I'm certainly interested in this process, but can't offer much experience at this point.<div><br></div><div>Still, if I can be of service to any particular end, let me know.</div><div><br></div><div>And of course we can discuss on the BOD call.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Scott Kveton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott@kveton.com">scott@kveton.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
The OpenID Foundation search committee has been working to hire an<br>
executive director for some time now. We have come very close at<br>
times, even to the point of making an offer, only to have the<br>
candidate pass on the opportunity.<br>
<br>
As background, the OIDF BOD have agreed for some time that an ED will<br>
be critical for the organization's success in 2009. There were many<br>
discussions on the general@ list about this during the election and I<br>
believe the consensus remains that this is still a path we want to<br>
head down. The hiring criteria was to try and find someone that was<br>
strong operationally and not necessarily so much of a technologist or<br>
evangelist. The thought was that we have plenty of evangelists; we<br>
needed someone who could execute on programs that make membership<br>
relevant and also to help drive OpenID adoption in the marketplace.<br>
<br>
In November, the Search Committee agreed that there were several<br>
things a full-time interim ED could be doing to help move the<br>
organization forward while we search for a permanent candidate. We<br>
did not want to hire an interim or permanent candidate in the final<br>
weeks of 2008 as we had the new BOD coming on-line in 2009. Now that<br>
elections are over, we can take a look at filling this gap.<br>
<br>
The Search Committee agreed that the following short-term (3 months)<br>
goals for the interim candidate:<br>
<br>
* Drive the process to hire a full time ED<br>
- Review and refine the job description as necessary<br>
- Manage the process and recruiter (if we hire one)<br>
- Screen candidates, reference checks<br>
- Recommend a short list to the search committee<br>
<br>
* Recruit 3 more corporate board members<br>
- The OIDF BOD voted to add 5 more corporate board seats (for a<br>
total of 10) in November '08<br>
<br>
* Develop Operating Plan goals for the OIDF for 2009 – should cover<br>
some key topics<br>
- Revenue goals<br>
- Membership goals<br>
- OpenID adoption goals (RPs and active end users)<br>
- International plans (more proactive integrated plan to encompass<br>
what Nat and Snorri have started)<br>
- Technology progress goals (usability, data management, security,<br>
commerce, mobile, browser integration, etc.)<br>
<br>
*Develop draft budget and Financial Plan (income statement, cash flow,<br>
balance sheet) for 2009<br>
- Consistent with 2009 goals developed above<br>
- Detailed assumptions about both revenues and costs<br>
<br>
* Develop a Revenue Plan<br>
- Detailed plan of how we're going to meet the income part of our<br>
financial plan<br>
- Will include membership revenue, services revenue, and other<br>
possible sources of income<br>
<br>
* Develop comprehensive Membership Plan<br>
- Consistent with Operating and Financial plans<br>
- Should benchmark other comparable foundations/SIGs to determine<br>
what tiers of membership/sponsorship we should have, what benefits are<br>
for each tier, how much we charge for each tier, etc. IMHO, the Linux<br>
Foundation SIG is a good place to start as there are many similarities<br>
in goals. We should agree who we think the best organizations are to<br>
benchmark<br>
<br>
* Develop high level OpenID Technology Roadmap<br>
- Based on CRC findings and the long wish list at<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openid.net/Strategy" target="_blank">http://wiki.openid.net/Strategy</a>, pick the top 3 to 5 things that are<br>
going to have the biggest impact on adoption and usage of OpenID and<br>
value to the members, and come up with a detailed plan with specific<br>
goals to share with members and the OpenID community<br>
<br>
* Develop International Plan (ideally with help from our new<br>
International board members)<br>
- Consistent with the Operating Plan goals, develop a detailed<br>
plan to achieve our international goals<br>
<br>
* Develop Adoption and Usage Plan<br>
- Consistent with the Operating Plan goals, develop a detailed<br>
plan to achieve our international goals<br>
- Should be coordinated with Membership plan since membership<br>
plans should also have adoption/usage related goals<br>
- May also include other areas such as business/legal framework,<br>
Marcom plan, etc.<br>
<br>
* Marcom plan<br>
- In support of membership and adoption and usage goals, develop a<br>
comprehensive marcom plan<br>
<br>
Brian Kissel has agreed to take on the task finding an interim ED<br>
candidate for the OIDF while the Search Committee reconstitutes itself<br>
as part of the new BOD. The current members are:<br>
<br>
Search/Hiring<br>
<br>
* Raj Mata representing Yahoo!<br>
* David Recordon<br>
* Scott Kveton (chair)<br>
* Johannes Ernst<br>
* Brian Kissel<br>
<br>
If you are interested in participating in this committee or have some<br>
specific input on this process, by all means please let us know.<br>
<br>
We should have an update on the hiring of an interim ED by the board<br>
call next week. I'll go ahead and add that to the agenda for our<br>
first call.<br>
<br>
- Scott<br>
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