OpenID Foundation/Board/Minutes/2007-10-11
Present:
- Martin Atkins via IM through David due to the non-working call-in number
- Scott Kveton
- Artur Bergman
- Dick Hardt
- David Recordon
- Bill Washburn
- Drummond Reed
Apologies:
- Johannes Ernst
Contents |
Agenda
- General business (vote on meeting minutes, finance update, etc)
- IPR update - David/Bill
- Website update - Scott/David
- Corporate board structure - Scott/Bill
- Marketing update -
- Agenda additions
General Business
Meeting Minutes
The previous meeting's minutes were approved unanimously.
IPR Update
As previously reported, the IPR policy, process and rationale documents were released to the public on the mailing lists. There has been a small amount of feedback so far. The first of three conference calls was held and a few items were discussed. Two more calls are scheduled Oct. 18th and 31st.
Decision was made that another post to the email lists should be made to make it clear the last date for public comment is Oct 26th. David and Bill will coordinate.
As has been stated before, we are urging people to make comments early, or at least tell us that they intend to make a comment to avoid last-minute surprises and ensure that this is completed on time.
Website Update
The website was relaunched Monday, Oct 8th thanks to the hard work of Scott, David, and members of the Vidoop team.
David and Scott traveled to Vidoop to work with them in person.
There is currently a link for users to "Click here to get an OpenID".
However, it is not clear at this should work in future. There was discussion about the excruciating conflict between the importance of providing a good user experience for individuals aiming to get an OpenID versus the similarly compelling principle that the website must be neutral and not unfairly provide an advantage to certain OPs and thereby necessarily disadvantage / harm all other OPs.
The discussion went on at length and it was pointed out that this is a discussion already well underway on the marketing mailing list and that the community was weighing in seriously to find some possible consensus.
Dick stated that openid.net and the Foundation should remain neutral.
Corporate Board Structure
A strong discussion took place about the size of the board increasing from 11 to 13 and whether the increase might be two additional corporate board seats (above the four already approved) or if one additional international community board seat and one additional corporate board seat would be better.
Bill is tasked to report on corporate seat representation via email by Oct 9th.
The specific companies involved are omitted from the public record since there have been no final, binding commitments made.
As previously noted, the main barrier at this point is final adoption of the IPR documents.
Marketing report
The marketing discussion was largely included in the website update. There was some discussion of the time line for making the public announcement of the completion of the IPR, the new members of the Board, and the launch of the membership drive.
Next Meeting
The next meeting of the board was postponed a week and will be on Thursday, 1st of November.
