[OpenID board] URGENT: New Board members motion

[Dick Hardt]

Do you have a suggestion on how this should have been done differently  
by me?

I made the motion on the board call and agreed to withdraw it until  
after the membership committee report was published, and then we could  
do the vote over email. Agreed that the vote should have been started  
on the public list -- but we are here now.

Do you have a new motion to bring the nominees on the board that you  
would support that we could act upon?

-- Dick

On 24-Oct-08, at 5:17 PM, DeWitt Clinton wrote:

> This is not a vote against any of the nominees, but procedurally and  
> organizationally we can do better than this.  Hence to the motion as  
> it stands at this time:
>
> -1
>
> -DeWitt
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Raj Mata <rajmata at yahoo-inc.com>  
> wrote:
> -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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