<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ah, that explains where the number of open seats for the board election comes from. I was wondering there for a while ... thanks for the detailed minutes, they very clearly set out what happened and why.<div><br></div><div>Could the BOD page be updated accordingly?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://openid.net/foundation/leadership/">http://openid.net/foundation/leadership/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><div><div>On Nov 30, 2009, at 15:32, Mike Jones wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>November 5, 2009 OpenID Board Meeting Minutes<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>Present:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Don Thibeau, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Mike Jones<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Andrew Nash<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Mike Ozburn<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Nat Sakimura<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Brian Kissel<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Allen Tom<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Joseph Smarr<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Eric Sachs<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">David Recordon<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Luke Shepard<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="FR">Raj Mata<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="FR">Chris Messina<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span lang="FR">Absent:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Snorri Giorgetti<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Gary Krall<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Nataraj (Raj) Nagaratnam<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Scott Kveton<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>Visitors:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">John Ehrig, Global Inventures<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Deepak Kamlani, Global Inventures (CEO)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">[This meeting was held in person at the Computer History Museum immediately following the Internet Identity Workshop.]<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.25in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span>1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></b><b>Election<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Per last year’s election results at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://openid.net/2008/12/27/openid-board-election-results/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://openid.net/2008/12/27/openid-board-election-results/</a>, 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.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">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.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.25in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span>2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></b><b>Organization lifecycle review presentation by Deepak Kamlani, Global Inventures CEO<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">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.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Brian and Don took an action item to produce recommendations for how to evolve our membership and revenue structures.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.25in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span>3.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></b><b>Removal of Snorri Giorgetti as a board member<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">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.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">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.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">This means that there will be six community seats open during the upcoming election.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.25in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span>4.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></b><b>Budget Report<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">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.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.25in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span>5.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></b><b>Next Steps towards becoming a Trust Framework Provider for the US Government<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">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.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Mike Ozburn made the motion that:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span>a)<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>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,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span>b)<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>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,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span>c)<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>that the committee also investigate potential synergistic benefits, such as increased interoperability, of being a trust framework provider, and<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0.5in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span>d)<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>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.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The motion was seconded by Mike Jones and unanimously carried.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">[Eric Sachs and Raj Mata left the meeting at this point]<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">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.<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span><November 5, 2009 OpenID Board Meeting Minutes.doc></span>_______________________________________________<br>board mailing list<br><a href="mailto:board@lists.openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">board@lists.openid.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>