[OpenID board] Fwd: [OpenID Foundation] New Poll Will Open

David Recordon recordond at gmail.com
Fri Sep 25 23:28:42 UTC 2009


Thanks Mike (and Don)!

--
Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 25, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Mike Jones <Michael.Jones at microsoft.com>  
wrote:

> I just spoke with Don (who asked me to send this because he won’t be 
>  able to be online for a bit this evening).  Yes, the poll should be 
>  deleted.  The board should vote on all three documents (IPR Policy, 
>  IPR Procedures, Bylaws) and *THEN* we should have the membership vo 
> te to approve the changes to the IPR Policy and Procedures documents 
> .  (No membership vote is required to update the bylaws.)
>
>
>
> Don will also look into distributing the correct copies of all three  
> documents to the board shortly.
>
>
>
> Have a good weekend, everyone!
>
>
>
>                                                                 --  
> Mike
>
>
>
> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid-board- 
> bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of John Ehrig
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 3:55 PM
> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Fwd: [OpenID Foundation] New Poll Will  
> Open
>
>
>
> Apologies, I thought I had answered the question when I said I  
> believe I am following the proper procedure.  I believe you are now  
> telling me that the procedure is to have the BoD vote first, then  
> the full membership.  I did not understand that to be the case.  If  
> that is correct, I will delete the poll.  Please confirm.
>
>
>
> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid-board- 
> bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of David Recordon
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 3:40 PM
> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Fwd: [OpenID Foundation] New Poll Will  
> Open
>
>
>
> Hi John,
>
> The policy is only one of two documents which make up the IPR  
> policy. The second is a process document which is missing (and was  
> Mike's question a few days ago).
>
>
>
> You still haven't answered my question of why we're asking the  
> membership to vote on this document when the board hasn't approved  
> it yet.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> --David
>
> --
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2009, at 3:32 PM, "John Ehrig" <jehrig at inventures.com>  
> wrote:
>
> The link to the document is in the poll.  The board saw was copied  
> on the document on August 11th.
>
>
>
> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid-board- 
> bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of David Recordon
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 3:27 PM
> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Fwd: [OpenID Foundation] New Poll Will  
> Open
>
>
>
> But John, where are the documents being voted on?  As the board has  
> not received a full copy of them, I do not understand how the  
> membership would have either. Additionally, why would we ask the  
> membership to vote on this change when the full board hasn't yet  
> seen it?
>
> --
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2009, at 3:21 PM, "John Ehrig" <jehrig at inventures.com>  
> wrote:
>
> I believe we are following the proper procedures as outlined in  
> Section 3.4 of the IPR Process doc, but please correct me if I have  
> misunderstood the process.
>
>
>
> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid-board- 
> bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of David Recordon
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 3:15 PM
> To: board at lists.openid.net
> Subject: [OpenID board] Fwd: [OpenID Foundation] New Poll Will Open
>
>
>
> I'm a bit confused. Why is this being sent out to the membership for  
> a vote when the board hasn't yet approved it. I think Mike asked for  
> a copy of the latest documents a few days ago.
>
> --
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: membership at oidf.org
> Date: September 25, 2009 3:07:26 PM PDT
> To: recordond at gmail.com
> Subject: [OpenID Foundation] New Poll Will Open
>
> Hello David Recordon ,
>
> Voting will open on the following poll on 2009-10-16 -- please  
> register your vote before 2009-10-23.
>
> Link:
> https://openid.net/foundation/members/polls/17
>
> Title:
> IPR Policy Update v1.5
>
> Description:
> One of the most important responsibilities of the OpenID Foundation  
> is its stewardship of intellectual property; maintaining and  
> protecting OpenID technical protocols as they evolve.  We are asking  
> the community to vote on a revision to our IPR policy which provides  
> information regarding companies who are parts of larger holding  
> companies or other legal entities (aka "Bound Entities").  These are  
> the only recommended changes to the IPR policy at this time.  The  
> updated IPR document, with the draft changes 'tracked', can be  
> viewed here:
> http://openid.net/wordpress-content/uploads/2009/09/OpenID-IPR-Policy-final-draft-v1.5.doc
>
> Available Choices:
>
> * Approve
>
> * Reject
>
> * Abstain
>
>
> You will receive another notice when the poll opens. Thank you for  
> your participation!
>
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