<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>As my repeated requests for discussions like this to occur on the public mailing list seem to have largely fallen on deaf ears, I'm just moving this to the public list and removed the one sentence which covered something private.<div><br></div><div>Brian, this sounds really good though I think we'll have to really prioritize since 9:30 to noon will not be much time face to face. I think focusing on what we must accomplish this year (starting with the next 3 to 6 months) will be the most valuable.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, given the bylaws this cannot be an official board meeting as they require at least seven days of notice (http://wiki.openid.net/Bylaws#Section44NoticeofMeetings).</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>--David</div><div><br>----- "Brian Kissel" <bkissel@janrain.com> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Thanks Luke, if you could book a room for us from 9:30 to noon
that would be great. My guess is we’ll have 8 to 10 board members
who should be able to attend. I think the following have expressed
interest so far: Scott, David, Luke, Joseph, Andrew, Raj, DeWitt, Eric, Chris,
and Brian. Pretty sure that Tony, Mike, Nat, and Snorri can’t make
it. Don’t know about Gary.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Luke, do you think you could get us a room with a Polycom so we
could allow anyone who can’t make it in person to call in?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">I’m open to topics that people would like to
discuss. One valuable area might be the thread that Johannes and Nat have
been moving forward w.r.t. key goals for 2009. Last fall Johannes pulled
together <a href="http://wiki.openid.net/Strategy" target="_blank">a comprehensive list</a> of
possible areas we should consider addressing that included input from Snorri’s
and Nat’s work as well as input from various board members.
We’ve recently emphasized a focus on UX and Security, let’s try to
set some specific goals and measures for success for these two areas. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Another theme that we’ve heard from lots of prospective
RPs is better and more consistent user profile data from the major OPs (SREG,
AX, OAuth). Is there a role for the OIDF to help in this area, or is this
something the individual OPs need to address for themselves? If there is
a role for the OIDF, what is it and how do we measure our success? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">We also have a “chicken and egg” problem where a
number of content providers (media, entertainment, affinity groups) say none of
my peers or competitors have deployed OpenID yet, I’ll just wait until
someone else goes first. So what can the OIDF and member companies do to
get some early adopters deployed in each major category to “prime the
pump?” Can we get some early adopters in several categories:
newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, sports, games, personal productivity tools, college
and corporate alumni networks, photo sharing, etc.? If so, what are the
specific programs that the OIDF can undertake to facilitate this? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Then there’s the general challenge with mainstream
awareness about OpenID and its benefits. When and how do we cost
effectively inform and educate RPs and end users of the benefits? Seems
premature to invest too much here until we’ve addressed some of the
issues of UX and getting more early adopter RPs live, but should we have a goal
to start doing more proactive outreach in the second half of 2009 assuming we can
address the precursor issues in the first half?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">We’ve started to make some progress in commerce
applications with Nat’s success in Japan and the discussions about TX/CX,
but there’s a lot more market research we need to do to fully understand
if, when, and how OpenID and other related open standards could/should play a
role in online commerce. Can we set some goals for market research into
retail applications for 2009? I’ve been working with Andrew, Eric,
Raj, and Nat on trying to set up a Retail Advisory Committee similar to our
Content Provider Advisory Committee to start doing some more systematic
research on the needs of retailers with respect to trust, non-repudiation, PCI
compliance, etc. Should we set some specific goals and measures of
success around understanding retailers’ needs in 2009?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">I think we all know that there’s a long list of things we
could do, but if we can come to a consensus on what the top 4 to 5 priorities
are for the OIDF 2009, then we can put together programs and measures of
success for those key objectives.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Looking forward to a good discussion.</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"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:navy"><br>>
Brian</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:navy">==============</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:navy">Brian Kissel</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:navy">Cell: 503.866.4424</span></b></p>
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