Thanks Mike. Here're the notes on the wiki:
http://wiki.openid.net/December-2%2C-2009-OpenID-Board-Call-Minutes Chris On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Mike Jones <[email protected]>wrote: > *December 2, 2009 OpenID Board Call Minutes* > > > > *Present:* > > Don Thibeau, Executive Director > > Mike Jones > > David Recordon > > Andrew Nash > > Luke Shepard > > Brian Kissel > > Mike Ozburn > > Chris Messina > > Eric Sachs > > Nat Sakimura > > Joseph Smarr > > Allen Tom > > Gary Krall > > > > *Absent:* > > Raj Mata > > Nataraj (Raj) Nagaratnam > > Scott Kveton > > > > *Visitors:* > > John Ehrig, Global Inventures > > > > *1. **Mailing list moderation* > > A policy for mailing list participation has been posted on the wiki at > http://wiki.openid.net/Mailing-List-Policies, based upon the policy used > on the Microformats list, in response to perceived abuse of the OpenID lists > by one individual. > > > > [Joseph Smarr and Allen Tom joined the call at this point.] > > > > *2. **2010 OIDF Priorities Poll* > > The board discussed the results of a poll on OIDF priorities for next > year. The results will be posted to the public board list. One observation > made was that none of the specification work made the top tier, which may > simply reflect the reality that specification work is the job of working > groups – not the board. Don will be using the data as an input to his > planning process for next year. > > > > *3. **OP Capabilities List* > > Brian reported on an OP Capabilities list that’s been put up at > http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AmFzud-Q26LYdE52NVpXUUQ1d3pLNGx1REZuMGFubXc&hl=en. > Several agreed that, while useful as-is, it would be more useful if this > information were discoverable online using standard protocols. > > > > [Gary Krall joined the call at this point.] > > > > *4. **Update on IPR Vote and Election Nominations* > > The IPR vote currently has 62 votes, with 48 in favor and 4 abstaining. We > need 101 votes to reach quorum for the vote to pass. The board approved > extending the vote deadline from this Friday to the following one. Brian > will send a note to the membership about the importance of voting. > > > > Currently there are four nominees for the six open community board seats. > Nominations will close on December 7th. Several current board members > still need to self-nominate if they want to stand for re-election. > > > > Don reports that several additional companies have approached us about > potential sustaining memberships. > > > > *5. **Budget Update* > > Don reported that the financial status of the OpenID Foundation is sound. A > budget update that he circulated to the board contained these points: > > · Legal expenses related to nonprofit status renewal, bylaws, IPR > and certification have been more costly than anticipated. > > · Renewals of sustaining and corporate memberships are on plan > with one exception. We expect that payment shortly. > > · Two new qualified prospective sustaining members may join. We > expect to confirm same before year end. > > · We plan a comprehensive financial discussion in the new year to > orient new board members and as part of our budget planning and strategy > review, > > > > *6. **Joint Steering Committee Update* > > The joint steering committee will meet again tomorrow and is making > substantial progress in evaluating our certification options. A RFP > document has been circulated to potential certification partners. A first > draft of a whitepaper on trust frameworks jointly authored by Don Thibeau, > Drummond Reed, Mary Rundle, and Eve Maler has been finished. The trust > frameworks work is receiving substantial attention from other organizations > and application areas. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > > -- Chris Messina Open Web Advocate Personal: http://factoryjoe.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/chrismessina Citizen Agency: http://citizenagency.com Diso Project: http://diso-project.org OpenID Foundation: http://openid.net This email is: [ ] shareable [X] ask first [ ] private
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