JSF Board Meeting

Date: 2003-09-30 @ 16:00 UTC
Location: 1899 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO, USA
Alternate Participation: Conference Call
Scribe: Peter Saint-Andre, Secretary of the JSF

Roll Call

At 16:01 UTC, roll call was taken. The following individuals were in attendance:

Tony Bamonti
Michael Bauer
Russell Davis
Ryan Eatmon
Harold Gottschalk
Peter Saint-Andre

All five Board members were in attendance. Quorum requirements were met.

Discussion

Board Procedures

Michael Bauer, as outgoing Chair, provided a brief overview of how the Board operates.
Trademark Transfer Status

Discussed status of transferring the JABBER trademark from Jabber, Inc. to the Jabber Software Foundation. The agreement was signed on May 5 and will run for at least 12 months; some flexibility required given the fact that the JSF's program is not up and running yet. Sticking point is website content, which was substantially borrowed from that of the Linux Mark Institute. Tony to follow up with legal counsel regarding website content. Peter to inform the Board of the URL for the prototype website.
Clarification of XMPP.ORG Work Team Charter

Much discussion regarding the scope of work to be pursued by the XMPP.ORG Work Team. Consensus reached on the need for a statement of clarification from the Board, as well as an outline of the content; Peter to craft the specific wording based on his notes and circulate a draft to the Board mailing list for approval.

Team Reports

Team Reports

No formal reports presented.

The new Council is working swiftly to clear out old JEPs and move forward with a number of high-priority protocols (file transfer, pubsub, etc.).

Discussion of the need to make compliance a priority and move forward with a testing program, especially given the seemingly imminent approval of the XMPP Internet-Drafts; Peter to follow up with Compliance Team chair regarding next steps.

Discussion of the need to decide on a vision for the JSF and goals for 2003-2004 so that the Marketing Team knows what it needs to execute on; Peter to seek input on his proposed vision statement from the Marketing Team and the Membership at large; Board to improve communication.

Action and Consent Items

Resolved: To establish an Infrastructure Work Team to manage the computing infrastructure and information services of the corporation, to be chaired initially by Ryan Eatmon.

Action: Approved

New Business

The next Board meeting is tentatively scheduled for October 28, 2003.
Michael Bauer resigned from the Board, effective immediately. Many thanks to Michael for his years of service to the JSF.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 17:31 UTC.