+1 On Dec 17, 2008, at 5:29 PM, Scott Kveton wrote:
>> I was hoping someone else would look it up ... :-) > > As per section 4.9 of the OpenID Foundation bylaws (thanks Chris for > wiki-izing those): > > https://openid.pbwiki.com/Bylaws#Section49ActionbyWrittenBallot > > We can use a written ballot (email will suffice for each board member) > and require the following: > > * The motion or proposed action that > * Motion must indicate the number of responses needed to meet quorum > and percentage of approvals to pass > * Provide an opportunity to specify approval or disapproval of each > proposed action > * Specify a reasonable time within which to return the ballot to this > corporation > > As per section 4.9 the written ballot is treated as a "special > meeting" and is subject to "reasonable time" (7 days) from section > 4.4: > > https://openid.pbwiki.com/Bylaws#Section44NoticeofMeetings > > As such, I'm going to make the following motion: > > I would like to conclude the OpenID Bounty program by awarding > qualifying open source projects Dokeos, TwikiWiki and Joomla each > $5000 for a grand total of $15000 to be paid out by the OpenID > Foundation. This motion will require responses from 7 board members > with at least 4 +1's (57.1% in favor) from those responses by > Wednesday 12/24/2008. > > - Scott > > > > On 11-Dec-08, at 4:59 AM, David Recordon wrote: > >> +1 >> >> On Dec 10, 2008, at 7:42 PM, Drummond Reed wrote: >> >>> Scott, >>> >>> I second your motion to cut the three checks and then close the >>> program. >>> >>> =Drummond >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf >>>> Of Scott Kveton >>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:20 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [OpenID board] OpenID bounty awards ... >>>> >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> We need to wrap-up the bounty program that we launched 2+ years >>>> ago. >>>> >>>> We have had several on-going requests for bounty awards and I want >>>> to >>>> get an answer to the folks asking. I'd also like to use this as a >>>> chance to close out the bounty program. >>>> >>>> The Dokeos and TwikiWiki projects have both been asking for the >>>> awards. At first glance, they appear to qualify so we would be >>>> looking at a total of $10,000. In addition over the last six >>>> months >>>> we've also had the Joomla folks inquire about potential bounty >>>> award >>>> (and appear to qualify as well): >>>> >>>> Dokeos: http://www.dokeos.com/ >>>> TwikiWiki: http://twiki.org/ >>>> Joomla: http://joomla.org >>>> >>>> Originally we were paying out the bounties on a pay-as-you-go >>>> basis. >>>> That means each of the companies that offered up money for the >>>> bounty >>>> would do so as they were awarded. I can invoice each of the >>>> companies >>>> again or we can just cut 3 x $5000 checks to each of the qualifying >>>> projects and then do a blog post that would announce the awards and >>>> then close out the bounty program (with a total of 6 winners over >>>> the >>>> life of the program). >>>> >>>> In the interest of getting a definitive answer for the projects >>>> that >>>> are asking, I'm going to make a motion: >>>> >>>> The OIDF will pay out $5000 open source code bounties to Dokeos, >>>> TwikiWiki and Joomla and do the associated PR/blog post to close >>>> out >>>> the bounty program. >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> >>>> - Scott >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> board mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> board mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> board mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
