OpenNTF Alliance Steering Committee Meeting Minutes from July 16, 2009

OpenNTF Alliance Steering Committee
Meeting Minutes: July 16th, 2009, 11:00am ET
Conference Call

Members: Vince Schuurman (Chairman), Nathan Freeman, Ludwig Nastansky, Justin Hill, John Head, Rob Novak, Brent Peters (absent), Matt Vargis for Scott Johnsen

Others: Peter Tanner, Angus Mcintyre, Niklas Heidloff, Steve Castledine, Felicia Sienkiewicz

Proceedings: Meeting called to order at 11:00 am ET by Vince Schuurman.
Last month’s meeting minutes were approved.

This meeting is being recorded and will be published to the internet.

Proposal – Use the Steering Committee Forum to discuss relevant issues instead of email – Ludwig Nastansky
The Committee agrees this is a good idea and the motion was passed.

IP Working Group Update – John Head
Discussion of and vote on active proposals
The slide deck for the resolutions can be viewed here: OpenNTF.org IP Resolutions For Steering Committee Meeting 2009 07 16
There were some modifications discussed for the resolutions, and the resolutions including modifications were voted on .
Please check the website for the final version of the updated resolutions.

Resolution #1 -
Split into two resolutions, 1a and 1b.

1A
IBM Nay
Lotus911 Aye
Pavone Aye
Prominic Aye
PSC Aye
Snapps Aye
TeamStudio Aye
VinceShuurman.com Aye

1B
IBM Aye
Lotus911 Aye
Pavone Aye
Prominic Aye
PSC Aye
Snapps Aye
TeamStudio Aye
VinceShuurman.com Aye

Resolution #2:
IBM Nay
Lotus911 Aye
Pavone Aye
Prominic Aye
PSC Aye
Snapps Aye
TeamStudio Aye
VinceShuurman.com Aye

resolution #3:
IBM Aye
Lotus911 Aye
Pavone Aye
Prominic Aye
PSC Aye
Snapps Aye
TeamStudio Aye
VinceShuurman.com Aye

For resolutions #4 and beyond, voting was done as a group rather than individual roll call.

Resolution #4
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #5
All representatives vote Aye on first two points
3rd point will be dropped

Resolution #6
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #7
Snapps abstained, the rest of the representatives vote Aye

Resolution #8
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #9
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #10
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #11
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #12
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #13 -
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #14 -
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #15
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #16
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #17
All representatives vote Aye

Resolution #18
Withdrawn for futher discussion

Resoultion #19
All representatives vote Aye

Other:
Angus extended a Thank you to Lotus911 and PSC for all of their help in resolving user complaints / pain points on the website

Discuss replacement of Elguji – process, timing and criteria – Vince Shuurman
Propose to save for the non-recorded portion of the meeting at the end, the committee agreed.
Bruce Elgort left the Steering Committee. Will be looking for a replacement for him.

These items on the agenda were not covered due to time constraints
Technical Committee Update – Niklas Heidloff
Strategy Working Group Update – Nathan Freeman
Other business

Meeting adjourned at 12:00pm ET
Next Meeting Scheduled for Thursday, July 30, 2009, 11:00 am ET

Minutes submitted by Felicia Sienkiewicz

An audio recording of this meeting is available at http://openntf.org/internal/workinggroupip.nsf/topicThread.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=AF544ED74187BFBF862575F5005AF744