[OpenID board] Minutes from January 21, 2009 OpenID Executive Committee Call

Sat Jan 31 18:19:35 UTC 2009

How about both?  I.e., posting to the wiki because they are easier to
read/crawl, but with a note saying the canonical immutable version is <link
to pdf>?

-DeWitt

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Mike Jones <Michael.Jones at microsoft.com>wrote:

>  Since these are an official record of the foundation and should be
> immutable, rather than putting these on the wiki where anyone could edit
> them, wouldn't it be better to put them on the web site as PDFs or possibly
> .doc or HTML where only authorized people have write access?  Or is there a
> way to create a subsection of the wiki where only a limited number of people
> have write access?  Also, does the wiki support uploading files like PDFs,
> etc., or does it only support its own wiki-specific data format?
>
>
>
>                                                                 -- Mike
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> *From:* board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Chris Messina
> *Sent:* Friday, January 30, 2009 9:14 PM
> *To:* board at openid.net
> *Subject:* Re: [OpenID board] Minutes from January 21, 2009 OpenID
> Executive Committee Call
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>
>
> On the wiki:
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> https://wiki.openid.net/2009-01-21-ec-meeting-notes
>
> Chris
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>
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Mike Jones <Michael.Jones at microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> *January 21, 2009 OpenID Executive Committee Call Minutes*
>
>
>
> *Present:*
>
> Brian Kissel
>
> David Recordon
>
> Mike Jones
>
> Raj Mata
>
>
>
> *Absent:*
>
> Scott Kveton
>
>
>
> *Visiting:*
>
> Nat Sakimura
>
>
>
> *Items Covered on the Call*
>
> *1.**       Treasurer's update from Raj*
>
> Raj has been unable to obtain contact information or current account
> balances from Bill Washburn.  We are considering having one or more of the
> Bay Area board members go to his house to try to pick up the information.
>
> *2.**       Sustaining member dues w.r.t. 2009 budget*
>
> A discussion was held about what the sustaining member's dues will be going
> forward.  One member recalled a conversation about possibly lowering it from
> $50,000.    Another had no expectation of the dues being lowered, and that
> has been told to new members as well.  Brian took an action item to talk to
> the other sustaining members.
>
> *3.**       Interim ED hiring update from Brian*
>
> All 3 candidates have been interviewed by all four committee members and an
> outside third party.  There were two qualified candidates.  We have selected
> a front-runner, who has not yet been told that he is the first choice.
> Brian is continuing to investigate relevant background issues.
>
> Brian plans a board vote to give the hiring committee authority to
> negotiate and make an offer.
>
> *4.**       Changing the online voting period*
>
> We agreed that a 7 day notification period and 7 day voting period is too
> long for routine matters.  Brian will have a board vote to shorten these to
> 3 weekdays each for routine matters.
>
> *5.**       RSA pre-conference opportunity*
>
> There was consensus by the marketing committee to spend $1K for a demo
> booth, which the EC affirms.  Without a budget and marketing plan we agreed
> not to spend more at this time.  There was an agreement that we should try
> to do something else with Liberty and the ICF, but possibly in a forum more
> closely matching our target audience.  Brian will communicate this to Britta
> Glade and Charles Andres, as well as highlighting our funding of the OSIS
> OpenID interop tests that John Bradley is developing that will be presented
> at the event.
>
> *6.**       Announcing PayPal and EC elections – blog, press release,
> other?*
>
> A draft blog post has been written.  The announcement is blocked pending
> materials from PayPal.
>
> *7.**       Inventures contract*
>
> We are exploring having Inventures help supplement the interim executive
> director's activities and to help conduct the search for the full-time
> executive director.
>
> *8.**       International Liaison EC position – Nat or Snorri*
>
> This position has been approved.  Nat has stated his willingness to serve.
> Snorri has been out of communication due to family issues.  We agreed to
> hold a vote in 7 days and if Snorri has not responded by then, we'll skip
> the vote, since there would only be one candidate.
>
> *9.**       Board voting tool for Nat's spec process improvement
> recommendations*
>
> Nat will send the final versions of the motions to Brian, who will post
> them in the voting tool.
>
> On a specs council call with the CX proposers, David decided that there
> were no longer issues with the proposal.
>
> David took an action item to contact the specs council members and find out
> which plan to actively participate, so new members can be chosen to replace
> any who do not plan to be active.
>
> *10.**   Security Committee Update*
>
> Scott was not on the call, so could not report.  There was a consensus that
> should Tony not become active as chair soon, that a new chair should be
> chosen.
>
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