[OpenID] Specs council ineffective?

[Martin Atkins]

 From watching the progress of some specs, in particular the TX spec, 
through the specs council, it seems that the specs council is currently 
not able to operate effectively.

While I agree with the idea of the specs council I think it could do 
with being streamlined.

I think the most useful thing to do as a first step would be to refresh 
the specs council membership with people that are currently active in 
the community. There are several members who are no longer actively 
involved in the community or in specification development and who seem 
to delay proceedings.

I'm not sure what the best process would be for selecting new members; 
since part of the specs council's role is to be somewhat separate from 
OIDF, putting it to an OIDF membership vote seems a little weird. I'd 
love to hear other suggestions.