OpenNTF Alliance Steering Committee Meeting Minutes from July 30 2009
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OpenNTF Alliance Steering Committee
Meeting Minutes: July 30, 2009
Conference Call
Members: Vince Schuurman (Chairman), Nathan Freeman, Ludwig Nastansky, Justin Hill, John Head, Brent Peters, Scott Johnsen
Others Present: Peter Tanner, Niklas Heidloff, Steve Castledine, Felicia Sienkiewicz
Proceedings:
Meeting called to order at 11:00 am ET by Vince Schuurman.
Last months meeting minutes were approved.
Resolved – Formally make Steve Castledine the official spokesperson of OpenNTF.org Alliance backed by Steering Committee member Ludwig Nastansky.
IP Working Group Update - Peter Tanner with an assist from John Head
There is a new IP Policy. The Steering Committee will have 1 week to review and provide comments. If members have no comment, then please comment with no comment. The new policy will first be approved by the Technical Committee and then by the IP Working Group before being brought back to the Steering Committee for approval.
Once this is approved, we will need to execute a new membership agreement for all members.
Ludwig can proceed with adding new entries to the Catalog from IBM and anyone else. Note: The Contributor and the Committer cannot be the same person.
Technical Committee Update - Niklas Heidloff & Steve Castledine
The OpenNTF.org site is running smoothly at this point. The Discussion Template still needs work, but that is proceeding along. The number of new issues is down significantly.
There is a directory for all the Forums. The user can only see the Forums for which they have access
There are two catalogs, one for the Apache license and the other for he GPL license
Task Management system is in place
Wiki is set up to track site changes
Blog is kept up to date
Email is enabled on the site
Still on the to do list:
Get code flowing into the Catalogs
Open up the Catalogs
Upgrade the Servers
Create new test environment
Implement IdeaJam
Clean out projects that have either been abandoned or only point to a Web site
Upgrade new project management system
Note: OpenNTF.org continues to get about 750 new registrations/month
Strategy Working Group Update – Nathan Freeman Working on the Technical Committee Profile Concept specs
Issue: We currently do not have adequate (any?) Administration backup person or procedure. Server Administration, adding new users, etc. We would like to address this issue. Gab Davis and the Turtle Partnership have indicated that they would be interested in providing this service to OpenNTF.org.
Resolved - The Turtle Partnership will be given Admin rights to OpenNTF.org once they have become an Alliance member.
UPDATE: Rob Novak (SNAPPS) has resigned from the OpenNTF.org Steering Committee. However SNAPPS remains an Alliance member of OpenNTF.org.
GROUP Software has indicated a desire to provide OpenNTF.org developers the use of their Domino Server in the Cloud technology. The OpenNTF.org Steering Committee is interested in moving this process forward, and are excited about the opportunity.
Vince Schuurman will be on vacation during our next meeting. Nathan Freeman will be acting Chairman for that meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 12:00 am ET
Minutes submitted by Scott Johnsen
Next meeting: August 13, 2009
11:00 am ET
OpenNTF Alliance Steering Committee
Meeting Minutes: July 30, 2009
Conference Call
Members: Vince Schuurman (Chairman), Nathan Freeman, Ludwig Nastansky, Justin Hill, John Head, Brent Peters, Scott Johnsen
Others Present: Peter Tanner, Niklas Heidloff, Steve Castledine, Felicia Sienkiewicz
Proceedings:
Meeting called to order at 11:00 am ET by Vince Schuurman.
Last months meeting minutes were approved.
Resolved – Formally make Steve Castledine the official spokesperson of OpenNTF.org Alliance backed by Steering Committee member Ludwig Nastansky.
IP Working Group Update - Peter Tanner with an assist from John Head
There is a new IP Policy. The Steering Committee will have 1 week to review and provide comments. If members have no comment, then please comment with no comment. The new policy will first be approved by the Technical Committee and then by the IP Working Group before being brought back to the Steering Committee for approval.
Once this is approved, we will need to execute a new membership agreement for all members.
Ludwig can proceed with adding new entries to the Catalog from IBM and anyone else. Note: The Contributor and the Committer cannot be the same person.
Technical Committee Update - Niklas Heidloff & Steve Castledine
The OpenNTF.org site is running smoothly at this point. The Discussion Template still needs work, but that is proceeding along. The number of new issues is down significantly.
There is a directory for all the Forums. The user can only see the Forums for which they have access
There are two catalogs, one for the Apache license and the other for he GPL license
Task Management system is in place
Wiki is set up to track site changes
Blog is kept up to date
Email is enabled on the site
Still on the to do list:
Get code flowing into the Catalogs
Open up the Catalogs
Upgrade the Servers
Create new test environment
Implement IdeaJam
Clean out projects that have either been abandoned or only point to a Web site
Upgrade new project management system
Note: OpenNTF.org continues to get about 750 new registrations/month
Strategy Working Group Update – Nathan Freeman Working on the Technical Committee Profile Concept specs
Issue: We currently do not have adequate (any?) Administration backup person or procedure. Server Administration, adding new users, etc. We would like to address this issue. Gab Davis and the Turtle Partnership have indicated that they would be interested in providing this service to OpenNTF.org.
Resolved - The Turtle Partnership will be given Admin rights to OpenNTF.org once they have become an Alliance member.
UPDATE: Rob Novak (SNAPPS) has resigned from the OpenNTF.org Steering Committee. However SNAPPS remains an Alliance member of OpenNTF.org.
GROUP Software has indicated a desire to provide OpenNTF.org developers the use of their Domino Server in the Cloud technology. The OpenNTF.org Steering Committee is interested in moving this process forward, and are excited about the opportunity.
Vince Schuurman will be on vacation during our next meeting. Nathan Freeman will be acting Chairman for that meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 12:00 am ET
Minutes submitted by Scott Johnsen
Next meeting: August 13, 2009
11:00 am ET
Comments
It should be noted that this was an INVITATION, not yet acceptance. The Turtle Partnership has not applied for membership yet.
The conversation was more like this...
"We need some help on server administration for the TC. Gab said she'd like to help."
"Her company would need to be a member."
"Let's send them the membership agreement. But can we decide now that if they say yes, then Gab can be authorized to be the server admin for the TC?"
"Yes" "Yes" "Yes", etc.
So this is entirely provisional on the idea that The Turtle Partnership would even like to be a member, which is as yet unknown.
And before anyone asks, yes, this means we all love Gab.
Posted by Nathan T. Freeman At 03:19:21 PM On 07/30/2009 | - Website - |
Posted by Charles Robinson At 03:31:14 PM On 07/30/2009 | - Website - |
Technical Spokesperson: Steve Castledine Steering Committee Spokesperson: Ludwig Nastansky"
Our spokespeople are preparing a comment. Well, more than a comment.
Posted by Nathan T. Freeman At 03:35:18 PM On 07/30/2009 | - Website - |
Gab
Posted by Gabriella Davis At 08:08:37 PM On 07/30/2009 | - Website - |