[OpenID board] December 2, 2009 OpenID Board Call Minutes

Chris Messina chris.messina at gmail.com
Sat Dec 26 20:28:56 UTC 2009


Thanks Mike.

Here're the notes on the wiki:

http://wiki.openid.net/December-2%2C-2009-OpenID-Board-Call-Minutes

Chris

On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Mike Jones <Michael.Jones at microsoft.com>wrote:

>  *December 2, 2009 OpenID Board Call Minutes*
>
>
>
> *Present:*
>
> Don Thibeau, Executive Director
>
> Mike Jones
>
> David Recordon
>
> Andrew Nash
>
> Luke Shepard
>
> Brian Kissel
>
> Mike Ozburn
>
> Chris Messina
>
> Eric Sachs
>
> Nat Sakimura
>
> Joseph Smarr
>
> Allen Tom
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> Gary Krall
>
>
>
> *Absent:*
>
> Raj Mata
>
> Nataraj (Raj) Nagaratnam
>
> Scott Kveton
>
>
>
> *Visitors:*
>
> John Ehrig, Global Inventures
>
>
>
> *1.       **Mailing list moderation*
>
> A policy for mailing list participation has been posted on the wiki at
> http://wiki.openid.net/Mailing-List-Policies, based upon the policy used
> on the Microformats list, in response to perceived abuse of the OpenID lists
> by one individual.
>
>
>
> [Joseph Smarr and Allen Tom joined the call at this point.]
>
>
>
> *2.       **2010 OIDF Priorities Poll*
>
> The board discussed the results of a poll on OIDF priorities for next
> year.  The results will be posted to the public board list.  One observation
> made was that none of the specification work made the top tier, which may
> simply reflect the reality that specification work is the job of working
> groups – not the board.  Don will be using the data as an input to his
> planning process for next year.
>
>
>
> *3.       **OP Capabilities List*
>
> Brian reported on an OP Capabilities list that’s been put up at
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AmFzud-Q26LYdE52NVpXUUQ1d3pLNGx1REZuMGFubXc&hl=en.
> Several agreed that, while useful as-is, it would be more useful if this
> information were discoverable online using standard protocols.
>
>
>
> [Gary Krall joined the call at this point.]
>
>
>
> *4.       **Update on IPR Vote and Election Nominations*
>
> The IPR vote currently has 62 votes, with 48 in favor and 4 abstaining.  We
> need 101 votes to reach quorum for the vote to pass.  The board approved
> extending the vote deadline from this Friday to the following one.  Brian
> will send a note to the membership about the importance of voting.
>
>
>
> Currently there are four nominees for the six open community board seats.
> Nominations will close on December 7th.  Several current board members
> still need to self-nominate if they want to stand for re-election.
>
>
>
> Don reports that several additional companies have approached us about
> potential sustaining memberships.
>
>
>
> *5.       **Budget Update*
>
> Don reported that the financial status of the OpenID Foundation is sound. A
> budget update that he circulated to the board contained these points:
>
> ·         Legal expenses related to nonprofit status renewal, bylaws, IPR
> and certification have been more costly than anticipated.
>
> ·         Renewals of sustaining and corporate memberships are on plan
> with one exception.  We expect that payment shortly.
>
> ·         Two new qualified prospective sustaining members may join. We
> expect to confirm same before year end.
>
> ·         We plan a comprehensive financial discussion in the new year to
> orient new board members and as part of our budget planning and strategy
> review,
>
>
>
> *6.       **Joint Steering Committee Update*
>
> The joint steering committee will meet again tomorrow and is making
> substantial progress in evaluating our certification options.  A RFP
> document has been circulated to potential certification partners.  A first
> draft of a whitepaper on trust frameworks jointly authored by Don Thibeau,
> Drummond Reed, Mary Rundle, and Eve Maler has been finished.  The trust
> frameworks work is receiving substantial attention from other organizations
> and application areas.
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