Ah, that explains where the number of open seats for the board election comes from. I was wondering there for a while ... thanks for the detailed minutes, they very clearly set out what happened and why.
Could the BOD page be updated accordingly? http://openid.net/foundation/leadership/ On Nov 30, 2009, at 15:32, Mike Jones wrote: > November 5, 2009 OpenID Board Meeting Minutes > > Present: > Don Thibeau, Executive Director > Mike Jones > Andrew Nash > Mike Ozburn > Nat Sakimura > Brian Kissel > Allen Tom > Joseph Smarr > Eric Sachs > David Recordon > Luke Shepard > Raj Mata > Chris Messina > > Absent: > Snorri Giorgetti > Gary Krall > Nataraj (Raj) Nagaratnam > Scott Kveton > > Visitors: > John Ehrig, Global Inventures > Deepak Kamlani, Global Inventures (CEO) > > [This meeting was held in person at the Computer History Museum immediately > following the Internet Identity Workshop.] > > 1. Election > Per last year’s election results at > http://openid.net/2008/12/27/openid-board-election-results/, Snorri > Giorgetti, Nat Sakimura, Chris Messina, and David Recordon were elected to > two year terms as community board members, which end at the end of 2010. The > terms of the remaining community board members, Brian Kissel, Scott Kveton, > Allen Tom, and Joseph Smarr will end at the end of this year. Five community > board seats will need to be filled during the upcoming election because of > the addition of Booz Allen Hamilton as a sustaining corporate board member. > > Don Thibeau will chair the election committee and Mike Jones will also serve > on it. Don will publicize the election by the end of next week. > > 2. Organization lifecycle review presentation by Deepak Kamlani, Global > Inventures CEO > Deepak strongly recommends that we evolve the foundation’s business model > such that we can obtain at least $1,000,000 as a recurring annual revenue > stream. Otherwise, he believes we will have insufficient resources to > conduct many activities that we would ideally want to pursue. A discussion > ensued about how to introduce additional membership tiers at different price > points, and how to provide significant value to members at all membership > levels. Having a $1,000,000 budget is practically needed to be able to have > a significant enough range of offerings to provide differentiated value to > members at different levels. Deepak’s experience is that board size should > be capped at 15. He understands the huge value we’re currently deriving from > volunteer work by board members and others, but also cautioned us that > relying heavily on volunteers to produce the organization’s results is not a > sustainable strategy. > > Brian and Don took an action item to produce recommendations for how to > evolve our membership and revenue structures. > > 3. Removal of Snorri Giorgetti as a board member > Snorri Giorgetti has only participated in one board meeting since his > election, and has not responded to repeated inquiries from the board about > his status. Deepak Kamlani informed us that board members have a fiduciary > responsibility to the organizations that they serve on the boards of. The > board views Snorri’s non-participation as a breach of this responsibility. > > Brian Kissel made the motion “Due to sustained non-participation in the > activities of the board of the OpenID Foundation, I move that Snorri > Giorgetti be removed as a director.” Eric Sachs seconded. The motion > carried, with all voting in favor other than David Recordon and Nat Sakimura, > who abstained. The board wants to state that this is not intended to be a > precedent, but rather, a one-time response to the extraordinary circumstances > of Snorri’s sustained non-participation and non-responsiveness. > > This means that there will be six community seats open during the upcoming > election. > > 4. Budget Report > We are currently on budget. We anticipate having similar budgetary resources > next year to those we have this year. We presently $112,881 in the bank. > Two checks for $50,000 each should also be arriving within days. > > 5. Next Steps towards becoming a Trust Framework Provider for the US > Government > A discussion of the cost/benefit of running a certification program for the > US Government ensued. Several raised the point that we should also look at > the opportunity for a certification committee to maximize the opportunity for > other benefits through the certification program. > > Mike Ozburn made the motion that: > a) The board authorize formation of a steering committee to work jointly > with the Information Card Foundation to explore possibilities for becoming a > trust framework provider to the US Government, > b) with the committee membership consisting of representatives from the > companies on both boards, which are Booz Allen Hamilton, Google, Microsoft, > and PayPal, the presidents of both boards, which are Brian Kissel and Paul > Trevithick, as well as an additional community member from both boards, > c) that the committee also investigate potential synergistic benefits, > such as increased interoperability, of being a trust framework provider, and > d) that the committee report back to both boards with a recommendation > within 30 days with a proposal for the best means to pursue the government > certification opportunity. > > The motion was seconded by Mike Jones and unanimously carried. > > [Eric Sachs and Raj Mata left the meeting at this point] > > Brian nominated Nat Sakimura as the additional OIDF member for the committee, > with the goal of bringing an international perspective to the discussions. > Andrew seconded. The motion unanimously carried. > > > <November 5, 2009 OpenID Board Meeting > Minutes.doc>_______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board
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