[OpenID board] First board meeting of 2009 ...

chris.messina at gmail.com chris.messina at gmail.com
Mon Jan 5 22:57:52 UTC 2009


Can anyone point me to the bylaws concerning corporate membership? I'd
like to understand more about the restrictions or responsibilities (if
any) placed on such memberships.

Chris

On 1/5/09, Raj Mata <rajmata at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> Just got back from vacation, and have been catching up on my emails.
>
> First of all, wish everyone a terrific 2009!
>
> Second, congratulations to the new board members (and thank you Mike for
> making the elections a reality!)
>
> Regarding this thread below, my understanding is:
>
> a) The executive committee is comprised of 5 board members (The four
> current officers called out by Scott below + a working group liaison as
> called out by Mike)
>
> b) There is no requirement or distinction between corporate or community
> members for the executive committee i.e. the executive committee could
> theoretically be all 5 community board members or all 5 corporate board
> members. Once we have a board, then it is purely a matter of picking the
> right people from the board who have the skills and bandwidth to do the
> job.
>
> Did I get that right?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Raj
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On
> Behalf Of Mike Jones
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:04 AM
> To: board at openid.net; Chris Messina
> Cc: =nat
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] First board meeting of 2009 ...
>
> I'm the 5th board member on the current Executive Committee -- in the
> role of liaison to the working groups.  I'm also one of two
> board-appointed members to the Specifications Council.  (The other is
> Dick Hardt.)
>
> 				-- Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On
> Behalf Of Scott Kveton
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 10:59 AM
> To: Chris Messina
> Cc: board at openid.net; =nat
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] First board meeting of 2009 ...
>
>> The 8th is good for me as well.
>> Which officer positions are available, how do we go about picking
> them, and
>> who served them on the previous board? Are there any transition plans?
>
> All of the officer positions are available ... we have to fill and who
> is currently in them:
>
> Chair - Scott Kveton
> Vice-Chair - David Recordon
> Secretary - Martin Atkins
> Treasurer - Dick Hardt
>
> The Executive Committee is made up of these officers and one member of
> the corporate board and was put together to help execute on things
> without having the entire board involved in every decision.
>
> The transition plan should be easy enough.  Bill Washburn has cooked
> up a transition plan for the ED (once we figure out what we're doing
> there) and I've been involved in the finances enough to be able to
> help with that as well.
>
> We'll want to make sure we transition the committees appropriately ...
> I don't think there is any requirement that committees be made up or
> chaired by board members but we'll want to make sure that everything
> is taken care of.
>
> - Scott
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