I support these changes as well.
To that end, one point about moving calendars and groups to hosted
Google Apps for your Domain should be a Q1 priority. We need better
and more modern tools for collaboration. I would ask Don to take on
that responsibility, insofar as delegating that task to Inventures or
someone else equally suitable.
Chris
Sent from my iPhone 2G
On Jan 15, 2010, at 14:44, David Recordon <[email protected]> wrote:
Hey Don,
Thanks for following up and I do support everything you've outlined.
In a large part you articulated a lot of these responsibilities in
your orientation deck so having the Board formally adopt them makes a
lot of sense. I'm (and Chris I'm sure) are happy to help document the
responsibilities of Directors on the wiki as well for reference.
Thanks,
--David
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:52 AM, Don Thibeau (OIDF ED)
<[email protected]> wrote:
This is to set out some changes I would like to see in how the OIDF
Board
works in 2010.
David Recordon has challenged me to be a more effective advocate of
change
and to do so more openly. He asked me to take on a role of moving
private
threads into the public mailing list and doing some level setting
around
this at the first meeting. As he noted, this allows for feedback
from non
board members. David pointed out that doesn't mean that we make
changes
based on all of the feedback, but that goes hand in hand with
increasing
value for non sustaining members.
David has underlined some important and timely issues. This kind of
feedback
helps me do a better job. The new member orientation meeting
previewed a set
of specific changes I am advocating to improve our performance,
accountability and growth. To be sure, while an executive director
can
advocate change; only directors can make a motion and vote to change.
Accordingly, I am advocating the process changes below other
product change
will be discussed separately.
1. Clearer expectations
a. 2010 Board roles and responsibilities be clearly
articulated and
shared.
i. In ED
personal interactions with all board members,
ii. In
writing and discussed in orientation and inaugural board meeting
content
b. 2010 Board meeting calendar be discussed and accepted at
first
board meeting
i.
Should a board member be unable to attend-proxies should be issued
ii. Board
meetings and calendars posted on www.openid.net
2. More responsibility
a. More responsibilities in board committees less in the
executive
committee
i. E.g.
committee help develop budget plans and priorities
ii. A
expanded board level program tracking and management function
3. More accountability
a. E.g. in 2010 each director co chairs at least one committee
b. E.g. in 2010 each co chair report committee progress at
every board
meeting
c. More F2F Board Meetings
d. More use of OIDF’s financial “dashboard”
4. More “Open-ness”
a. More OpenID Summits
b. More engagement with [email protected]
c. In 2010 I will be using [email protected]
more than
[email protected]
5. A fundamental change in membership structure
a. More on this topic in a separate email
Don Thibeau
[email protected]
Executive Director
The OpenID Foundation
http://openid.net
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