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On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Allen Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > [+openid-specs@ to reach a wider audience] > +1 for closing the 6 working groups listed in Mike's post. > While we're doing spec housecleaning, we should also try to finalize the > OpenID/OAuth Hybrid and OpenID UI Extensions. AFAIK, there has been no > changes to either of these specs for about a year, and vendors have already > launched implementations. > Allen > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Mike Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> At the latest OpenID board meeting, I took the action item to have the >> specifications close down inactive working groups. This is to help >> eliminate confusion among the members about where work is occurring and >> focus people’s efforts on the active working groups. >> >> >> >> Per section 4.4 of the OpenID process document, “The Specifications >> Council may recommend closure of a WG at any time that the WG has not had >> Minimum Membership for six consecutive months at the time of closure, and >> such recommendation will promptly be submitted to a vote of the OIDF >> membership, in accordance with the voting procedures in §3.” “Minimum >> Membership” is defined in section 1.6 as “five contributors”. >> >> >> >> It’s clear that all of these working groups meet this criteria in terms of >> lack of participation by 5 members within the last 6 months: >> >> · v.Next Core >> >> · v.Next Discovery >> >> · v.Next Attributes >> >> · v.Next Certification >> >> · v.Next User Experience >> >> >> >> Also, given the consensus to merge the Connect work into the Artifact >> Binding work, I would argue that we should close the Connect working group >> at the same time, so that it’s clear that people wanting to contribute to it >> should join the Artifact Binding working group, where the work is actually >> proceeding. Formally, there have been 7 contributors on the Connect working >> group list in the last 6 months: Breno de Medeiros, Chris Messina, Chuck >> Mortimore, David Recordon, John Bradley, Joseph Smarr, and Nat Sakimura. >> The most recent contribution was 11/3/10. So we could either wait a few >> months to close it, or if three of the above contributors agree that it >> should be closed, I believe we could proceed with the membership vote to >> close the working group at the same time. (I’d rather not have two >> membership votes closing working groups.) >> >> >> >> So after a discussion period, unless people form consensus around a >> different course of action, I’m going to propose a specs council vote that >> we close all 6 of these working groups. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> all, >> >> -- Mike >> >> >> >> P.S. The present membership of the specifications council is: >> >> · Johnny Bufu >> >> · Breno de Medeiros >> >> · Dick Hardt >> >> · Mike Jones >> >> · David Recordon >> >> · Nat Sakimura >> >> · Allen Tom >> >> > _______________________________________________ specs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs
