OpenID Foundation/Board/Minutes/2007-01-25

These are the approved minutes from the meeting of the 1th January 2007.

These notes were taken by David.

intros (Bill, Artur, Mart)

Elect officers
 - Dick wants to first examine roles

Weekly meetings on Thursdays at noon confirmed for next week

Minutes to be sent within a day and then sent to board@openid.net with
subject of "Draft Minutes".  Then finalized at next board meeting.

Public mailing list proposal first by Johannes and seconded by Scott
 - Proposal for list to be public
 - Drummond spoke about how XDI does it
 - Artur and Mart feel that we should be as public as possible
 - Dick wants everything as public as possible though feels there are
times when an offline discussion is needed.
 - David floated idea of board@openid.net being public archives and
delivery, though only board members posting.  board-private@openid.net
fully private.
 - Artur proposes in public minutes we say we're going off the public
record
 - Johannes feels we should publish what we're going off the record
about
 - Scott says can say something like "possible partnerships" versus
mentioning Liberty directly for example
 - Bill urges the board work together versus have adhoc conversations
   - Drummond and Bill agree, should not back channel conversations
 - Johannes to write up proposal for public/private policies to be sent
to board@openid.net
 - Drummond's proposal passed by unanimous vote
 
Dick wants to make sure we present a united front around views and
vision.  Feels we need to come accross as a united group.
 - David feels it is positive that not everything public is happy go
lucky.  Shows we're human.
 - Johannes feels disagreement "isn't a bug but a feature".  Having this
plurality of opinions is beneficial and part of what OpenID is all
about.
 - Bill raises the question of who speaks for the organization.
 
501c(6) vs 501(c)3
 - Reccommended state is Oregon
 - Lawfirm has done OSDL and Wi-Max forum previously
 - Dick proposes we incorporate in Switzerland
 - Drummond views international board representation and participation
as more important than location
 - Scott mentions many open source orgs are incorporated in the US yet
have international participation
 - Drummond motions we proceed in Oregon with a second from David
 - Drummond mentions if we need a motion around Ater Wyne
 - Drummond feels one motion for name, location, type
 - Drummond motions name as "OpenID Foundation", Scott seconds
 - Dick wants it to be noted that the name represents mission, goals,
values, etc.  "Foundation" implies how the org is run and what it does.
 - Virtually impossible to go from c6 to c3
 - Dick believes membership model is best for OpenID.
 - Legal firm believes c3 is best for our goals.
 - Drummond feels if ASF, Mozilla, etc feel c3 is best then it would fit
as well.
 - c6 can only have membership funding.
 - c3 donations are tax decutible and thus under more scrutiny.
 - Scott feels c6 for keeping it simple.
 - About same cost, though make decision at the offset since changing
later is harder.
 - Bill feels flexibility of membership and other donations is easier to
get early support and consistant fees.
 - Need to discuss donors vs members
 - Dick brings up motion to allow votes on mailing list, Johannes points
out California doesn't allow, Drummond mentions some places requires
unanimous if online.

Announcement needs to both be on general list and press at the same
time.
 - Balance announcement versus solicitation for feedback
 - What if community rejects?
 - Johannes proposes Bill posts
 - David believe it won't be taken right if Bill posts due to lack of
direct involvement in community
 - Dick proposes Bill can float and we all +1
 - Bill and David will work on announcement

Artur may miss next week's call.