executive teams that
generally have one representative from each major business function.
--David
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Brian Kissel <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Thanks David, great idea. Highly encourage everyone to look at
David’s
> document and provide your feedback.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
> ___________
>
>
>
> Brian Kissel
>
> 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
>
>
>
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David
Recordon
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 1:35 AM
>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing
Feedback
>
>
>
> 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 a
greement
> 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 li
sts 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 internat
ional
>> 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 c
ustomer”
>> 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 putt
ing 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
>>
>>
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