<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mart--<br><br>Just to be clear, the minutes approved on Feb 14th were for the Jan 31st. Board meeting, rather than Feb 31st (a non-date, of course) mentioned in the subj line.<br><br>cheers,<br>-bill<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Martin Atkins <mart@degeneration.co.uk><br>To: board@openid.net<br>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 12:14:47 PM<br>Subject: [OpenID board] Minutes of the 31st Feb 2008 meeting of the board<br><br>
<br>The
approved
meeting
minutes
are
below.<br><br>This
document
can
also
be
reviewed
on
the
wiki:<br><<a href="http://wiki.openid.net/OpenID_Foundation/Board/Minutes/2008-01-31?oldid=3669" target="_blank">http://wiki.openid.net/OpenID_Foundation/Board/Minutes/2008-01-31?oldid=3669</a>><br><br>------------------------------------<br><br>Present:<br>*
Martin
Atkins
(scribe)<br>*
Artur
Bergman<br>*
Johannes
Ernst<br>*
Dick
Hardt<br>*
Mike
Jones<br>*
Scott
Kveton
(chair)<br>*
David
Recordon<br>*
Drummond
Reed<br>*
Bill
Washburn<br><br>Apologies:<br>*
Gary
Krall<br><br>==
Agenda
==<br><br>*
General
business
(approve
minutes,
finance
update,
etc)<br>*
Corporate
board
membership<br>*
IPR
Discussion
at
Higgins<br><br>==
General
Business
==<br><br>===
Minutes
===<br><br>The
minutes
of
the
previous
meeting
were
approved
unanimously.<br><br>Martin
will
post
these
on
the
wiki
shortly.<br><br>===
Finance
Update
===<br><br>It
was
reported
that
two
of
the
$50k
corporate
board
member
fees
are
in. <br>The
others
are
pending,
but
expected
imminently.<br><br>Scott
also
informed
the
board
of
the
Foundation's
current
bank
balance.<br><br>Dick
will
now
get
everything
in
order
so
that
we
can
clear
any
backlog <br>of
things
such
as
attorney's
fees.<br><br>===
Agenda
Additions
===<br><br>Mike
asked
if
he
could
ask
some
questions
at
the
end
of
the
meeting. <br>This
was
added
to
the
agenda.<br><br>==
Corporate
Board
Membership
==<br><br>The
board
was
informed
that
each
one
of
the
five
membership
agreements <br>for
the
corporate
board
member
organisations
are
expected
tomorrow. <br>Currently
only
two
of
the
five
are
in.<br><br>The
board
was
also
informed
that
payment
of
the
membership
dues
is <br>expected
during
next
week.<br><br>Currently
it
is
believed
that
the
board
representatives
sent
by
each <br>organisation
will
be
DeWitt
Clinton
for
Google,
Tony
Nadalin
for
IBM, <br>Mike
Jones
for
Microsoft
and
Gary
Krall
for
Verisign.
Yahoo!
has
yet
to <br>confirm
who
its
representative
will
be.<br><br>All
five
organisations
have
agreed
that
they
will
not
be
included
in
the <br>forthcoming
press
release
until
all
membership
agreements
are
in.
They <br>will
also
not
be
invited
to
board
calls
until
membership
dues
have
been <br>recieved.<br><br>Bill
took
on
the
task
of
making
sure
that
the
IPR
contribution <br>agreements
for
each
organisation
are
in
order
as
well.<br><br>Scott
took
on
the
task
of
furnishing
the
new
board
members
with
access <br>to
the
board
meeting
calendar,
rules
of
engagement
and
other
necessary <br>information
before
the
next
meeting.<br><br>The
draft
press
release
will
be
sent
out
to
the
private
mailing
list <br>later
today
for
review.<br><br>==
Marketing
Update
==<br><br>The
marketing
committee
reported
that
they
held
a
meeting
on
Tuesday.
At <br>the
meeting
a
set
of
key
points
was
agreed
apon
for
use
in
the
marketing <br>materials
that
will
ultimately
be
produced.<br><br>The
key
points
for
the
OpenID
Foundation
are:<br>
*
The
membership
consists
of
both
individuals
and
organisations.<br>
*
The
goal
is
to
promote
OpenID
and
development
thereof
and
to
protect <br>intellectual
property.<br><br>The
key
points
for
OpenID
itself
are:<br>
*
It
is
a
set
of
specifications
and
conventions.<br>
*
It
is
evolving.<br>
*
It
is
a
community-based
specification.<br>
*
It
is
decentralized.<br>
*
It
is
portable.<br>
*
"Choice".<br><br>The
marketing
committee
also
developed
an
answer
to
the
question
"What <br>does
OpenID
do?".
This<br>answer
is
"OpenID
reduces
the
friction
for
users
to
log
into
websites <br>and
share
information
about
themselves
online."<br><br>The
marketing
committee
explained
that
the
goal
was
to
describe
the <br>problem
area
that
OpenID
is
in
rather
than
getting
into
specifics.<br><br>The
board
agreed
that
the
above
was
acceptable
and
that
the
marketing <br>committee
should
continue
work
around
the
points
listed
above.<br><br>===
The
Forthcoming
Press
Release
===<br><br>A
concern
was
raised
that
the
current
draft
of
the
press
release
goes <br>into
too
much
detail
about
OpenID.<br><br>Scott
said
that
he
would
send
out
the
latest
draft
for
the
board
to
review.<br><br>==
IPR
Discussion
at
Higgins
==<br><br>Drummond
reported
that
he
had
discussed
IPR
with
representatives
of
the <br>Eclipse
Higgins
Project.<br><br>It
was
explained
that
the
OpenID4Java
implementation
was
rejected
by
the <br>Eclipse
project
due
to
legal
concerns.<br><br>==
IPR
Declarations
==<br><br>Bill
took
on
the
task
of
persuing
IPR
declarations
from
the
other <br>corporate
board
members.<br><br>==
Mike's
Questions
==<br><br>Mike
raised
a
series
of
points.<br><br>Firstly,
it
was
noted
that
the
board
has
approved
an
IPR
policy
which <br>requires
voting
by
members
using
OpenID
as
the
voter
authentication <br>technology,
yet
the
current
membership
forms
do
not
feature
an
OpenID <br>field.
This
needs
to
be
fixed
and
the
OpenID
identifiers
of
all
existing <br>members
needs
to
be
obtained.<br><br>Scott
noted
that
the
development
of
a
more
automated
payment
system
is <br>currently
in
progress
and
that
this
will
be
incorporated
into
it.<br><br>Mike
also
raised
the
question
of
where
updates
to
membership
information <br>should
be
sent.
The
current
contact
for
this
can
be
either
Scott
or
Bill.<br><br>Mike
expressed
the
desire
to
form
a
formal
PAPE
working
group
so
that
it <br>can
be
finished
off
and
published.
There
were
no
objections
from
the <br>other
board
members,
but
no
motion
was
passed
to
this
effect
as
yet.<br><br>Mike
also
reminded
everyone
that
he
has
not
yet
been
added
to
the
board <br>mailing
lists.<br><br>==
Further
Press
Release
Discussion
==<br><br>The
concern
was
raised
that
there
would
not
be
a
community
board
member <br>on
hand
to
represent
the
foundation
when
the
press
release
goes
out.<br><br>Scott
and
Bill
agreed
to
be
press
contacts
on
the
day
of
release,
along <br>with
representatives
from
the
corporate
member
organisations.<br><br>The
press
release
will
go
out
on
the
wire
at
6am
PST
on
Thursday
7th <br>February,
with
no
pre-briefs.
There
will
be
an
announcement
posted
on <br><a target="_blank" href="http://openid.net">openid.net</a>
at
the
same
time.<br><br>Artur
also
noted
that
he
is
planning
to
write
an
article
for
O'Reilly <br>Radar
that
will
go
out
at
~6:05am.<br><br>Scott
agreed
that
this
will
be
posted
to
the
general
list
and
there'll <br>be
one
consistent
link
to
the
annoucement
that
everyone
can
use
in
their <br>weblog
posts.<br><br>==
Next
Meeting
==<br><br>The
next
meeting
will
be
on
Thursday
14th
February
at
11am
PST.
Call-in <br>arrangements
will
be
provided
in
the
meeting
calendar.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>board
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