Thanks John for clarifying the matter. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:29 PM, John Bradley <[email protected]> wrote:
> David is a community board member, with no special board rights. > > You are probably thinking of the Spec's council that formerly had veto over > proposed WG charters. > > He is a member of that Council that is not currently elected. > > John B. > > On 2010-05-20, at 7:20 AM, Santosh Rajan wrote: > > I am slightly out of tune regarding this thread. My apologies. However I > have one related question. > > 1) I had heard about a year back that the original founders of OpenID, and > if I understood this correctly includes David Recordon. > 2) I also heard about a year back that the original founders had a veto > rights on the decisions made on the OpenID board. > 3) Can the board clarify whether I am right or wrong? > > And If I am right then my request to David recordon is that please do take > a more democratic stand on these matters. > Thank you so much > Santosh Rajan > > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 7:33 PM, David Recordon <[email protected]>wrote: > >> It seems that it was completely a misunderstanding. Given that the Board >> wanted us to move forward quickly, I was just trying to help make that >> happen. >> >> >> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:58 AM, John Bradley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> David, >>> >>> My recollection is that Dick said that being part of a decision to direct >>> funds to himself would be a conflict, so he recused himself from the vote. >>> >>> I understood Scot's reply to be that resigning from the board/committee >>> was not required. That the bylaws contained other mechanisms to deal with >>> such a conflict. >>> >>> I am assuming that the conflict or lack there of will be dealt with as >>> part of the contract/SOW process. >>> >>> If there is no contract/SOW there is no conflict. >>> >>> If there is a issue with Dick remaining chair I expect the director to >>> inform the Committee and a new election to occur in a democratic fashion. >>> >>> The Committee can also decide to replace the chair at any time >>> independent of conflict recommendations from Council/ED. >>> >>> So I did consider your note a touch over eager. I do understand that it >>> was perhaps partially motivated by conversations I am unaware of. >>> >>> John B. >>> >>> On 2010-05-20, at 6:40 AM, David Recordon wrote: >>> >>> Sorry, when I spoke with Don, Brian, and Scott after the meeting they >>> were all under the impression that this was the case. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Dick Hardt <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I stated I had a conflict as chair of the technical committee to direct >>>> funds to myself from the technical committee budget. I did not state that I >>>> was stepping down as chair of the tech committee, nor did anyone suggest >>>> that I should. >>>> >>>> My understanding is that the technical committee was to review the >>>> statement of work. I predict that continuing on as chair of the technical >>>> committee would be beneficial in performing the work. >>>> >>>> I'm disappointed that you did not discuss your proposed path before >>>> sending out this email. >>>> >>>> I will send out a draft SOW to the Tech Comm and schedule a call to >>>> discuss soon. >>>> >>>> -- Dick >>>> >>>> On 2010-05-19, at 11:01 PM, David Recordon wrote: >>>> >>>> > Today the Board passed a resolution directing the Executive Director, >>>> Chair, Technical Committee, and outside council to explore a contracting >>>> relationship with Dick Hardt to move the v.Next work forward. Dick brought >>>> up how there could be a conflict during this process given that he is the >>>> chair of the Technical Committee. So for the time being I'll take on the >>>> chair role with Joseph Smarr (who wasn't at the meeting but I spoke to a >>>> few >>>> hours ago) taking on the co-chair role. >>>> > >>>> > Technical Committee, expect a followup email around starting to pull >>>> together a set of deliverables and timeline over the next week. The goal, >>>> as >>>> I understand it, is to either have a contract in place or a determination >>>> that it is unfeasible by the end of the this month. >>>> > >>>> > Thanks, >>>> > --David >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > http://hi.im/santosh > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- http://hi.im/santosh
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