[OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback

David Recordon recordond at gmail.com
Fri Jan 15 09:34:53 UTC 2010


I think better when analyzing proposals.  So put together
http://wiki.openid.net/2010-Planning which lists the officer roles we need
to fill and a stab at the various Committees and chairs (based off of this
thread Don's deck).

It's a wiki, please be editing!

--David

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com>wrote:

> It would seem that renaming Marketing to Adoption might be a prudent move,
> if it also brings with it certain criteria for success and metrics to help
> gauge progress.
>
> I think that the "Marketing" committee was ill-defined and had weak support
> — especially from a branding perspective where there is still no agreement
> on how important OpenID is a consumer brand.
>
> As such, I can see how the first priority should be Adoption, which could
> include pushing for the test suite and improving the libraries, which would
> be followed by a more rigorous marketing approach.
>
> Otherwise, I agree with focusing on committees, but I also think that we
> need to come up with a better approach to encourage progress within the
> committees, and for them to report their progress on the openid.netwebsite and lists. I think we've done a poor job communicating with the
> outside world what is going on with OpenID — and participation on these
> lists alone does not suffice.
>
> Chris
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:55 PM, David Recordon <recordond at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Yes, which is why one of our Committees must be directly focused on
>> making RPs successful.  We need to disband our current Marketing
>> Committee – it hasn't done anything – and create appropriate
>> Committees with clear goals and leaders.
>>
>> --David
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Allen Tom <atom at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
>> > Given that adoption depends on RPs actually adopting OpenID, I think
>> it’s
>> > important that we visibly demonstrate to the community that RPs (or at
>> least
>> > potential RPs) have a voice.
>> >
>> > Allen
>> >
>> >
>> > On 1/14/10 7:23 PM, "David Recordon" <recordond at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > 2010 is the year where we must work on developing OpenID as a product
>> beyond
>> > just a technology.  That said, I don't think that extending the
>> Executive
>> > Committee with another appointed liaison role is the correct approach.
>> >
>> > This year we must also push work out from the Board into Committees.
>>  This
>> > both broadens the pool of people who can directly become involved and
>> forces
>> > us as an organization to increase the value for non-sustaining members.
>> >
>> > I believe that the Executive Committee should be chartered to either:
>> > 1) remain small (no more than five) and perform the execution work not
>> done
>> > in the Committees themselves, or
>> > 2) be made up of the Officers (president, vice president, secretary,
>> > and treasurer) and the chair of each Committee to focus on tackling
>> > execution issues across the organization as a whole.
>> >
>> > I am supportive of being more formulaic to the organizations leadership
>> > structure.
>> >
>> > --David
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Brian Kissel <bkissel at janrain.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Well, I guess I didn’t wait ;-)  As I said on the call yesterday, I
>> think
>> > Daniel’s idea is a good one.  We added the technical and international
>> > liaison roles to ensure we had sufficient breadth of perspective at the
>> > executive committee working level, and I think it served us well in
>> 2009.
>> > Given that we really want to continue to drive adoption and usage in
>> 2010,
>> > having a representative on the EC that brings the “voice of the
>> customer” is
>> > a good thing.  We have some new board members that bring that viewpoint
>> and
>> > it would be great to make the most of this in the coming year.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Brian
>> > ___________
>> >
>> > Brian Kissel <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254>
>> > CEO - JanRain, Inc.
>> > bkissel at janrain.com
>> > Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net
>> > [mailto:openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Brian
>> Kissel
>> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:06 PM
>> >
>> > To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
>> > Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks Don, I’ll wait a bit to see how others respond before putting in
>> my
>> > +1
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Brian
>> > ___________
>> >
>> > Brian Kissel <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254>
>> > CEO - JanRain, Inc.
>> > bkissel at janrain.com
>> > Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502
>> >
>> > Increase registrations, engage users, and grow your brand with RPX.
>> Learn
>> > more at www.rpxnow.com <http://www.rpxnow.com/>
>> >
>> >
>> > From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net
>> > [mailto:openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Don Thibeau
>> > (OIDF ED)
>> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:58 PM
>> > To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
>> > Cc: 'Daniel Jacobson'
>> > Subject: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback
>> >
>> > OIDF Board Members
>> > Yesterday the new members of the OpenID Board of Directors received an
>> > orientation briefing on many of the plans and priorities we will discuss
>> on
>> > our first meeting Jan 20th. While not an official meeting, the agenda
>> > previewed some of key issues the new board will consider as well as info
>> for
>> > our budget development and committee process for 2010.  The relevant
>> content
>> > from the orientation briefing will be updated and included as part of
>> the
>> > background material for the teleconference on the 20th.
>> >
>> > For your information:
>> > One of the suggestions that came out of that discussion was a suggestion
>> > from Daniel Jacobson that the views of relying parties can be best
>> > represented by the addition of a liaison on the executive committee.  It
>> was
>> > suggested that this new role be similar to that of the international and
>> > technical community liaison positions. These “non officer” positions are
>> > part of the executive committee by virtue of board convention
>> established
>> > last year rather than OIDF by laws.
>> >
>> > Board Action Item:
>> > Please let me know if you are unable to make the teleconference on the
>> 20th
>> > and, if desired, to whom you designate as your proxy.
>> >
>> > Don Thibeau
>> > don at OIDF.org
>> > Executive Director
>> > The OpenID Foundation
>> > http://openid.net
>> >
>> >
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