[OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion

Dick Hardt dick.hardt at gmail.com
Fri Oct 24 17:38:40 UTC 2008


Tony: Is that +1, -1 or abstain?

On 23-Oct-08, at 11:15 PM, Anthony Nadalin wrote:

> Good things take time.
>
> -----------------
> Sent from my BlackBerry Handheld.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dick Hardt [dick.hardt at gmail.com]
> Sent: 10/23/2008 10:29 PM MST
> To: board at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion
>
>
>
> I made the motion at the last meeting telecon.
>
> Members of the membership committee objected as they had not completed
> their report.
> I stated that we had procrastinated long enough on making a decision
> -- six months now -- and that we should make a decision -- and that   
> waiting another 6 weeks was unnecessary. The suggestion was that we
> could vote on the motion by email once the membership committee has
> provided their report.
>
> Once the report was out and we had some dialog, I started the motion
> on the private mailing list, and then realized we could have the vote
> on the public list -- so here we are.
>
> There seems to be an inordinate amount of discussion about a topic we
> have touched on numerous times in the past six months.
>
> -- Dick
>
> On 23-Oct-08, at 8:07 PM, Drummond Reed wrote:
>
>> Having been offline all day at an offsite, I'm going to lodge a
>> stronger
>> objection to this particular email vote. It took me 15 minutes just
>> to read
>> through the various messages to understand the thread. And the
>> confusion is
>> I think reflective of the lack of consensus of the board on this
>> issue.
>>
>> Lack of consensus itself is not a reason not to vote; sometimes it's
>> the
>> very reason to have one. But not an email vote - they are best used  
>> to
>> formalize a board action on a decision that is unanimous or nearly
>> unanimous
>> without requiring a meeting.
>>
>> I'm not sure of the specifics of our bylaws, but on other boards on
>> which I
>> serve a email vote can only be held if no board member objects. In
>> that case
>> I object and request the Chair to call for a meeting. This is an
>> important
>> decision at this juncture for the OIDF and one we should hash out in
>> person
>> or on the phone.
>>
>> =Drummond
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Raj Mata
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:03 PM
>>> To: board at openid.net
>>> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion
>>>
>>> -1.
>>>
>>> Agree with Gary.
>>>
>>> Raj
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On
>>> Behalf Of Krall, Gary
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:42 PM
>>> To: board at openid.net
>>> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion
>>>
>>> -1.
>>>
>>> As we are actively in the process of recruiting for a Executive
>>> Director
>>> which my understanding is should complete shortly coupled; with the
>>> manner in which this vote has been requested/handled is a clear
>>> indication to me that adding any additional members at this time
>>> would
>>> not be prudent.
>>>
>>> Gary.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net]On
>>> Behalf Of Dick Hardt
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:48 AM
>>> To: board at openid.net
>>> Subject: [OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion
>>> Importance: High
>>>
>>>
>>> (this motion was originally posted on the board-private list to
>>> protect the confidentiality of the potential corporate board members
>>> -- reposting to public list to provide transparency to community)
>>>
>>> Background:
>>>
>>> There are two corporations that have expressed interest in joining
>>> the
>>> OpenID Foundation for the last six months. The board approved
>>> adding 5
>>> new corporate board seats, to be balanced with community seats so
>>> that
>>> the community seats have a majority.
>>> Brian Kissel has been active on the marketing committee and the
>>> customer research committee. He organized a gathering of content
>>> providers in NY that led to the OpoenID UX summit last Monday.
>>> The primary source of funding for the Foundation is corporate board
>>> seats. In order to fund a new Executive Director and OpenID adoption
>>> initiatives, we need more funding. The patience of the two
>>> corporations is running thin as they have been waiting for far to
>>> long
>>> for a decision from the board.
>>>
>>> The motion: Add the two corporate board seats and add Brian Kissel  
>>> as
>>> the community seat. Brian's seat (like all other community board
>>> seats) would be up for re-election when we hold an election.
>>>
>>> All board members need to vote or abstain for the motion to be
>>> considered.
>>>
>>> Votes to date:
>>>
>>> +1 Dick Hardt (made motion)
>>> +1 Martin Atkins (seconded motion)
>>> -1 David Recordon
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