[OpenID board] Getting on track for IIW ...

[Scott Kveton]

> Sure, though we should be conscious of Bill's time until the Foundation
> is able to compensate him.

Another great point ... Bill: we should talk about compensation in person
... How about during IIW?

I spoke with Bill earlier today about this and he sounds ready to step in
and do this (I wouldn't volunteer him without asking him first) ... :-)




> -----Original Message-----
> From: board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On
> Behalf Of Scott Kveton
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 2:44 PM
> To: board at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Getting on track for IIW ...
> 
>> Whatever is faster is fine with me.
>> 
>> Last time something like this was suggested, there was some discussion
> 
>> on the required level of trust among board members to make this work.
>> I would be very happy if this issue had lost in prominence...
> 
> Right, I think we're past this and giving Bill the ability to say "I'm
> the ED for the OpenID Foundation" publicly will aid him as he goes to
> raise funds, etc.
> 
> What I'm asking is that we give Bill the action items of by-laws and IPR
> and we follow his lead when he delegates to get those done.  I think
> this will help us meet our goals for the announcements at IIW.
> 
> - Scott
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 20, 2007, at 13:55, Scott Kveton wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Everybody,
>>> 
>>> We have IIW just around the corner and I think we'd all agree that it
> 
>>> would be nice to announce a few things there.  For me, I'd like to be
> 
>>> able to announce the creation of the Foundation and a plan/solution
>>> for the IPR.
>>> Are there others that are important for IIW?
>>> 
>>> All of us are busy with our respective businesses and as such we're
>>> not able to move these forward as quickly as we would like.  IIW is
>>> just 4 weeks away.
>>> 
>>> I'd like to propose that we appoint Bill Washburn as the Executive
>>> Director of the to-be-formed OpenID Foundation and give him the means
> 
>>> with which to execute on the aforementioned pieces.  The goal would
>>> be to have one person whose job it is to make sure we get everything
>>> done (most of which will be done by delegation) for IIW.  Doing this
>>> would also help Bill in getting it done as he'll have the weight of
>>> the board behind his decisions.
>>> 
>>> Thoughts?
>>> 
>>> - Scott
>>> 
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>> Johannes Ernst
>> NetMesh Inc.
>> 
>> 
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