[OpenID board] [board-private] OpenID Committees

Thu Jan 28 21:38:44 UTC 2010

I agree. I'm sympathetic to Pamela's point (I don't want an unusable  
solution to be adopted because of our efforts!) but I think we will  
need a usable solution to even get our foot in the door, so ideally  
usability will be a necessary precondition of the adoption committee's  
success.

Chris

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On Jan 28, 2010, at 1:20 PM, David Recordon <recordond at gmail.com> wrote:

> I really like how Brian framed this.
>
> --
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 28, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Brian Kissel <bkissel at janrain.com> wrote:
>
>> Good input Pamela.  Historically we’ve had a hard time getting cri 
>> tical mass on Committees and determined that we’d try to limit the 
>>  initial number of them.  That said, any committee can form subcom 
>> mittees to support their objectives.  For example, the Adoption Co 
>> mmittee is already forming a Online Retailer subcommittee chaired  
>> by Rob Harles of Sears since adoption by retailers may have specif 
>> ic needs beyond general RP adoption.  If the Adoption committee de 
>> termines that a UX subcommittee is worthwhile and can be adequatel 
>> y staffed, that’s great.  But we want to be clear that the overall 
>>  goal is Adoption, not UX, not marketing.  UX and Marketing exist  
>> to drive Adoption, which is a top priority for 2010.  My hope is t 
>> he Adoption Committee, with strong leadership and input from exist 
>> ing and prospective RPs, will help us determine the areas that the 
>>  OIDF needs to focus on most to drive adoption, then we’ll allocat 
>> e members/volunteers/subcommittees and OIDF resources to support t 
>> hose stated needs.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> ___________
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian Kissel
>>
>> CEO - JanRain, Inc.
>>
>> bkissel at janrain.com
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>> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid-board- 
>> bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Pam Dingle
>> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:17 AM
>> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
>> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] [board-private] OpenID Committees
>>
>>
>>
>> In looking at the wiki, I assume that the originally proposed  
>> Usability Committee has been rolled into the Adoption Committee?    
>> Personally I think that the work products of usability and adoption  
>> are not that closely aligned.
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>> My apologies if this discussion has already resolved itself before  
>> I was added to these lists, I just wonder that usability isn't a  
>> first-order subject to tackle.
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>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Pamela
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>> ps - speaking of usability, the pbwiki currently displays no hint  
>> that it supports OpenID on either the main page header or the  
>> registration page - a user must magically know to skip the "create  
>> an account" link and go directly to the login page where the openid  
>> link finally appears....
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>> On 2010-01-28, at 9:31 AM, Brian Kissel wrote:
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>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>>
>> Good question, I’d ask that anyone who is a member of any of the c 
>> ommittees who would like to serve as a Chair or Vice Chair, would  
>> start the process of organizing their committee by emailing all th 
>> e committee members and facilitate the process of having that comm 
>> ittee elect its chair and vice chair.  I have started that process 
>>  with the members of the Adoption Committee and have talked with D 
>> aniel, Rob, and Marc who have agreed to serve in the listed positi 
>> ons if the rest of the members approve.  If there are other member 
>> s of the committee who would like to serve as chair or vice chair, 
>>  we’ll have a similar discussion to what we did for the Executive  
>> Committee, and if necessary have a vote.
>>
>>
>> So anyone who is interested in being a chair or vice chair of any  
>> committee, now is your chance to share that desire with the rest of  
>> the members of the committee and get your committee organized.   
>> Once you’ve selected a chair and vice chair, I’d ask each  
>> committee to update their portion of the Committee home page and t 
>> o create or modify existing pages for that specific committee.  Fo 
>> r example, the old Marketing Committee page has been converted and 
>>  updated to the new Adoption Committee page: https://openid.pbworks.com/Adoption-Committee
>>
>>
>>
>> By the way John, I added you to as a potential chair/vice chair to  
>> the Security and Government Committees, hope that’s OK.  Realistic 
>> ally since Mike Ozburn lives in DC and is focused on the governmen 
>> t, it seems like he might be the most reasonable candidate for the 
>>  Chair.  But that’s up to the Security Committee to figure out.
>>
>>
>>
>> As Don said, we want to distribute more of the leadership of the  
>> OIDF to the committees, now is the time so show that we can make  
>> that happen.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance to everyone who steps up.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> ___________
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian Kissel
>>
>> CEO - JanRain, Inc.
>>
>> bkissel at janrain.com
>>
>> Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502
>>
>> 519 SW 3rd Ave. Suite 600  Portland, OR 97204
>>
>>
>>
>> Increase registrations, engage users, and grow your brand with  
>> RPX.  Learn more at www.rpxnow.com
>>
>>
>>
>> From: openid-board-private-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid- 
>> board-private-bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of John Bradley
>> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:56 AM
>> To: openid-board-private at lists.openid.net
>> Cc: board-private at openid.net
>> Subject: Re: [board-private] OpenID Committees
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