Five volunteers took on new responsibilities at today's weekly steering group conference call. Congratulations to Daniela Barbosa, our first steering group chair; Elias Bizannes, vice chair; J. Trent Adams, secretary; and Brady Brim-DeForest, treasurer. Separately, Chris Saad stood up to chair the Communications Action Group (Communications charter).

See/hear the minutes for details on Trent and Brett's report on IDTBD, an umbrella organization for groups like DataPortability.org, and for updates from the task forces.

Join us on our next call, August 18, 2008 - 13:00 GMT.