Mike showed me an email I sent inferring that I wasn't actually on the call. I guess the notes just sounded really familiar! --David
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:31 AM, David Recordon <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the notes, I think I was on the phone for part of this meeting. > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Mike Jones > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *September 23, 2009 OpenID Executive Committee Call Minutes* >> >> >> >> *Attendees:* >> >> Mike Jones >> >> Nat Sakimura >> >> Brian Kissel >> >> Don Thibeau, Executive Director >> >> >> >> *Absent:* >> >> David Recordon >> >> Scott Kveton >> >> Raj Mata >> >> * * >> >> *Visitors:* >> >> John Ehrig, Global Inventures >> >> Mike Ozburn >> >> >> >> *1. **Executive Committee Membership Changes* >> >> At the next full board meeting we plan to vote to appoint Nat as >> Vice-Chair and Mike Ozburn as Treasurer. We propose that Nat continue to >> act as international Liaison until after the next election occurs. In the >> context of international interest in OpenID, Don reported that a number of >> non-US governments have contacted him and asked for information about other >> potential government adoptions of OpenID. >> >> >> >> *2. **Membership and Financial Status Review* >> >> Don will be presenting a review of our membership and financial status at >> the next board meeting. >> >> >> >> *3. **US Government Initiative Update* >> >> John Bradley is continuing to work on the profiles, despite no longer >> being compensated by the OIDF, nor to our knowledge, by the ICF. Don is >> trying to arrange for some government funding to be directed to John, to >> assure continuity of the effort. >> >> >> >> Vivek Kundra has informed Don that some additional pilot sites are being >> considered, some under the auspices of the White House and some not. >> Furthermore, some may be at higher levels of assurance. >> >> >> >> Progress is occurring on the trust framework development process. We are >> continuing to do this work jointly with the ICF, both to share resources, >> and to draw upon additional expertise to support our efforts. In >> particular, we need legal help on a volunteer basis. We will be sharing >> this effort with the Center for Democracy, among others, next week in DC. >> Don will also be talking with Brett McDowell of Kantara about potential >> collaboration opportunities in this area as well. We want our trust >> framework provider application to be general enough to be applicable in >> contexts outside US Government uses, if possible. >> >> >> >> One measure of the US Government’s commitment to this effort that we will >> be closely monitoring is whether the government funds additional pilot >> projects and John Bradley’s efforts. As they say, “money talks”. >> >> >> >> *4. **openid.net Website* >> >> Our web site was updated, thanks to hard work by Chris Messina. There was >> a consensus that the full board should pass a motion officially thanking >> Chris for his significant contribution and work above-and-beyond the call of >> duty. >> >> >> >> *5. **Bylaws and IPR Document Updates* >> >> We will have updated versions of the Bylaws and IPR documents to approve >> at the next full board meeting. Don committed to getting versions ready for >> votes to the board by a week before the full board meeting so that we can >> review these documents with our respective legal counsels. >> >> >> >> *6. **Inventory of Existing IPR Agreements* >> >> John Ehrig has collected and will be publishing an inventory of existing >> signed IPR documents. The next step will be to determine who else we should >> have agreements from and to work to obtain them. >> >> >> >> *7. **OpenID Trademark* >> >> We have obtained a legal review from Scott Blackburn on the issues that we >> need to tackle to defend the OpenID trademark. >> >> >> >> *8. **Date and Topics for In-Person Board Meeting* >> >> We are planning to piggy-back our in-person board meeting in November to >> the end of IIW. It will likely be Thursday afternoon and Friday morning – >> November 5 and 6. Don and John are working on a schedule and proposed >> topics for the board meetings for the remainder of the year. >> >> >> >> *9. **Extension of Don’s Contract* >> >> The executive committee unanimously extended Don’s contract for a term of >> another six months. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> board mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board >> >> >
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