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Announcement

WHAT: Steering Committee Conference Call
WHEN: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 21:00:00 UTC time

WHO: Open to anyone

WHERE: phone/Skype

DIRECTIONS: Skype call: +9900827041975640

MEETING GOALS:

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AGENDA:

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PRE-WORK:

• Review previous two weeks' activity
• Identify problems requiring discussion and possible solutions

Minutes

Attendees: Name / Skype Name / Affiliation

• Brady Brim-DeForest (bradybd)
• Phil Wolff
• Chris Saad
• Trent Adams
• Triona Carey
• Christian Scholz
• Steve Greenberg
• Jacob Chapel
• Kaliya Hamlin (identitywoman)

What was said and done:

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Action Items 

Conference call recording, back channel transcript

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Next meetings 

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Feedback on the meeting itself

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Meeting Notes

==State of the Project==  (Chris Saad)

1. Public Relations:
   • DataPortability has had a presence at SXSW, MIX, and will at Next Web Conf in Amsterdam
   • We are generating a substantial amount of mindshare
2. Logo Competition:
   • Background: Red Hat Cease and Desist
   • We have had 250 logo submissions
   • Fifteen finalists will be chosen
   • The competition will take place at: http://dataportability.techcrunch.com/
3. Wiki platforms: Full migration to Confluence powered Wiki
4. Research Phase
5. Big picture: 11 DataPortability questions, 11 responses to those questions
6. Legal issues: TechCrunch and MS have offered pro-bono legal work to assist the Project

A. Teleconference Protocol Update:
Suggested Action Group Conference Call protocol:

1. Hand-raising in the chat room. This encourages full group participation in the call.
2. Post notes on Wiki and GoogleGroups, for final inclusion in the meeting minutes.
3. Identify yourself by name before speaking.
4. Schedule conference calls in advance and on a regular basis.  Google Calendar and TimeandDate.com may be helpful scheduling tools.
5. Mute microphone when not speaking.
6. If the proposer of the agenda item is not present, the idea doesn't need to be discussed, and should be tabled for the following call.
7. individual agenda items should also list 'presenter' or 'proposer' name.

B. IRC Chat Channel:

1. Should we make IRC the official DataPoratbility Chat system?
2. Negatives: doesn't support Audio
3. Conclusions:
   • IRC can exist as a back channel
   • The discussion should be tabled until the following meeting.

C. Supporting Open and Royalty Free Solutions Across the Board:

• • This discussion was tabled until the following meeting.

D. General Research and Outreach Update:

E. Contributor Recognition:

• • Consensus: Participants are acknowledged based on their contributions.
  • This discussion was tabled until a following time.

F. Usage of Acronyms:

• • Consensus: Care should be taken to avoid abbreviating DataPortability.  If an acronym is needed, DP, or DPP is fine.  DataPortability.org should never be abbreviated as DP.org

G. The DataPortability Mission Statement:

• • Consensus: Still not fit for public consumption.

H. TheDataPortability Website:

• • No consensus about purpose of home page or whom it is serving.

I. Data Sharing Workshop and Summit:

• • The Data Sharing Workshop, April 18 - 19 at the SFSU, Downtown Campus.
  • The Data Sharing Summit, May 15, at the Computer History Museum.
  • Both have the full support of DP.org

J. Big Company Outreach:

• • ongoing.

K. The Logo Competition:

• • Consensus: Three members of an expert panel will select 15 entries, which would then be vetted for trademark/symbolmark suitability before the public vote.
  • Skype's corporate identity expert is joining the panel - thanks, Triona