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Steering Group Telecon - May 19th 2009

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Announcement

WHAT: Steering Group Teleconference
WHEN: Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 at 21:00 - 22:00 UTC

WHO: Open to any contributors
WHERE:

PRE WORK:
* Review Minutes: (see below dates to review)

PROPOSED AGENDA:

  • Task Forces Updates:
    • Legal Entity (Steve R.) [1 min]
    • EULA and TOS (Steve G.) [5 min]
    • Healthcare Taskforce (Anthony)
  • Action Groups Updates:
    • Communications- DataPortability Analyst Projects ( [5 min]
    • Governance Advisory link (Steve R.) [1 min]
  • Additional Discussion
    • DPP Fundraising efforts

Minutes

ATTENDEES:
Real Name (Skype Name) + denotes a voting member

  • Daniela Barbosa (medanielabarbosa) +
  • Brady Brim-DeForest (bradybd) +
  • Elias Bizannes (elias.bizannes) +
  • Steve Repetti (steve.repetti) +
  • Christian Scholz (herrtopf) +
  • Steve Williams (sbwilliams) +
  • Phil Wolff (evanwolf) +

APPOLOGIES:
Real Name (Skype Name) [+ denotes a voting member]

  • Dan Brickley +
  • Anthony-Broad Crawford +
  • Steve Greenberg (greenbes) +
  • Drummond Reed (drummondreed) +
  • Chris Saad(chrissaad) +

ABSENT:
Real Name (Skype Name) [+ denotes a voting member]

MEETING MINUTES:

  • Approval of Previous Minutes:
    • May 5th, April 28th, April 21st, and April 14th - APPROVED
  • Task Forces Updates:
    • Legal Entity (Steve R.)
      • Provided additional information to underwriters for E&O policy
      • Seek additional quote from TX provider
      • Daniela to open bank account (pending receipt of EIN) and provide Articles of Incorporation
        • Contact Heather at TechCrunch for their contribution
    • EULA and TOS (Elias)
      • Fine-tuning deliverable
      • Every time we look at the project we seem to view it from a new perspective
      • Trying to utilize metaphors rather than tech jargon to be more consumer friendly
        • Identity
        • Media/metadata
        • Portability
          • Import, export, synch, remove
      • Finalizing definitions
      • Elias to reach out to Identity Commons regarding DPP EULA/TOS
        • They are mostly focused on Identity
        • Different (but complimentary) from DPP effort
        • Seek to synchronize the efforts
      • Phil pointed out that this is an iterative process and it is very helpful to have a first draft
      • Elias hopes to have first draft by next meeting
    • Healthcare Taskforce (Anthony)
      • Not present, no update
  • Action Groups Updates:
    • Communications
      • Alysa is doing a great job!
        • Creating a round table discussion, first one next week
      • Daniela recommends merging Analysts Project into Communications Action Group, Elias and Daniela will coordinate with Alysa
        • Danny to resign as Community Manager and head of Analyst Project
          • Elias suggested "Regional Managers" plus one "Online Manager"
      • Discussion related to posting to the DPP blog, editorial peer review
        • Brady working on "Call to Action" post
    • Governance Advisory link (Steve R.)
      • Elias correctly pointed out that this is an Action Group, not a Task Force
      • Steve R. to send message asking for suggested topics and encouraging participation
  • Additional Discussion
    • DPP Fundraising efforts
      • Brady discussed current DPP budget
        • AR - 6k contribution from TechCrunch
        • AP - D&O premium, conference call, domains; total est. 6k
      • Phil discussed issue of sponsors
        • Need to know what we want to do, and the required budget
          • Conference attendance, co-sponsorship
          • Evangelism
          • Research
      • Daniela requested DPP members provide additional suggestions
    • Other
      • Elias stated that we will probably not meet the strategic goals previously adopted within the timeframe set.
        • Daniela and Elias to audit the status of the strategic goals and report back
      • Question: Whose responsibility is it to recruit members to Task Forces, Action Groups, and general membership?
        • also: Community managers, analysts, out-reach, other community integration
      • Question: What does it mean to be a member of DPP
        • Membership should be a consequence of our efforts

MOTIONS PASSED:
none

Conference call recording, back channel transcript

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