Note: this is not the full final version
of the Steering Committees minutes, but simply a summary until such time
as the committee is able to prepared detailed minutes from the audio-recording
of the call.
Resolved to accept the initial membership
Elected Vince Schuurman as Chairman
of the Steering Committee for a period of 6 months
Resolved to make meeting minutes public
Resolved to audio record meeting for
archival purposes
Proposal to publish audio recording
-- proposal tabled until future date
Resolved to request a report from an
independent legal council on the process of establishing a 501(c)(6) NFP
Trade association, including costs, risks and resulting benefits.
Resolved to amend Alliance agreement
to consider any registered user as eligible for Working Groups
Resolved to permit Steering Committee
to limit membership in any given Working Group
Resolved to create an Intellectual Property
Working Group for OpenNTF.org, which will address IP and general legal
issues.
Resolved that IP Working Group would
be limited to Alliance member representatives and any past or current OpenNTF.org
project contributor. (ie: Project Chefs)
Elected John Head as Chair of IP Working
Group
Resolved that no further projects will
be put in OpenNTF.org Catalog until SC accepts new IP policy and project
release model.
Resolved to create a Strategy Working
Group for OpenNTF.org, which will be responsible for setting general processes
and objectives for the Alliance.
Resolved that Strategy Working Group
would be open to all registered users of OpenNTF.org
Elected Nathan Freeman as Chair of Strategy
Working Group
Tasked Strategy Working Group with proposing
a Communications policy for OpenNTF.org
Tasked Strategy Working Group with proposing
a long-term Working Group decision process
Resolved that until the SC has defined
a new process, Working Group Chairs will be solely responsible for achieving
consensus and creating resulting proposals for the SC.
Resolved to create a Technical Committee
that is responsible for the day-to-day operation of OpenNTF.org and the
implementation of the SC's decisions
Elected Niklas Heidloff as Chairman
of the Technical Committee
Tasked Technical Committee with the
creation of Working Group communications & operational features
on OpenNTF.org site
Tasked Technical Committee with continuing
site redesigns into the Projects area of the site.
Resolved to permit resolutions to be
passed via email from SC membership, with the chair being responsible for
official record keeping
Proposed creation of an office of Secretary
of the Steering Committee -- proposal tabled until future date.
Resolved to meet again on May 28, 2009
at 11AM ET for 1 hour.