I think better when analyzing proposals. So put together http://wiki.openid.net/2010-Planning which lists the officer roles we need to fill and a stab at the various Committees and chairs (based off of this thread Don's deck).
It's a wiki, please be editing! --David On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Chris Messina <chris.mess...@gmail.com>wrote: > It would seem that renaming Marketing to Adoption might be a prudent move, > if it also brings with it certain criteria for success and metrics to help > gauge progress. > > I think that the "Marketing" committee was ill-defined and had weak support > — especially from a branding perspective where there is still no agreement > on how important OpenID is a consumer brand. > > As such, I can see how the first priority should be Adoption, which could > include pushing for the test suite and improving the libraries, which would > be followed by a more rigorous marketing approach. > > Otherwise, I agree with focusing on committees, but I also think that we > need to come up with a better approach to encourage progress within the > committees, and for them to report their progress on the openid.netwebsite > and lists. I think we've done a poor job communicating with the > outside world what is going on with OpenID — and participation on these > lists alone does not suffice. > > Chris > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:55 PM, David Recordon <record...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Yes, which is why one of our Committees must be directly focused on >> making RPs successful. We need to disband our current Marketing >> Committee – it hasn't done anything – and create appropriate >> Committees with clear goals and leaders. >> >> --David >> >> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Allen Tom <a...@yahoo-inc.com> wrote: >> > Given that adoption depends on RPs actually adopting OpenID, I think >> it’s >> > important that we visibly demonstrate to the community that RPs (or at >> least >> > potential RPs) have a voice. >> > >> > Allen >> > >> > >> > On 1/14/10 7:23 PM, "David Recordon" <record...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > 2010 is the year where we must work on developing OpenID as a product >> beyond >> > just a technology. That said, I don't think that extending the >> Executive >> > Committee with another appointed liaison role is the correct approach. >> > >> > This year we must also push work out from the Board into Committees. >> This >> > both broadens the pool of people who can directly become involved and >> forces >> > us as an organization to increase the value for non-sustaining members. >> > >> > I believe that the Executive Committee should be chartered to either: >> > 1) remain small (no more than five) and perform the execution work not >> done >> > in the Committees themselves, or >> > 2) be made up of the Officers (president, vice president, secretary, >> > and treasurer) and the chair of each Committee to focus on tackling >> > execution issues across the organization as a whole. >> > >> > I am supportive of being more formulaic to the organizations leadership >> > structure. >> > >> > --David >> > >> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Brian Kissel <bkis...@janrain.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Well, I guess I didn’t wait ;-) As I said on the call yesterday, I >> think >> > Daniel’s idea is a good one. We added the technical and international >> > liaison roles to ensure we had sufficient breadth of perspective at the >> > executive committee working level, and I think it served us well in >> 2009. >> > Given that we really want to continue to drive adoption and usage in >> 2010, >> > having a representative on the EC that brings the “voice of the >> customer” is >> > a good thing. We have some new board members that bring that viewpoint >> and >> > it would be great to make the most of this in the coming year. >> > >> > >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Brian >> > ___________ >> > >> > Brian Kissel <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254> >> > CEO - JanRain, Inc. >> > bkis...@janrain.com >> > Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502 >> > >> > >> > >> > From: openid-board-boun...@lists.openid.net >> > [mailto:openid-board-boun...@lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Brian >> Kissel >> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:06 PM >> > >> > To: openid-board@lists.openid.net >> > Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback >> > >> > >> > Thanks Don, I’ll wait a bit to see how others respond before putting in >> my >> > +1 >> > >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Brian >> > ___________ >> > >> > Brian Kissel <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/10/254> >> > CEO - JanRain, Inc. >> > bkis...@janrain.com >> > Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502 >> > >> > Increase registrations, engage users, and grow your brand with RPX. >> Learn >> > more at www.rpxnow.com <http://www.rpxnow.com/> >> > >> > >> > From: openid-board-boun...@lists.openid.net >> > [mailto:openid-board-boun...@lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Don Thibeau >> > (OIDF ED) >> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:58 PM >> > To: openid-board@lists.openid.net >> > Cc: 'Daniel Jacobson' >> > Subject: [OpenID board] OpenID Update: Orientation Briefing Feedback >> > >> > OIDF Board Members >> > Yesterday the new members of the OpenID Board of Directors received an >> > orientation briefing on many of the plans and priorities we will discuss >> on >> > our first meeting Jan 20th. While not an official meeting, the agenda >> > previewed some of key issues the new board will consider as well as info >> for >> > our budget development and committee process for 2010. The relevant >> content >> > from the orientation briefing will be updated and included as part of >> the >> > background material for the teleconference on the 20th. >> > >> > For your information: >> > One of the suggestions that came out of that discussion was a suggestion >> > from Daniel Jacobson that the views of relying parties can be best >> > represented by the addition of a liaison on the executive committee. It >> was >> > suggested that this new role be similar to that of the international and >> > technical community liaison positions. These “non officer” positions are >> > part of the executive committee by virtue of board convention >> established >> > last year rather than OIDF by laws. >> > >> > Board Action Item: >> > Please let me know if you are unable to make the teleconference on the >> 20th >> > and, if desired, to whom you designate as your proxy. >> > >> > Don Thibeau >> > d...@oidf.org >> > Executive Director >> > The OpenID Foundation >> > http://openid.net >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > board mailing list >> > bo...@lists.openid.net >> > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board >> > >> > >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > board mailing list >> > bo...@lists.openid.net >> > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > board mailing list >> > bo...@lists.openid.net >> > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> board mailing list >> bo...@lists.openid.net >> http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board >> > > > > -- > Chris Messina > Open Web Advocate, Google > > Personal: http://factoryjoe.com > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/chrismessina > > This email is: [ ] shareable [X] ask first [ ] private > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > bo...@lists.openid.net > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > >
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