[OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback

Sat Jan 16 00:54:57 UTC 2010

So its sounding like most people would prefer or at least be comfortable with keeping the EC small as long as we ensure that:

*         we have the right committees (i.e. make sure we add/have one focused on adoption with good representation by RPs)

*         the Committees have strong leadership (including board members as co-chairs) and are communicating with the full board on a timely basis

*         the board and EC make sure that the OIDF is properly supporting the Committees and managing any cross committee functional issues that may be relevant

If that's the case, then the EC elections coming up next week will only be for the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer's positions.  Don Thibeau as Executive Director is also a member ex-officio.

In addition to the 6 committees that David has proposed at http://wiki.openid.net/2010-Planning, are there any other committees that we collectively feel we should start out the year with?  We can always add and retire committees as necessary, but want to make sure we have the right ones to start out the year.

*         Adoption.  Charter: Develop OpenID as a product and largely working with relying parties to "bring the voice of the customer" while looking at branding, usability, and delivered value.

*         Government. Charter: Support the needs of the US Federal Government and other governments looking to deploy OpenID.

*         Security.  Charter: Working with the Technology Committee and various Working Groups, ensure that OpenID's security model is appropriate for how it is being deployed.

*         Technology. Charter: Oversee the technical Working Groups' progress and liase between them and the Adoption, Government, and Security Committees.

*         Legal.      Charter: Oversee, protect, and develop the Foundation's bylaws and IP it is responsible for such as copyrights and trademarks World-wide.

*         International Outreach.  Charter: Coordinate and support the work of OpenID communities primarily outside of North America. Collaborate with OpenID Europe and Japan.

Cheers,

Brian

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From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of David Recordon
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:43 PM
To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback

And thanks for the edits!

Personally I'm fine with the Executive Committee being the four

officers assuming that it's scope and role is fairly small.

Whether it's part of the Executive Committee or separate, I believe

that there is a need for a regularly meeting group of the Officers and

Chairs.  This group would be smaller than the Board itself and ensure

that the Foundation is supporting the needs of all of the Committees

and tackle cross-functional issues.  This group must be empowered by

the Board to make decisions and thus progress.  This is why I can also

see a model where we re-charter the Executive Committee to have this

role.

I think about this much like how companies have executive teams that

generally have one representative from each major business function.

--David

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Brian Kissel <bkissel at janrain.com> wrote:

> Thanks David, great idea.  Highly encourage everyone to look at David's

> document and provide your feedback.

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> Cheers,

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> Brian

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> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net

> [mailto:openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of David Recordon

> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 1:35 AM

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> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net

> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback

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>

>

> I think better when analyzing proposals.  So put

> together http://wiki.openid.net/2010-Planning which lists the officer roles

> we need to fill and a stab at the various Committees and chairs (based off

> of this thread Don's deck).

>

> It's a wiki, please be editing!

>

>

>

> --David

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>

>

> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com>

> wrote:

>

> 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.

>

>

>

> 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.

>

>

>

> 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.

>

>

>

> 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 openid.net 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.

>

>

>

> Chris

>

>

>

> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:55 PM, David Recordon <recordond at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Yes, which is why one of our Committees must be directly focused on

> making RPs successful.  We need to disband our current Marketing

> Committee - it hasn't done anything - and create appropriate

> Committees with clear goals and leaders.

>

> --David

>

> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Allen Tom <atom at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:

>> Given that adoption depends on RPs actually adopting OpenID, I think it's

>> important that we visibly demonstrate to the community that RPs (or at

>> least

>> potential RPs) have a voice.

>>

>> Allen

>>

>>

>> On 1/14/10 7:23 PM, "David Recordon" <recordond at gmail.com> wrote:

>>

>> 2010 is the year where we must work on developing OpenID as a product

>> beyond

>> just a technology.  That said, I don't think that extending the Executive

>> Committee with another appointed liaison role is the correct approach.

>>

>> This year we must also push work out from the Board into Committees.  This

>> both broadens the pool of people who can directly become involved and

>> forces

>> us as an organization to increase the value for non-sustaining members.

>>

>> I believe that the Executive Committee should be chartered to either:

>> 1) remain small (no more than five) and perform the execution work not

>> done

>> in the Committees themselves, or

>> 2) be made up of the Officers (president, vice president, secretary,

>> and treasurer) and the chair of each Committee to focus on tackling

>> execution issues across the organization as a whole.

>>

>> I am supportive of being more formulaic to the organizations leadership

>> structure.

>>

>> --David

>>

>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Brian Kissel <bkissel at janrain.com> wrote:

>>

>> Well, I guess I didn't wait ;-)  As I said on the call yesterday, I think

>> Daniel's idea is a good one.  We added the technical and international

>> liaison roles to ensure we had sufficient breadth of perspective at the

>> executive committee working level, and I think it served us well in 2009.

>> Given that we really want to continue to drive adoption and usage in 2010,

>> having a representative on the EC that brings the "voice of the customer"

>> is

>> a good thing.  We have some new board members that bring that viewpoint

>> and

>> it would be great to make the most of this in the coming year.

>>

>>

>>

>> Cheers,

>>

>> Brian

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>> CEO - JanRain, Inc.

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>> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net

>> [mailto:openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Brian Kissel

>> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:06 PM

>>

>> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net

>> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback

>>

>>

>> Thanks Don, I'll wait a bit to see how others respond before putting in my

>> +1

>>

>>

>> Cheers,

>>

>> Brian

>> ___________

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>> Brian Kissel <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254>

>> CEO - JanRain, Inc.

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>> Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502

>>

>> Increase registrations, engage users, and grow your brand with RPX.  Learn

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>>

>>

>> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net

>> [mailto:openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Don Thibeau

>> (OIDF ED)

>> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:58 PM

>> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net

>> Cc: 'Daniel Jacobson'

>> Subject: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback

>>

>> OIDF Board Members

>> Yesterday the new members of the OpenID Board of Directors received an

>> orientation briefing on many of the plans and priorities we will discuss

>> on

>> our first meeting Jan 20th. While not an official meeting, the agenda

>> previewed some of key issues the new board will consider as well as info

>> for

>> our budget development and committee process for 2010.  The relevant

>> content

>> from the orientation briefing will be updated and included as part of the

>> background material for the teleconference on the 20th.

>>

>> For your information:

>> One of the suggestions that came out of that discussion was a suggestion

>> from Daniel Jacobson that the views of relying parties can be best

>> represented by the addition of a liaison on the executive committee.  It

>> was

>> suggested that this new role be similar to that of the international and

>> technical community liaison positions. These "non officer" positions are

>> part of the executive committee by virtue of board convention established

>> last year rather than OIDF by laws.

>>

>> Board Action Item:

>> Please let me know if you are unable to make the teleconference on the

>> 20th

>> and, if desired, to whom you designate as your proxy.

>>

>> Don Thibeau

>> don at OIDF.org

>> Executive Director

>> The OpenID Foundation

>> http://openid.net

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