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Announcement
WHAT: Steering Group Teleconference
WHEN: Monday, June 9, 2008 at 13:00 - 14:00 GMT
- San Francisco: 6am
- Boston: 9pm
- London: 2pm
- Berlin: 3pm
- Hong Kong: 9pm
- Tokyo: 10pm
- Sydney: 11pm
WHO: Open to any contributors
WHERE:
PRE WORK:
PROPOSED AGENDA:
- Introductions
- Project Status Update (Chris Saad)
- Governance Taskforce Update (Elias Bizannes)
- add additional topics (+ your name)
MEETING GOALS:
Minutes
ATTENDEES:
Real Name (Skype Name)
J. Trent Adams (jtrentadams)
Christian Scholtz (herrtopf)
Elias Bizannes (elias.bizannes)
John Breslin (johnbreslin)
Brett McDowell (myidiym)
NOTES:
1. Introductions - Formally skipped, all participants known.
2. Project Update - Skipped, Chris is on a plane.
3. Governance Taskforce Update and Discussion (Elias Bizannes)
* Update for John and Christian on current state
* Discussion about Action Groups (i.e. Standing Committees) vs. Task Forces (i.e. Special Committees)
* Can someone do work outside the Action Group / Task Force model, then still get their output ratified by Steering?
* Default authority not articulated in Steering Group charter should belong in the Plenary, relying on the "non-voting sunset provision" rule already agreed to (e.g. some type of voting rules)
* Membership brief: what are the various types?
Suggestion 1: Participant, Voting Participant, Officer, Representative from an external party
Suggestion 2: Two primary types: Observer, Members (Individual Participant, Organizational Participant [one per org], Officer)
Discussion: How do you insure membership isn't "stolen" by a group from a single org?
OASIS = multiple members per corporation, each has vote
Liberty Alliance = one corporate vote, others can participate without vote
Suggestion: Don't over-engineer solutions to problems that don't exist, yet. Go forward with simplicity, then correct course as necessary later.
* Conversation will continue in the next Governance Task Force teleconference June 9th, at 21:00 GMT
* Consider reviewing W3C patent / copyright policy: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/
Conference call recording, back channel transcript
Next meetings
- June 16, 2008 - 21:00 GMT
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