+1 Johnny
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 06:56:52AM +1300, David Recordon wrote: > +1 > > 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
