On the wiki: https://wiki.openid.net/2009-01-21-ec-meeting-notes
Chris On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Mike Jones <[email protected]>wrote: > *January 21, 2009 OpenID Executive Committee Call Minutes* > > > > *Present:* > > Brian Kissel > > David Recordon > > Mike Jones > > Raj Mata > > > > *Absent:* > > Scott Kveton > > > > *Visiting:* > > Nat Sakimura > > > > *Items Covered on the Call* > > *1. **Treasurer's update from Raj* > > Raj has been unable to obtain contact information or current account > balances from Bill Washburn. We are considering having one or more of the > Bay Area board members go to his house to try to pick up the information. > > *2. **Sustaining member dues w.r.t. 2009 budget* > > A discussion was held about what the sustaining member's dues will be going > forward. One member recalled a conversation about possibly lowering it from > $50,000. Another had no expectation of the dues being lowered, and that > has been told to new members as well. Brian took an action item to talk to > the other sustaining members. > > *3. **Interim ED hiring update from Brian* > > All 3 candidates have been interviewed by all four committee members and an > outside third party. There were two qualified candidates. We have selected > a front-runner, who has not yet been told that he is the first choice. > Brian is continuing to investigate relevant background issues. > > Brian plans a board vote to give the hiring committee authority to > negotiate and make an offer. > > *4. **Changing the online voting period* > > We agreed that a 7 day notification period and 7 day voting period is too > long for routine matters. Brian will have a board vote to shorten these to > 3 weekdays each for routine matters. > > *5. **RSA pre-conference opportunity* > > There was consensus by the marketing committee to spend $1K for a demo > booth, which the EC affirms. Without a budget and marketing plan we agreed > not to spend more at this time. There was an agreement that we should try > to do something else with Liberty and the ICF, but possibly in a forum more > closely matching our target audience. Brian will communicate this to Britta > Glade and Charles Andres, as well as highlighting our funding of the OSIS > OpenID interop tests that John Bradley is developing that will be presented > at the event. > > *6. **Announcing PayPal and EC elections – blog, press release, > other?* > > A draft blog post has been written. The announcement is blocked pending > materials from PayPal. > > *7. **Inventures contract* > > We are exploring having Inventures help supplement the interim executive > director's activities and to help conduct the search for the full-time > executive director. > > *8. **International Liaison EC position – Nat or Snorri* > > This position has been approved. Nat has stated his willingness to serve. > Snorri has been out of communication due to family issues. We agreed to > hold a vote in 7 days and if Snorri has not responded by then, we'll skip > the vote, since there would only be one candidate. > > *9. **Board voting tool for Nat's spec process improvement > recommendations* > > Nat will send the final versions of the motions to Brian, who will post > them in the voting tool. > > On a specs council call with the CX proposers, David decided that there > were no longer issues with the proposal. > > David took an action item to contact the specs council members and find out > which plan to actively participate, so new members can be chosen to replace > any who do not plan to be active. > > *10. **Security Committee Update* > > Scott was not on the call, so could not report. There was a consensus that > should Tony not become active as chair soon, that a new chair should be > chosen. > > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > > -- Chris Messina Citizen-Participant & Open Web Advocate-at-Large factoryjoe.com # diso-project.org citizenagency.com # vidoop.com This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private
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