[OpenID board] board Digest, Vol 35, Issue 29

Chris Messina chris.messina at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 17:41:27 UTC 2009


+1.

I've also enjoyed transcribing his notes to the wiki. ;)

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Brian Kissel <bkissel at janrain.com> wrote:

> +1 Mike, your ongoing contributions have been invaluable.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
> ___________
>
> Brian Kissel
> CEO, JanRain - WebID and Social Publishing for User Engagement
> Email: bkissel at janrain.com     Cell: 503.866.4424     Fax: 503.296.5502
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> -----Original Message-----
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> openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Don Thibeau (OIDF ED)
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> Before we move too far away from Thanksgiving; I wanted to acknowledge Mike
> Jones for a year of service as secretary to the OpenID Board and community.
> Mike keeps us honest and on track as much more than a scribe but the
> Foundation's institutional memory and go-to guy for guidance on a wide
> range
> of issues.
> Mike's thorough and detailed Board meeting minutes are an unheralded but
> essential part of the information sharing and transparency vital to our
> success.
>
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>   1. November 5, 2009 OpenID Board Meeting Minutes (Mike Jones)
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> November 5, 2009 OpenID Board Meeting Minutes
>
> Present:
> Don Thibeau, Executive Director
> Mike Jones
> Andrew Nash
> Mike Ozburn
> Nat Sakimura
> Brian Kissel
> Allen Tom
> Joseph Smarr
> Eric Sachs
> David Recordon
> Luke Shepard
> Raj Mata
> Chris Messina
>
> Absent:
> Snorri Giorgetti
> Gary Krall
> Nataraj (Raj) Nagaratnam
> Scott Kveton
>
> Visitors:
> John Ehrig, Global Inventures
> Deepak Kamlani, Global Inventures (CEO)
>
> [This meeting was held in person at the Computer History Museum immediately
> following the Internet Identity Workshop.]
>
>
> 1.       Election
> Per last year's election results at
> http://openid.net/2008/12/27/openid-board-election-results/, Snorri
> Giorgetti, Nat Sakimura, Chris Messina, and David Recordon were elected to
> two year terms as community board members, which end at the end of 2010.
> The terms of the remaining community board members, Brian Kissel, Scott
> Kveton, Allen Tom, and Joseph Smarr will end at the end of this year.  Five
> community board seats will need to be filled during the upcoming election
> because of the addition of Booz Allen Hamilton as a sustaining corporate
> board member.
>
> Don Thibeau will chair the election committee and Mike Jones will also
> serve
> on it.  Don will publicize the election by the end of next week.
>
>
> 2.       Organization lifecycle review presentation by Deepak Kamlani,
> Global Inventures CEO
> Deepak strongly recommends that we evolve the foundation's business model
> such that we can obtain at least $1,000,000 as a recurring annual revenue
> stream.  Otherwise, he believes we will have insufficient resources to
> conduct many activities that we would ideally want to pursue.  A discussion
> ensued about how to introduce additional membership tiers at different
> price
> points, and how to provide significant value to members at all membership
> levels.  Having a $1,000,000 budget is practically needed to be able to
> have
> a significant enough range of offerings to provide differentiated value to
> members at different levels.  Deepak's experience is that board size should
> be capped at 15.  He understands the huge value we're currently deriving
> from volunteer work by board members and others, but also cautioned us that
> relying heavily on volunteers to produce the organization's results is not
> a
> sustainable strategy.
>
> Brian and Don took an action item to produce recommendations for how to
> evolve our membership and revenue structures.
>
>
> 3.       Removal of Snorri Giorgetti as a board member
> Snorri Giorgetti has only participated in one board meeting since his
> election, and has not responded to repeated inquiries from the board about
> his status.  Deepak Kamlani informed us that board members have a fiduciary
> responsibility to the organizations that they serve on the boards of.  The
> board views Snorri's non-participation as a breach of this responsibility.
>
> Brian Kissel made the motion "Due to sustained non-participation in the
> activities of the board of the OpenID Foundation, I move that Snorri
> Giorgetti be removed as a director."  Eric Sachs seconded.  The motion
> carried, with all voting in favor other than David Recordon and Nat
> Sakimura, who abstained.  The board wants to state that this is not
> intended
> to be a precedent, but rather, a one-time response to the extraordinary
> circumstances of Snorri's sustained non-participation and
> non-responsiveness.
>
> This means that there will be six community seats open during the upcoming
> election.
>
>
> 4.       Budget Report
> We are currently on budget.  We anticipate having similar budgetary
> resources next year to those we have this year.  We presently $112,881 in
> the bank.  Two checks for $50,000 each should also be arriving within days.
>
>
> 5.       Next Steps towards becoming a Trust Framework Provider for the US
> Government
> A discussion of the cost/benefit of running a certification program for the
> US Government ensued.  Several raised the point that we should also look at
> the opportunity for a certification committee to maximize the opportunity
> for other benefits through the certification program.
>
> Mike Ozburn made the motion that:
> a)      The board authorize formation of a steering committee to work
> jointly with the Information Card Foundation to explore possibilities for
> becoming a trust framework provider to the US Government,
> b)      with the committee membership consisting of representatives from
> the
> companies on both boards, which are Booz Allen Hamilton, Google, Microsoft,
> and PayPal, the presidents of both boards, which are Brian Kissel and Paul
> Trevithick, as well as an additional community member from both boards,
> c)       that the committee also investigate potential synergistic
> benefits,
> such as increased interoperability, of being a trust framework provider,
> and
> d)      that the committee report back to both boards with a recommendation
> within 30 days with a proposal for the best means to pursue the government
> certification opportunity.
>
> The motion was seconded by Mike Jones and unanimously carried.
>
> [Eric Sachs and Raj Mata left the meeting at this point]
>
> Brian nominated Nat Sakimura as the additional OIDF member for the
> committee, with the goal of bringing an international perspective to the
> discussions.   Andrew seconded.  The motion unanimously carried.
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