[OpenID board] OIDF Board Update: Proposed process changes

Chris Messina chris.messina at gmail.com
Sat Jan 16 04:14:29 UTC 2010


I support these changes as well.

To that end, one point about moving calendars and groups to hosted  
Google Apps for your Domain should be a Q1 priority. We need better  
and more modern tools for collaboration. I would ask Don to take on  
that responsibility, insofar as delegating that task to Inventures or  
someone else equally suitable.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone 2G

On Jan 15, 2010, at 14:44, David Recordon <recordond at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Don,
> Thanks for following up and I do support everything you've outlined.
> In a large part you articulated a lot of these responsibilities in
> your orientation deck so having the Board formally adopt them makes a
> lot of sense.  I'm (and Chris I'm sure) are happy to help document the
> responsibilities of Directors on the wiki as well for reference.
>
> Thanks,
> --David
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:52 AM, Don Thibeau (OIDF ED)  
> <don at oidf.org> wrote:
>> This is to set out some changes I would like to see in how the OIDF  
>> Board
>> works in 2010.
>>
>>
>>
>> David Recordon has challenged me to be a more effective advocate of  
>> change
>> and to do so more openly. He asked me to take on a role of moving  
>> private
>> threads into the public mailing list and doing some level setting  
>> around
>> this at the first meeting.  As he noted, this allows for feedback  
>> from non
>> board members.  David pointed out that doesn't mean that we make  
>> changes
>> based on all of the feedback, but that goes hand in hand with  
>> increasing
>> value for non sustaining members.
>>
>>
>>
>> David has underlined some important and timely issues. This kind of  
>> feedback
>> helps me do a better job. The new member orientation meeting  
>> previewed a set
>> of specific changes I am advocating to improve our performance,
>> accountability and growth. To be sure, while an executive director  
>> can
>> advocate change; only directors can make a motion and vote to change.
>> Accordingly, I am advocating the process changes below other  
>> product change
>> will be discussed separately.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.       Clearer expectations
>>
>> a.        2010 Board roles and responsibilities be clearly  
>> articulated and
>> shared.
>>
>>                                                                 
>> i.      In ED
>> personal interactions with all board members,
>>
>>                                                                
>> ii.      In
>> writing and discussed in orientation and inaugural board meeting  
>> content
>>
>> b.       2010 Board meeting calendar be discussed and accepted at  
>> first
>> board meeting
>>
>>                                                                i.
>> Should a board member be unable to attend-proxies should be issued
>>
>>                                                                
>> ii.      Board
>> meetings and calendars posted on www.openid.net
>>
>>
>>
>> 2.       More responsibility
>>
>> a.        More responsibilities in board committees less in the  
>> executive
>> committee
>>
>>                                                                 
>> i.      E.g.
>> committee help develop budget plans and priorities
>>
>>                                                                
>> ii.      A
>> expanded board level program tracking and management  function
>>
>>
>>
>> 3.       More accountability
>>
>> a.        E.g. in 2010 each director co chairs at least one committee
>>
>> b.       E.g. in 2010 each co chair report committee progress at  
>> every board
>> meeting
>>
>> c.        More F2F Board Meetings
>>
>> d.       More use of OIDF’s financial “dashboard”
>>
>>
>>
>> 4.       More “Open-ness”
>>
>> a.        More OpenID Summits
>>
>> b.       More engagement with openid-eu at lists.openid.net
>>
>> c.        In 2010 I will be using openid-general at lists.openid.net  
>> more than
>> board-private at openid.net
>>
>>
>>
>> 5.       A fundamental change in membership structure
>>
>> a.        More on this topic in a separate email
>>
>>
>>
>> Don Thibeau
>>
>> don at OIDF.org
>>
>> Executive Director
>>
>> The OpenID Foundation
>>
>> http://openid.net
>>
>>
>>
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