Nicholas Kolba met with Aaron Williamson and Rob Underwood (Deactivated) re: governance. Here were the minutes from that meeting:
Standards Ratification
If not, amend the POP to set out explicit voting rules for standards
ACTION: Aaron to attend next FDC3 PMC meeting
Proposal:
Notice-and-comment period
WG decides whether to revise
N&C for any revisions
Ratification by WG and PMC
ACTION:
Process not spelled out in POP
Generic voting rules sufficient, plus ratification by PMC?
Role of PMC & other WGs in approval of WG-ratified standards
Parking lot: communications re: why we're different from a standards development organization
FDC3 Badging
Prevent bad-faith/inconsistent use
Foundation needs to own the trademark to register & enforce
Should comply with PTO requirements for certification marks to be registered & enforceable
Commentary from the meeting:
- Minutes embargo
- FINOS will investigate the feasibility of and work involved in implementing a 48 hour minutes embargo and will report back to the group on options. (Action with Rob.)
- If there is a significant amount of work involved then the group should re-visit the importance and decide if it is worth the effort.
- FDC3 Badging
- There is still some work to determine what the certification badge means, how to use it consistently and how to ensure it is not used purely or largely for self-promotion. Neil and Nick have an open task around definition of certification and welcome feedback from the group.
- It should be clear that this is compliance badging and not simply a badge to say that you are an FDC3 member.