JSF Board Meeting

Date: 2005-09-27
Location: 1899 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO, USA
Alternate Participation: Conference Call
Scribe: Peter Saint-Andre, Secretary of the JSF

Call for Quorum

In attendance:
- Carl Malamud
- Jack Moffitt
- Peter Saint-Andre
- Ulrich Staudinger
Quorum achieved.
Brief report by Peter on JSF history, status, and financials
- Founded in 2001 to ensure open protocol documentation and development
- Focus so far on standards development (JEP series)
- JSF provides only a legal structure for standards work
- Standards work is inexpensive (email lists, website, etc.)
- No major effort yet to recruit sponsors
- Current bank account balance: $7627.53 (note: $5500 forthcoming from Google Summer of Code involvement)
- There has been discussion in the past about other efforts (compliance testing, official software projects, conferences, interop events, etc.) but no consensus / decision
Ensuing discussion resulted in the following action item:
- Peter to present financial statement for 2004 to the Board (after review, the Board may determine that an audit, required by the Bylaws, is not justified at this time).
Board needs to select Chair for 2005-2006

Outcome: Carl Malamud selected as Chair.
Board needs to name Executive Director, Secretary, and Treasurer

Outcome: Peter Saint-Andre selected as Executive Director, Ulrich Staudinger selected as Secretary, Peter to recruit a new Treasurer.
Setting priorities for 2005-2006; some possibilities:
- Interop event in first half of 2006 (resulting in interop reports that will smoothe the way to Draft status for XMPP RFCs)
- Clarification of Jabber vs. XMPP "branding" (greater separation of functions by domain?)
- Compliance testing software or services
Outcome: Further Board discussion to occur on the board@jabber.org list. Peter to provide an initial proposal for an interop event.
Schedule next meeting.

Outcome: The next meeting is tentatively scheduled for the first week of November.

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