OpenID Connect has achieved significant adoption.  The community should get a say in how it works--changes and new developments should be subject to a fair, open, and consensus-based process.

• Currently, there are no calls for consensus on any topic
• The process for defining new specifications can arbitrarily exclude input from participants depending on the whim of the spec editor
• There is no requirement to reconcile or address objections
• Voting rights on specifications are not based on individual participation
• There are no published best practices or code of conduct for spec editors
• There is no appeal process within a work group
• There is a lack of transparency in the spec development process
• The leadership of the foundation--the Chairman,  Executive Director and the Board--has not provided adequate oversight of the WG process

All of these problems add up to risk for the community that one person or organization may gain undue influence over OpenID Connect. This is not an acceptable risk for the community, who has invested so much in the standard's success. 

By signing this petition, you are asking the Board of Directors of the OpenID Foundation to implement changes that align the work group process with best practices for other consensus based standards organizations. 

If this is not possible, OpenID Connect should move to an organization that already has the governance in place to protect the standard from future arbitrary control, like OASIS or Kantara.