Present: kissel, kveton, recordon, messina, gary krall, guy (representing snorri), raj matta, mike jones, eric sachs, nat, dewitt, Andrew Nash (was Tony Nadalin on the call?)

Call on Jan 9, 2009 @ 3pm PST.

N.B. Rough notes by Chris Messina (these are not in any official format -- are simply rough notes from the meeting)

absent: snorri

kveton: reminder to use public board list

kissel: composition of board and EC historically... 

kveton: EC was formed for officers... but wanted corp reps ... 

Mike Jones says "working group liaisons" (later clarified it was “committee liaison”)

kveton: as a board of 12 it was hard to get things done... wanted an empowered group to get things done...

kissel: wants to ensure board is effective... wants to ensure clarity and shared understanding of role of board/EC in relation to any committees/WGs

what is shared vision of role w/r/t committees/WGs?

Kissel/Jones: discussion about International Liaison, agreement to defer discussion on international liaison and vote on 5 existing positions

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Mike Jones proposes... ?

Kveton: vice chair, help with transition, bylaws, search committees... already handling lots of administrivia...

Mike Jones... track record of getting stuff done for foundation... getting PAPE committee done... creating IPR process/procedures... 

Recordon: working on IPR, consensus, IP policy... setup working group process... 

Nat: questions about the role of the Committee liaison, is it evangelism or representing committees and WG on the BOD.

Kissel: Nat was asked to run for Committee Liaison by Kissel, Mata, and Jones based on his involvement on WGs within OIDF and at other organizations like OASIS, his successes w OpenID in many applications in Japan.

Secretary

Eric: on messina's secretary proposal... say he's now responsible for talking to another group. limited availability for OIDF.

Recordon: martin was previous secretary.. keeping minutes at EC/board meetings... made them available... posted publicly... 

Eric says Mike could do it. 

Messina is willing to serve as secretary

Dewitt seconds Eric.

Treasurer

Guy (representing Snorri) nominates Snorri as treasurer

kveton: are there requirements of EC or treasurer to be US citizen?

kissel: concerned about snorri being available logistically for treasurer position, access to local accounting firm

guy: presents point about how OIDF allocates funds, suggests that with proper structure the various organizations don’t need to be financially independent. 

mike: offtopic discussion

mike: says specs council is not working. it needs to respond in a timely manner. if brad isn't speaking up, he needs to be removed.

dave: for example with CX, there's disagreement and he's been working with the group to improve

Andrew Nash: process for proposals-to-specs not clearly defined, needs improvement to that process

Dave, Nat: discussion about improving the process

Discussion about various candidates for each position, who is interested, summary of contributions and qualifications

messina nominates kveton, who demurs

nomination results:

• chair: kissel
• vice chair: mjones, kveton
• treasurer: raj, snorri
• secretary: messina, mjones (eric removes)
• committee liaison: david, mike, nat

recordon proposals motion, second... motion passed with everyone present except dewitt 

setup meeting schedule for 2009 -- will schedule via email

update on ED hiring -- brian will follow up via email