March 3 meeting at Thirsty Bear. 4-7PM
Attendees: Dick Hardt (chair and secretary), David Recordon, Joseph Smarr,
Allen Tom, Mike Jones, Don Thibeau
Pam Dingle and Anthony Nadalin graced us with their presence for a bit
Technical Committee 2010 Theme
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A critical criteria for the theme was that it would resonate with the current
community, and attract new members to the technical community. We brainstormed
on a number of theme ideas and decided on "OpenID v Next". This is a clear
theme and one the technologists can rally around. It is a new, shiny project
that conveys a message that all ideas are welcome, encouraging new players to
come to the OpenID technical community.
Tech Summits
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What works:
+ Presentations by RPs on how they solved identity problems or had
issues. eg. Facebook presenting about Facebook Connect, RPs presenting at UX
Summit
+ networking
+ presenting a solution was a forcing function to get stuff done in time
What does not work:
- agendas not organized
- splitting into groups / break outs
- wide variation of participants
- not getting value from most attendees
- presentations of varied quality
- having board meeting right after event cuts into networking, creates
exclusivity perceptions
Reviewing this material, there was discussion on how to structure the upcoming
Summit and agreed on the following:
Format:
+ short presentations
+ start with defining the problem presentations
+ follow with solution presentations
+ open space on second day for new topics
+ end with WG next steps
All attendees are participants. They are either part of the problem, or part of
the solution. They are presenting on how they want to use OpenID, presenting on
how to solve the problems, or active in the WGs.
Next Steps:
+ Call for presentations from people with identity problems where they think
OpenID could help them now or in future, and technologists with ideas on how to
solve outstanding issues with OpenID.
+ Post draft schedule to specs list
+ Recruit others to participate in Summit that are not using OpenID (Twitter,
LinkedIn etc.)
Rough Summit Schedule:
Monday: start after lunch followed by networking dinner (starting after lunch
allows west travellers to travel Monday morning)
Tuesday: solution presentations, some open space, WG next steps
Wednesday: morning board
Working Groups
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What works:
+ OpenID Foundation looks like the place to work on advancing OpenID technology
What does not work:
- People are part of WG without having executed IPR agreement
- most work happens outside WGs
- working groups float along, not clear when work is over. people implement
drafts, and spec does not get ratified
There was consensus that the current working groups are not working very well
and that we needed to:
+ manage the IPR of who is participating in the WG
+ chair WGs so that they move along or disband
+ members of Tech Committee will chair WGs if no chair is elected by WG and
ensure IPR is met
Next steps:
+ Sanity check of WG issues with community
+ Reduce number of technical mail lists
Infrastructure
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We talked about what was working and not working in the infrastructure.
- too many mail lists is an issue
- not clear who owns infrastructure
Next steps:
+ reduce number of general mail lists (collapse all non-WG lists to specs?)
+ migrate lists to Google Apps (David is going to do this by April 1)
+ Technical Committee will own running infrastructure for Foundation
Budget
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Test Suite $20K (matching Facebook and Google
contributions)
openid.net ops $10K (Tech Committee take over ops of website etc.)
tech comm content $10K (wiki and DL gardenning, someone to make the
Technical Committee content easy to read etc.)
openid.net OSS $5K (showcase OSS RP software on openid.net)
SWAG for summits $4K (cool things for attendees to get)
community outreach $1K (drinks)
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