+1. I've also enjoyed transcribing his notes to the wiki. ;)
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Brian Kissel <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 Mike, your ongoing contributions have been invaluable. > > Cheers, > > Brian > ___________ > > Brian Kissel > CEO, JanRain - WebID and Social Publishing for User Engagement > Email: [email protected] Cell: 503.866.4424 Fax: 503.296.5502 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Thibeau (OIDF ED) > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OpenID board] board Digest, Vol 35, Issue 29 > > Before we move too far away from Thanksgiving; I wanted to acknowledge Mike > Jones for a year of service as secretary to the OpenID Board and community. > Mike keeps us honest and on track as much more than a scribe but the > Foundation's institutional memory and go-to guy for guidance on a wide > range > of issues. > Mike's thorough and detailed Board meeting minutes are an unheralded but > essential part of the information sharing and transparency vital to our > success. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 6:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: board Digest, Vol 35, Issue 29 > > Send board mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of board digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. November 5, 2009 OpenID Board Meeting Minutes (Mike Jones) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:32:05 +0000 > From: Mike Jones <[email protected]> > Subject: [OpenID board] November 5, 2009 OpenID Board Meeting Minutes > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > > <a38b81087c0dd74788c1c5a631ed6c1f1b171...@tk5ex14mbxc138.redmond.corp.micros > oft.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > 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. 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