[OpenID board] Commitees

[Chris Messina]

To build on what Brian said -- if there are warm bodies "shovel  
ready", then a subcomittee could make sense. In practice though,  
sustaining momentum and buyin has proven challenging, and I think one  
way to curb that issue is to give committees a window of time to  
operate in, be evaluated, and then continued only if progress is being  
made.

So, I could go either way as well, but would be swayed by commitment  
and/or dedicated interest in accomplishing specific objectives.

Chris

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On Jan 20, 2010, at 14:15, Brian Kissel <bkissel at janrain.com> wrote:

> It could be a subcommittee or its own committee, I don't feel  
> strongly either way, but would suggest that a number of folks who  
> will be on the technical committee will also be on an interop  
> committee, so that group is probably in the best position to  
> recommend how to organize themselves to achieve their collective  
> goals.  From personal experience, trying to get/keep committees  
> active and productive is harder than we'd like, so limiting the  
> fragmentation of groups when possible is advantageous since there is  
> overhead associated with managing groups.  But if there is a  
> passionate and focused group that wants to work explicitly and  
> exclusively on interop, we should take advantage of that desire and  
> create the right organizational capability for them to make those  
> contributions.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid-board- 
> bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of John Bradley
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:45 AM
> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
> Cc: board at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Commitees
>
> It was Pam's idea:)
>
> So you think it should be a subcommittee of the Technical committee?
>
> John B.
> On 2010-01-20, at 3:39 PM, Brian Kissel wrote:
>
>> Good suggestion John.  I'd suggest that once the Technical  
>> Committee is officially organized for 2010 (members and chair(s)),  
>> that group should make a recommendation on whether to also create  
>> an Interop committee.  I'd also advocate that the Adoption  
>> Committee decide if they feel we should also have a "Marketing"  
>> committee.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Brian
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>>
>> Brian Kissel
>> CEO - JanRain, Inc.
>> bkissel at janrain.com
>> Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502
>> 519 SW 3rd Ave. Suite 600  Portland, OR 97204
>>
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>> RPX.  Learn more at www.rpxnow.com
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net [mailto:openid-board- 
>> bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of John Bradley
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:40 AM
>> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
>> Cc: board at openid.net
>> Subject: [OpenID board] Commitees
>>
>> I was talking to Pam about the committee structure.
>>
>> Should we have a committee on interoperability and testing separate  
>> from the Technical committee?
>>
>> In the past we have mostly relied on OSIS organizing events, and  
>> scenarios.
>> As one of the OSIS co-chairs I am not suggesting we stop  
>> participating in joint events,  however it may be time to start  
>> organizing some of that work as part of the OIDF.
>>
>> John Bradley
>>
>>
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