[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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