[OpenID board] Minutes of the 31st Feb 2008 meeting of the board
Bill Washburn
billhwashburn at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 19 20:41:19 UTC 2008
Mart--
Just to be clear, the minutes approved on Feb 14th were for the Jan 31st. Board meeting, rather than Feb 31st (a non-date, of course) mentioned in the subj line.
cheers,
-bill
----- Original Message ----
From: Martin Atkins <mart at degeneration.co.uk>
To: board at openid.net
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:14:47 PM
Subject: [OpenID board] Minutes of the 31st Feb 2008 meeting of the board
The
approved
meeting
minutes
are
below.
This
document
can
also
be
reviewed
on
the
wiki:
<http://wiki.openid.net/OpenID_Foundation/Board/Minutes/2008-01-31?oldid=3669>
------------------------------------
Present:
*
Martin
Atkins
(scribe)
*
Artur
Bergman
*
Johannes
Ernst
*
Dick
Hardt
*
Mike
Jones
*
Scott
Kveton
(chair)
*
David
Recordon
*
Drummond
Reed
*
Bill
Washburn
Apologies:
*
Gary
Krall
==
Agenda
==
*
General
business
(approve
minutes,
finance
update,
etc)
*
Corporate
board
membership
*
IPR
Discussion
at
Higgins
==
General
Business
==
===
Minutes
===
The
minutes
of
the
previous
meeting
were
approved
unanimously.
Martin
will
post
these
on
the
wiki
shortly.
===
Finance
Update
===
It
was
reported
that
two
of
the
$50k
corporate
board
member
fees
are
in.
The
others
are
pending,
but
expected
imminently.
Scott
also
informed
the
board
of
the
Foundation's
current
bank
balance.
Dick
will
now
get
everything
in
order
so
that
we
can
clear
any
backlog
of
things
such
as
attorney's
fees.
===
Agenda
Additions
===
Mike
asked
if
he
could
ask
some
questions
at
the
end
of
the
meeting.
This
was
added
to
the
agenda.
==
Corporate
Board
Membership
==
The
board
was
informed
that
each
one
of
the
five
membership
agreements
for
the
corporate
board
member
organisations
are
expected
tomorrow.
Currently
only
two
of
the
five
are
in.
The
board
was
also
informed
that
payment
of
the
membership
dues
is
expected
during
next
week.
Currently
it
is
believed
that
the
board
representatives
sent
by
each
organisation
will
be
DeWitt
Clinton
for
Google,
Tony
Nadalin
for
IBM,
Mike
Jones
for
Microsoft
and
Gary
Krall
for
Verisign.
Yahoo!
has
yet
to
confirm
who
its
representative
will
be.
All
five
organisations
have
agreed
that
they
will
not
be
included
in
the
forthcoming
press
release
until
all
membership
agreements
are
in.
They
will
also
not
be
invited
to
board
calls
until
membership
dues
have
been
recieved.
Bill
took
on
the
task
of
making
sure
that
the
IPR
contribution
agreements
for
each
organisation
are
in
order
as
well.
Scott
took
on
the
task
of
furnishing
the
new
board
members
with
access
to
the
board
meeting
calendar,
rules
of
engagement
and
other
necessary
information
before
the
next
meeting.
The
draft
press
release
will
be
sent
out
to
the
private
mailing
list
later
today
for
review.
==
Marketing
Update
==
The
marketing
committee
reported
that
they
held
a
meeting
on
Tuesday.
At
the
meeting
a
set
of
key
points
was
agreed
apon
for
use
in
the
marketing
materials
that
will
ultimately
be
produced.
The
key
points
for
the
OpenID
Foundation
are:
*
The
membership
consists
of
both
individuals
and
organisations.
*
The
goal
is
to
promote
OpenID
and
development
thereof
and
to
protect
intellectual
property.
The
key
points
for
OpenID
itself
are:
*
It
is
a
set
of
specifications
and
conventions.
*
It
is
evolving.
*
It
is
a
community-based
specification.
*
It
is
decentralized.
*
It
is
portable.
*
"Choice".
The
marketing
committee
also
developed
an
answer
to
the
question
"What
does
OpenID
do?".
This
answer
is
"OpenID
reduces
the
friction
for
users
to
log
into
websites
and
share
information
about
themselves
online."
The
marketing
committee
explained
that
the
goal
was
to
describe
the
problem
area
that
OpenID
is
in
rather
than
getting
into
specifics.
The
board
agreed
that
the
above
was
acceptable
and
that
the
marketing
committee
should
continue
work
around
the
points
listed
above.
===
The
Forthcoming
Press
Release
===
A
concern
was
raised
that
the
current
draft
of
the
press
release
goes
into
too
much
detail
about
OpenID.
Scott
said
that
he
would
send
out
the
latest
draft
for
the
board
to
review.
==
IPR
Discussion
at
Higgins
==
Drummond
reported
that
he
had
discussed
IPR
with
representatives
of
the
Eclipse
Higgins
Project.
It
was
explained
that
the
OpenID4Java
implementation
was
rejected
by
the
Eclipse
project
due
to
legal
concerns.
==
IPR
Declarations
==
Bill
took
on
the
task
of
persuing
IPR
declarations
from
the
other
corporate
board
members.
==
Mike's
Questions
==
Mike
raised
a
series
of
points.
Firstly,
it
was
noted
that
the
board
has
approved
an
IPR
policy
which
requires
voting
by
members
using
OpenID
as
the
voter
authentication
technology,
yet
the
current
membership
forms
do
not
feature
an
OpenID
field.
This
needs
to
be
fixed
and
the
OpenID
identifiers
of
all
existing
members
needs
to
be
obtained.
Scott
noted
that
the
development
of
a
more
automated
payment
system
is
currently
in
progress
and
that
this
will
be
incorporated
into
it.
Mike
also
raised
the
question
of
where
updates
to
membership
information
should
be
sent.
The
current
contact
for
this
can
be
either
Scott
or
Bill.
Mike
expressed
the
desire
to
form
a
formal
PAPE
working
group
so
that
it
can
be
finished
off
and
published.
There
were
no
objections
from
the
other
board
members,
but
no
motion
was
passed
to
this
effect
as
yet.
Mike
also
reminded
everyone
that
he
has
not
yet
been
added
to
the
board
mailing
lists.
==
Further
Press
Release
Discussion
==
The
concern
was
raised
that
there
would
not
be
a
community
board
member
on
hand
to
represent
the
foundation
when
the
press
release
goes
out.
Scott
and
Bill
agreed
to
be
press
contacts
on
the
day
of
release,
along
with
representatives
from
the
corporate
member
organisations.
The
press
release
will
go
out
on
the
wire
at
6am
PST
on
Thursday
7th
February,
with
no
pre-briefs.
There
will
be
an
announcement
posted
on
openid.net
at
the
same
time.
Artur
also
noted
that
he
is
planning
to
write
an
article
for
O'Reilly
Radar
that
will
go
out
at
~6:05am.
Scott
agreed
that
this
will
be
posted
to
the
general
list
and
there'll
be
one
consistent
link
to
the
annoucement
that
everyone
can
use
in
their
weblog
posts.
==
Next
Meeting
==
The
next
meeting
will
be
on
Thursday
14th
February
at
11am
PST.
Call-in
arrangements
will
be
provided
in
the
meeting
calendar.
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