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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This motion has been seconded by Mike, Raj, Eric, Brian, and
Gary. Therefore we’re starting the 7 day notification and
discussion clock for an online board-only vote. There will be a separate
vote for each motion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>If anyone has suggestions on how to ensure that the discussion
and voting process complies with our bylaws, is fair, open, and efficient,
please provide your input. Given that board meetings are only every six
weeks and that historically it’s been hard to get a large percentage of
our board members to participate on calls, I’d like to suggest that we
try to do more routine administrative votes via our board voting tool. If,
during the notification and discussion period, we determine that the issues are
too involved or complex to adequately decide via an online vote, we can always
cancel the online vote and defer the vote until the next regularly scheduled
board meeting. Does that sound reasonable to everyone?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>One thing that I haven’t seen is how long we should keep
the polls open for each vote. For the board nominations and elections, it
was 2 weeks, which made sense. However, one of our goals in 2009 is to be
more timely in our execution. So I’d like to suggest that the
default period for an online board vote is 7 days or until the required majority
has been reached. For example, on the International Liaison vote, we
already have 10 yes votes and zero no votes in one day, so I believe that this motion
has passed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Looking forward to feedback from others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Cheers,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'><br>
Brian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>==============<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Brian Kissel<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Cell: 503.866.4424<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Fax: 503.296.5502<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
board-bounces@openid.net [mailto:board-bounces@openid.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Raj
Mata<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> board@openid.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OpenID board] Smoothing the OpenID Process<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>+1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> board-bounces@openid.net
[mailto:board-bounces@openid.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Sachs<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> board@openid.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OpenID board] Smoothing the OpenID Process</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Also agreed, thx Nat<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Mike Jones <<a
href="mailto:Michael.Jones@microsoft.com">Michael.Jones@microsoft.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>These motions all make sense to
me – particularly since creation of the PAPE working group was delayed
for so long due to specs council issues and I'm watching the same play out with
the current proposals. Having been there when we came up with the idea of
the specs council, the idea behind it was for it to provide useful feedback
cutting across the different specifications while proposals were being
discussed and to make a timely recommendation once a proposal was formally
submitted – NOT to be an impediment to the creation of working groups or
a hurdle that proposals had to clear.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks for taking the time to
write these up, Nat. They should make the specs council reality more
closely match the intent, and substantially improve the present situation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>
Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>
-- Mike</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" target="_blank">board-bounces@openid.net</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" target="_blank">board-bounces@openid.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Kissel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:board@openid.net" target="_blank">board@openid.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OpenID board] Smoothing the OpenID Process</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Nat, thank you for your
proactive efforts to help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our spec
process. As I understand it, the board needs to vote on your motions,
then present to the membership for approval. I second all four of Nat's
motions below for a vote by the board.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Hopefully we'll have the board
polling tool working this week, so look for an email notification for pending
board votes on each of these motions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>If others would like to discuss
Nat's proposals before the vote, please provide your thoughts to the group.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'>Cheers,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'><br>
Brian</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'>==============</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'>Brian Kissel</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'>Cell: 503.866.4424</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:navy'>Fax: 503.296.5502</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" target="_blank">board-bounces@openid.net</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" target="_blank">board-bounces@openid.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nat Sakimura<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:board@openid.net" target="_blank">board@openid.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OpenID board] Smoothing the OpenID Process</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Hi. <br>
<br>
After having worked through PAPE 1.0 spec process, as well as some other spec
proposals, I noticed that there can be several things that we can do to smooth
the process. I think they were worthwhile excercises to find out these
glitches. <br>
<br>
Followings are the proposed motions that I would like the board to consider.
There are two types: one that can take effect immediately, and one that
requires board and membership voting. <br>
<br>
<b>I. For immediate implementation of the current process: </b><br>
<br>
One of the obstacles that we have found during the process was that it was kind
of hard to get the specs council to deliver the recommendation in a timely fashion.
It has seen some improvement recently, but we want to make sure to continue it.
Thus, I would like to propose the following: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>
<b><i>BE IT RESOLVED that the OIDF Committee Liason is directed to act as the
coordinator for the specification council so that specification council create
a recommendation for the membership about a formal working group proposal
within 15 days of the complete proposal being circulated on <a
href="mailto:specs@openid.net" target="_blank">specs@openid.net</a> to comply
to the current OpenID process. </i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b>II. Improvements of curent porcess</b><br>
<br>
As a longer term solution, I would like to propose the following three motions.
The first two are to make sure the timely and effective response from the specs
council, and the last one is to protect the OpenID(TM) as well as to make it
easier to create a WG so that all the discussion will be done inside the WG and
the output is IPR clean. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><br>
BE IT RESOLVED that the members of OpenID Foundation board have agreed to amend
the OpenID process document so that should the specifications council not
create a recommendation for the membership about a formal working group
proposal within 15 days of the complete proposal being circulated on <a
href="mailto:specs@openid.net" target="_blank">specs@openid.net</a>, then the
proposal may proceed to a membership vote for approval. </i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i>BE IT RESOLVED that the members of OpenID
Foundation board have agreed to amend the OpenID process document so that
should specs council members not participate in the discussion of two
consecutive working group proposals, they will be deemed to have resigned, and
new specs council members who are committed to participating in the process
will be appointed to replace them.</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><i>BE IT RESOLVED that the members of OpenID Foundation board have agreed
to amend the OpenID process document to clarify that no draft may claim OpenID
trademark until it is ratified to be an implementor's draft status or full
specification status. </i></b><br>
<br>
Please note that these consitute the core decision for IPR and process, so it
will have to go through the membership vote as well after creating the actual
errata. <br>
<br>
Cheers, <br>
<br>
=nat<br clear=all>
<br>
-- <br>
Nat Sakimura (=nat)<br>
<a href="http://www.sakimura.org/en/" target="_blank">http://www.sakimura.org/en/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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