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

David Recordon drecordon at sixapart.com
Tue Jan 6 20:11:45 UTC 2009 

Mike et al,
I think some of where this breaks down is around who the board member  
is.  My understanding is that Microsoft -- the corporation -- is a  
board member who is represented by Mike Jones -- the person.  I thus  
do not see how it makes sense for Microsoft to hold an officer  
position within the Foundation.

--David

On Jan 6, 2009, at 12:15 AM, Mike Jones wrote:

> You can find the last set of approved bylaws at http://openid.net/wordpress-content/uploads/2008/11/adopted-bylaws-openid-foundation-june-2007.pdf 
> .  Unfortunately, they're so old as to not even discuss the addition  
> of the new corporate board members.  (Updating to bylaws to match  
> the reality of the decisions made by the board in the last year-and- 
> a-half is one of the things that just plain didn't happen during  
> this board's tenure.)
>
> As for being one board, we clarified this point by a vote of the  
> board on April 24th, 2008.  The minutes record this motion passing  
> unanimously:
>
> Motion 1: Henceforward, all votes about any matters affecting OIDF  
> and its board will be open to all board members.
> As per normal ethical conduct guidelines, individual board members  
> are expected to recuse themselves in cases of conflicts of interest.
>
> While the text of the motion only talks about votes, the spirit of  
> what we clarifying with the motion was best summed up in David  
> Recordon's message of April 21st, 2008:  "+1 to Mike's motion.   
> We're one board. :)".
>
> Other than that they are selected via different mechanisms and that  
> there must always be at least one more community corporate board  
> member than corporate board member, there's no difference in the  
> rights and responsibilities of the two kinds of board members.
>
> To make this concrete, I believe that it would benefit the  
> foundation if I were elected to one of the officer positions --  
> possibly Vice-President, but would be open to other possibilities.   
> The reason that I believe you want me as an officer is that I have a  
> strong, demonstrated track record of getting things done for the  
> foundation.  Those things include (in roughly reverse chronological  
> order) chairing the elections committee (which brought you the  
> recent election), starting and co-chairing the PAPE working group  
> (demonstrating that the IPR policy works and producing a useful  
> spec), serving on the specs council and trying to get it to respond  
> in a timely fashion (still a work in progress), co-chairing the  
> local chapters committee (which brought you the approved local  
> chapters policy), and shepherding the process of writing and getting  
> approval for the IPR policy and procedures.
>
> 				Best wishes,
> 				-- Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On  
> Behalf Of chris.messina at gmail.com
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 2:58 PM
> To: Raj Mata
> Cc: board at openid.net; =nat
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] First board meeting of 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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