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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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 <a href="http://openid.net">openid.net</a> website 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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:55 PM, David Recordon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:recordond@gmail.com">recordond@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Yes, which is why one of our Committees must be directly focused on<br>
making RPs successful. We need to disband our current Marketing<br>
Committee – it hasn't done anything – and create appropriate<br>
Committees with clear goals and leaders.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
--David<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Allen Tom <<a href="mailto:atom@yahoo-inc.com">atom@yahoo-inc.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Given that adoption depends on RPs actually adopting OpenID, I think it’s<br>
> important that we visibly demonstrate to the community that RPs (or at least<br>
> potential RPs) have a voice.<br>
><br>
> Allen<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 1/14/10 7:23 PM, "David Recordon" <<a href="mailto:recordond@gmail.com">recordond@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> 2010 is the year where we must work on developing OpenID as a product beyond<br>
> just a technology. That said, I don't think that extending the Executive<br>
> Committee with another appointed liaison role is the correct approach.<br>
><br>
> This year we must also push work out from the Board into Committees. This<br>
> both broadens the pool of people who can directly become involved and forces<br>
> us as an organization to increase the value for non-sustaining members.<br>
><br>
> I believe that the Executive Committee should be chartered to either:<br>
> 1) remain small (no more than five) and perform the execution work not done<br>
> in the Committees themselves, or<br>
> 2) be made up of the Officers (president, vice president, secretary,<br>
> and treasurer) and the chair of each Committee to focus on tackling<br>
> execution issues across the organization as a whole.<br>
><br>
> I am supportive of being more formulaic to the organizations leadership<br>
> structure.<br>
><br>
> --David<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Brian Kissel <<a href="mailto:bkissel@janrain.com">bkissel@janrain.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Well, I guess I didn’t wait ;-) As I said on the call yesterday, I think<br>
> Daniel’s idea is a good one. We added the technical and international<br>
> liaison roles to ensure we had sufficient breadth of perspective at the<br>
> executive committee working level, and I think it served us well in 2009.<br>
> Given that we really want to continue to drive adoption and usage in 2010,<br>
> having a representative on the EC that brings the “voice of the customer” is<br>
> a good thing. We have some new board members that bring that viewpoint and<br>
> it would be great to make the most of this in the coming year.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> Brian<br>
> ___________<br>
><br>
> Brian Kissel <<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254</a>><br>
> CEO - JanRain, Inc.<br>
> <a href="mailto:bkissel@janrain.com">bkissel@janrain.com</a><br>
> Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> From: <a href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net">openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net</a><br>
> [mailto:<a href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net">openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net</a>] On Behalf Of Brian Kissel<br>
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:06 PM<br>
><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net">openid-board@lists.openid.net</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks Don, I’ll wait a bit to see how others respond before putting in my<br>
> +1<br>
><br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> Brian<br>
> ___________<br>
><br>
> Brian Kissel <<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254</a>><br>
> CEO - JanRain, Inc.<br>
> <a href="mailto:bkissel@janrain.com">bkissel@janrain.com</a><br>
> Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502<br>
><br>
> Increase registrations, engage users, and grow your brand with RPX. Learn<br>
> more at <a href="http://www.rpxnow.com" target="_blank">www.rpxnow.com</a> <<a href="http://www.rpxnow.com/" target="_blank">http://www.rpxnow.com/</a>><br>
><br>
><br>
> From: <a href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net">openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net</a><br>
> [mailto:<a href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net">openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net</a>] On Behalf Of Don Thibeau<br>
> (OIDF ED)<br>
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:58 PM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net">openid-board@lists.openid.net</a><br>
> Cc: 'Daniel Jacobson'<br>
> Subject: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback<br>
><br>
> OIDF Board Members<br>
> Yesterday the new members of the OpenID Board of Directors received an<br>
> orientation briefing on many of the plans and priorities we will discuss on<br>
> our first meeting Jan 20th. While not an official meeting, the agenda<br>
> previewed some of key issues the new board will consider as well as info for<br>
> our budget development and committee process for 2010. The relevant content<br>
> from the orientation briefing will be updated and included as part of the<br>
> background material for the teleconference on the 20th.<br>
><br>
> For your information:<br>
> One of the suggestions that came out of that discussion was a suggestion<br>
> from Daniel Jacobson that the views of relying parties can be best<br>
> represented by the addition of a liaison on the executive committee. It was<br>
> suggested that this new role be similar to that of the international and<br>
> technical community liaison positions. These “non officer” positions are<br>
> part of the executive committee by virtue of board convention established<br>
> last year rather than OIDF by laws.<br>
><br>
> Board Action Item:<br>
> Please let me know if you are unable to make the teleconference on the 20th<br>
> and, if desired, to whom you designate as your proxy.<br>
><br>
> Don Thibeau<br>
> don@OIDF.org<br>
> Executive Director<br>
> The OpenID Foundation<br>
> <a href="http://openid.net" target="_blank">http://openid.net</a><br>
><br>
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