[OpenID board] Technical Committee Chairs

Brian Kissel bkissel at janrain.com
Thu May 20 14:56:51 UTC 2010


Thanks for the input DeWitt, the board is discussing this topic right now.



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 *DeWitt Clinton
*Sent:* Thursday, May 20, 2010 7:41 AM
*To:* openid-board at lists.openid.net
*Subject:* Re: [OpenID board] Technical Committee Chairs



Sounds like this problem is relatively easy to resolve if there is a
consensus within the OIDF and the membership to pursue *both* Connect and
v.Next in parallel.  If so, the technical committee's role is simply to make
both happen, and we can trust the committee, regardless of the chairs, to do
that job well and without conflict.



In other words, if we agree on the goals, then I'm not worried about the
committees.  (Or rather, if we have to stress about the committees, then we
got the big picture parts wrong to begin with.)



So ... is there a consensus to do both v.Next and Connect?



My own hope is the answer is "yes!", as Connect is going to get built
somewhere by someone no matter what -- there is too much need for it and too
much momentum behind it for it not to happen.  If the OIDF helps make that
happen, then it could be called OpenID Connect.  If not, then it will be
called something else.  Seems pretty simple, really.



And I would love to see smart people, like Dick and others, thinking about
v.Next, and thinking about revisiting the stack for the future.



So I advocate yes to pursuing both paths in parallel.  But I'd love to hear
that from the OIDF leadership as well.



-DeWitt



On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Santosh Rajan <santrajan at gmail.com> wrote:

I am slightly out of tune regarding this thread. My apologies. However I
have one related question.



1) I had heard about a year back that the original founders of OpenID, and
if I understood this correctly includes David Recordon.

2) I also heard about a year back that the original founders had a veto
rights on the decisions made on the OpenID board.

3) Can the board clarify whether I am right or wrong?



And If I am right then my request to David recordon is that please do take a
more democratic stand on these matters.

Thank you so much

Santosh Rajan





On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 7:33 PM, David Recordon <recordond at gmail.com> wrote:

It seems that it was completely a misunderstanding. Given that the Board
wanted us to move forward quickly, I was just trying to help make that
happen.



On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:58 AM, John Bradley <jbradley at mac.com> wrote:

David,



My recollection is that Dick said that being part of a decision to direct
funds to himself would be a conflict, so he recused himself from the vote.



I understood Scot's reply to be that resigning from the board/committee was
not required.   That the bylaws contained other mechanisms to deal with such
a conflict.



I am assuming that the conflict or lack there of will be dealt with as part
of the contract/SOW process.



If there is no contract/SOW there is no conflict.



If there is a issue with Dick remaining chair I expect the director to
inform the Committee and a new election to occur in a democratic fashion.



The Committee can also decide to replace the chair at any time independent
of conflict recommendations from Council/ED.



So I did consider your note a touch over eager.   I do understand that it
was perhaps partially motivated by conversations I am unaware of.



John B.



On 2010-05-20, at 6:40 AM, David Recordon wrote:



 Sorry, when I spoke with Don, Brian, and Scott after the meeting they were
all under the impression that this was the case.



On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Dick Hardt <dick.hardt at gmail.com> wrote:

I stated I had a conflict as chair of the technical committee to direct
funds to myself from the technical committee budget. I did not state that I
was stepping down as chair of the tech committee, nor did anyone suggest
that I should.

My understanding is that the technical committee was to review the statement
of work. I predict that continuing on as chair of the technical committee
would be beneficial in performing the work.

I'm disappointed that you did not discuss your proposed path before sending
out this email.

I will send out a draft SOW to the Tech Comm and schedule a call to discuss
soon.

-- Dick


On 2010-05-19, at 11:01 PM, David Recordon wrote:

> Today the Board passed a resolution directing the Executive Director,
Chair, Technical Committee, and outside council to explore a contracting
relationship with Dick Hardt to move the v.Next work forward. Dick brought
up how there could be a conflict during this process given that he is the
chair of the Technical Committee. So for the time being I'll take on the
chair role with Joseph Smarr (who wasn't at the meeting but I spoke to a few
hours ago) taking on the co-chair role.
>
> Technical Committee, expect a followup email around starting to pull
together a set of deliverables and timeline over the next week. The goal, as
I understand it, is to either have a contract in place or a determination
that it is unfeasible by the end of the this month.
>
> Thanks,
> --David



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