I would hope the role of the executive committee be focused on board level execution issues -- specifically issues that are not covered by one of the other committees. To be effective, the executive committee should be small. I think the officers of the Foundation and the ED are the perfect size.
There are many aspects to adoption, and we have a committee focused on that. Per David's comments, I think we want to empower these committees to reach their objectives. Putting an RP on the executive committee sends a message that all the real work happens at the exec committee rather then board or committee level. -- Dick On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Allen Tom <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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. > [email protected] > Mobile: 503.342.2668 | Fax: 503.296.5502 > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Brian Kissel > *Sent:* Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:06 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *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. > [email protected] > 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:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Don Thibeau (OIDF ED) > *Sent:* Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:58 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *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 > [email protected] > *Executive Director > The OpenID Foundation > http://openid.net > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > > > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > >
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