FINAL - 23 May 2007 Minutes of the OpenCSA Steering Committee

FINAL - OpenCSA Steering Committee
Minutes - 23 May 2007 11:00 AM PDT

0. Agenda bashing and Roll

 Attending:        
         Graham Barber, David Burke, Patrick Leonard,
Mark Little, Jeff Mischkinsky, Sanjay Patil, Michael Rowley.

 Regrets:          
         None.

 OASIS Staff:        
       Scott McGrath, Dee Schur.

 Identified Observers:      
Gil Pilz (BEA), Hanane Becha (Nortel), Mariano Cilia (Intel).

 Notes:          
           Graham Barber 

1. Outstanding Action Item review

None. We
have cleared all actions to date, Future actions will be tracked on
<http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/opencsa-ms/members/action_items.php>.

2.
Minutes Approval 

- 18 May
2007 -- Patil/Rowley - approve minutes - 5 in favour, 3 abstentions (New
members).

3. Steering Committee Voting Results

Scott summarized the results of a close election.
We discussed the tie breaking process that 

occurred at
three points during the STV process & concluded that any alternative tie
break 

system would
not have changed the election outcome. Scott will update all relevant web
pages. 

Scott ( ) welcomes feedback on
the election process from any member.

       

4. Welcome New Members

Introductions & Welcomes exchanged.

5. Elect Chair

Jeff Mischkinsky elected as Chair of the Steering
Committee for first term of 12 months 

-
Burke/Little/UNAN. 

Procedural
Discussion 

We are
slowly building a set of operation procedures that should be documented (in the

suggested
documents repository at
<http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/opencsa-ms/documents.php>.

ACTION: AI-1: Graham Barber: Provide first
draft of Steering Committee Operating Procedures. 

Scott
summarized the differing web-based "spaces" at our disposal:

i) The OASIS
public face of the Member Section is represented at: 

 
      <http://www.oasis-opencsa.org/> 

ii) The
working documents of the Member Section are held at: 

 
     
<http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/opencsa-ms/index.php>

iii) The
working documents of the Steering Committee are held at 

 
      <http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/opencsa-sc/index.php>

We noted
that we were not using these spaces consistently. 

The
challenge of ensuring that the goal of Steering Committee Business being open
and available 

to all
members was discussed. The conflicting goal of not filling Members' In-Boxes
with unnecessary 

e-mail
(auto-informs of AIs, Calendar Entries, Document uploads) was discussed.

ACTION: AI-2: Scott McGrath to explore
options and propose a methodology for S/C Business. 

6. Future
Meeting Schedule 

We agreed to
retain the weekly 9am PT teleconference slot for the near future. We will
revisit if 

too many
(travel) conflicts arise and we would also expect to move to biweekly in the
future. 

7. Any
Other Business 

Election of
Vice-Chair and Secretary postponed to next meeting.

8. Future
Meeting Items 

Election of
Vice-Chair and Secretary 

Statement of
Work 

9. Closure 

Motion to
Adjourn: Rowley/Patil/UNAN.

Action Items Summary:

AI-1:
Graham Barber: Provide first draft of Steering Committee Operating Procedures.

AI-2: Scott McGrath to explore web
site procedural options and propose a methodology for S/C Business.

Calendar
Items Summary: 

May 24 - Jun
01: China/Japan Business Trip (Mischkinsky), 

May 28 - Jun
08: Vacation (Barber).

Next Meeting: 

Friday May
25: Cancelled. 

Friday Jun
1:  Cancelled. 

Friday Jun
8:  9am PT Teleconference.

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