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Announcement
WHO: Steering Action Group Teleconference
WHAT: Teleconference
WHEN: April 1st, 2008 - 9pm GMT/UTC
WHERE: Skype Call-In conference dial-in details removed
WHEN by Time Zone:
| City |
Time |
| San Francisco |
2:00 pm
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| Boston |
5:00 pm
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| London |
10:00 pm
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| Berlin |
11:00 pm
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Tokyo
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6:00 am |
| Sydney |
8:00 am |
NOTE: The above times are from DateAndTime.com for April 1st, 2008 @ 9pm GMT.
MEETING GOALS:
PROPOSED AGENDA:
- Introductions
- Update from Chris Saad
- Workflow Discussion (Chris)
- General Governance Discussion (Sponsor: Brett, Elias, Jacob ?)
- W3C Incubator Proposal (Harry Halpin)
- Labs / Tech Project of the Month (Bob, Phil?)
PRE-WORK:
Minutes
DataPortability Steering Action Group Conference Call
Date: 4/1/2008
Time: 9pm GMT
Proposed Agenda:
A. Introductions
B. No Update from Chris Saad (he's on a plane)
C. W3C Incubator Proposal (Harry Halpin)
D. Proposed Workflow Discussion (Trent, Elias, Daniela)
E. General Governance Discussion (Brett, Elias, Jacob)
F. Technology Labs (Phil)
G. Monthly Report Update (Mary)
Attendees:
Full Name (Skype Name)
J. Trent Adams (jtrentadams)
Elias Bizannes (elias.bizannes)
Steve Greenberg (greenbes)
Chris Allen (christopherrayallen)
Jacob Chapel (chap3l)
Brady Brim-DeForest (bradybd)
John Breslin (johnbreslin)
Phil Wolf (dial-in)
Christian Topf (herrtopf)
Mary Trigiani (mtrigiani)
Brett McDowell (myidiym)
Harry Halpin (dial-in)
Daniela Barabosa (medanielabarbosa)
Dave Morin (dial-in)
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Meeting Minutes
A. Introductions
B. No Update from Chris Saad (he's on a plane)
C. W3C Incubator Proposal (Harry Halpin)
Harry is Not a member of W3C, but connected
Possibility of linking into the W3C process
May help get the W3C to commit resources
A "workgroup" status is a lot of work to get it together
New "incubator" status is a way to streamline the process
Incubator started about a year ago.
Speech Synthesis XML Standards as an example
Can the W3C accept "best practices" as an output?
Status helps get DataPortability onto other group agendas
Requires: Royalty Free Patents on output
Consensus = worth pursuing to next steps
Harry will post to list and create Wiki page.
D. Proposed Workflow Discussion (Elias, Daniela)
Proposed in response to Labs idea out of San Francisco
Clearly trying to define a light process without much bureaucracy
Reinforcing decisions being made in discussion lists.
All ideas (including Labs), are proposed without requiring approval
If there is enough momentum, the proposals can "graduate" up or out
If there is not enough momentum, the proposal naturally dies off
Sounds similar to ID Commons approach
The "graduation" criteria needs to be clear
The Workflow process decreases the emphasis on the Action Groups
Concern about relegating Technology and Policy Action Groups to the sideline
F. Tech of the Month Project (Phil) [jumped up due to time constraints]
Came out of a discussion with David Rekordon
We have "big company" involvement we're not using
We could promote a small "project" concept to each of them.
"Small bites" could slowly advance the ball
Check wiki page: http://wiki.dataportability.org/x/-AoR
Consensus = kudos for a quick-hit idea that may gain traction
Some mini-hacks may not make the grade while others do.
Give good visibility into actual work by the DataPortability Project
E. General Governance Discussion (Brett, Elias, Jacob)
Don't want to slow things down
Labs projects go through now, but with a clear "exerimental" moniker
Nothing would get the "official" moniker until "graduation"
Need clear definition of "graduation" requirements
Proposal: Quorum Vote
Concern: Popularity doesn't necessarily equal goodness
G. Monthly Report Update (Mary)
Posted draft of the report on the Wiki
http://wiki.dataportability.org/x/5woR
Plan is to publish it on 4/5/2008
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