[OpenID board] Creating the OpenID specifications council
Dick Hardt
dick at sxip.com
Thu May 15 15:35:58 UTC 2008
Hey Guys, did you make a decision? We need to have the members of the
spec council so that we can review the PAPE proposal.
-- Dick
On 10-May-08, at 10:23 AM, Mike Jones wrote:
> Ping…
>
> From: Mike Jones
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 8:49 AM
> To: Josh Hoyt; Johnny Bufu; David Recordon
> Cc: board at openid.net; Dick Hardt
> Subject: RE: Creating the OpenID specifications council
> Importance: High
>
> Hi guys,
>
> The specifications council needs to work on its report *today* since
> it is due by tomorrow. Please let us know who the other 5 members
> are ASAP so we can start working on this.
>
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Mike
>
> From: board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On
> Behalf Of Mike Jones
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:54 AM
> To: Josh Hoyt; Johnny Bufu; David Recordon
> Cc: 'board at openid.net'
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Creating the OpenID specifications council
>
> Dear Josh, Johnny, and David,
>
> We need you to choose 5 specifications council members in addition
> to Dick and myself. This is a reminder to talk among yourselves and
> report back to the board soon. The council will have to make a
> recommendation on the proposal to create the PAPE working group by
> May 10th at the latest, and hopefully before that. Therefore, it’s
> important that the council be formed soon.
>
>
> Thank you,
> --
> Mike
>
> From: Mike Jones
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 5:42 PM
> To: Josh Hoyt; Johnny Bufu; David Recordon
> Cc: Dick Hardt; board at openid.net
> Subject: Creating the OpenID specifications council
>
> Hi Josh, Johnny, and David,
>
> The OpenID Foundation process for creating specifications calls for
> a Specifications Council to review proposed working groups. At
> least one working group is about to be proposed and so we need to
> create the specifications council. The process document (at http://openid.net/ipr/)
> states about creation of the specifications council:
>
> 1.8 “Specifications Council” means a group comprised of: (a) two
> representatives selected by the Board; and (b) five representatives
> selected by the Eligible Editors. The Board may select from among
> the current Board members (or other appropriate persons, as
> determined by the Board), and the Eligible Editors may select from
> among themselves (or other appropriate persons, as the Eligible
> Editors determine).
>
> 2 Specifications Council. The initial Specifications Council, as of
> the date these Processes are adopted, will be comprised of two
> persons selected by the Board and five persons selected by the then-
> current OpenID Authentication 2.0 Specification Editors. The
> members of the Specifications Council will serve for two year terms
> (although one of the initial members selected by the Board and two
> of the initial members selected by the Editors of the OpenID
> Authentication 2.0 Specification will serve for only a one year term
> – as selected by consensus of the Specifications Council – so that
> Specifications Council membership terms may be staggered). There
> are no “term limits” for Specifications Council membership, and the
> Board or Eligible Editors, as applicable, may re-select the same
> persons to serve for more than one term (consecutive or otherwise).
>
> Today the board chose Dick Hardt and myself as the board’s two
> representatives. As the “then-current OpenID Authentication 2.0
> Specification Editors” I’m writing to ask you to select five
> additional persons who you believe would be appropriate experts to
> review and provide feedback on proposed OpenID working groups.
> Three of those persons may be yourselves if you so choose.
>
> Can you please discuss this matter among yourselves and then report
> back to the board soon on your choices for the specifications
> council members?
>
> This is occurring now because I am about to propose the creation of
> a working group to complete the PAPE specification. Once the
> proposal is submitted, the specifications council’s job is:
>
> 4.2 Review. The Specifications Council will review each proposal
> within 15 days after receipt and promptly provide notice tospecs at openid.net
> of its recommendation to either accept or reject it, together with
> a brief statement of the rationale for its recommendation (including
> any findings or opinions by the Specifications Council regarding the
> criteria for rejection in the following clauses (a)-(d). The
> decision to accept or reject the proposal will then promptly be
> submitted to a vote of the OIDF membership, in accordance with the
> voting procedures in §3. If a proposal is rejected, it may be
> modified and resubmitted. The reasons for rejection will be limited
> to:
> (a) an incomplete Proposal (i.e., failure to comply with §4.1);
>
> (b) a determination that the proposal contravenes the OpenID
> community’s purpose;
>
> (c) a determination that the proposed WG does not have
> sufficient support to succeed or to deliver proposed deliverables
> within projected completion dates; or
>
> (d) a determination that the proposal is likely to cause legal
> liability for the OIDF or others.
>
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> --
> Mike
>
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