Kantara Initiative Board of Trustees Teleconference

Date and Time

• Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010
• Time: 14:00 UTC

Meeting Minute Status

Status: These Minutes have been APPROVED by the Board of Trustees.

Attendees

1. Roger Sullivan, Oracle
2. J. Trent Adams, Internet Society
3. Atsuhiro Goto, NTT
4. Nigel Tedeschi, BT
5. Matthew Gardiner, CA
6. Peter Davis, Neustar, Inc.
7. Nat Sakimura, NRI
8. Andrew Nash, PayPal
9. Bill Smith, LAP
10. Colin Wallis, Leadership Council Rep
11. Roger Martin, Acting Executive Director
12. Brett McDowell, Assistent to the Executive Director
13. Joni Brennon, Staff

Apologies

Agenda

1. IRB
   1. Nominee – Pamela Dingle, Ping Identity
   2. Review Charter – please see enclosed and note any objections/concerns before IRB votes to approve.
2. ARB Update
3. Portland Meeting Quorum status – we currently have 7 plus one telephonically – waiting on three more. Meeting should proceed.
4. Portland Meeting Agenda – below are the discussion points raised on the last call. We need to re-order and allocate times to these.
   1. Membership
   2. Focus
   3. Interoperability program
   4. Assurance program
   5. Leadership
   6. Liaison Relationships – work that may be funded
   7. ED Progress
   8. Outcomes we desire? What are the objectives? What does industry need?
   9. Joint LC/BoT Meeting – leadership summit
   10. SWOT Analysis
   11. Succession planning (BoT Understudy idea)
   12. Program Updates

Minutes

1. IRB

1. Nominee – Pamela Dingle, Ping Identity
   • MOTION: To nominate Pamela Dingle, Senior Technical Architect with Ping Identity, to the Interoperability Review Board.
     • CA moved, Neustar seconded, no discussion, no objections, motion carried.
   • ACTION ITEM: Brett McDowell to notify Pam and the IRB.
2. Review Charter – please see enclosed and note any objections/concerns before IRB votes to approve.
   • ACTION ITEM: Joni to discuss with the IRB if they should add an appendix to the IRB Charter with reference to details in the Interoperability Work Group Charter.

3. Portland Meeting Quorum status – we currently have 7 plus one telephonically – waiting on three more. Meeting should proceed.

1. Peter Davis - likely attending
2. Andrew Nash - yes
3. Lucy Lynch - yes

4. Ad hoc update by Roger Sullivan on ED Search Committee

5. Portland Meeting Agenda discussion.

1. Proposed Agenda:
   1. Membership
   2. Focus
   3. Interoperability program
   4. Assurance program
   5. Leadership
   6. Liaison Relationships – work that may be funded
   7. ED Progress
   8. Outcomes we desire? What are the objectives? What does industry need?
   9. Joint LC/BoT Meeting – leadership summit
   10. SWOT Analysis
   11. Succession planning (BoT Understudy idea)
   12. Program Updates
2. Suggested additions:
   1. Privacy Program
   2. Recap RSA
   3. Treasurer's report
   4. ED Progress Update (distinct from ED replacement search)
   5. Marketing Communication Update / Review
3. ACTION ITEMS:
   1. Matthew to connect with Michelle on Marketing update to report
   2. Roger S. will send next draft of agenda to Dervla for posting
   3. Executive committee and Roger Martin to flesh out the agenda topics, required time, and output
   4. Joni to coordinate timing of program updates to the BoT during meeting
   5. Trent to coordinate with Roger S. on times to meet with the LC (as a whole or only leadership)

6. ARB Update

1. Update by:
   • Brett McDowell
   • Nigel Tedeschi (ARB Chair)
   • Joni Brennan (ARB Program Director)
2. Current status update
   • eValid8 is first applicant to be an accredited assessor
   • Credential Service Provider (CSP) - BCeID (British Columbia) to follow
   • Credential Service Provider (CSP) - aTrust (also from Canada) expected to follow
3. Update on US Government / ICAM project:
   • November 28, 2009: Kantara submitted application to ICAM, prior to December 2 deadline
   • Subsequent hold in process while ICAM formed evaluation committee
   • January 28, 2009: Kantara replied to ICAM questions
   • February 18, 2010: ICAM is expected to contact Kantara with an update.
   • Last week of February, ICAM meets to formalize recognized trust framework providers
   • That is the last hurdle before going to market with the assurance program
4. There is a potential slow-down in the anticipated collection of license fees due to the timing of the certification process.
5. Target 2010 budget numbers are still accurate (as of now), but cash-flow projections may be delayed.
6. MOTION: To go into an Executive Session for the remainder of the ARB update in order to protect candidate confidentiality.
   • CA moves, Neustar seconds, no objections
7. Return from Executive Session.
8. MOTION: To allocate an additional $8,250 in the 2010 budget for contractors to support the ARB.
   • New Zealand Government moves, ISOC seconds, motion carried

7. Expression of support for Brett McDowell

1. Roger Sullivan expressed his gratitude for Brett's unflagging support for Kantara.
2. All seconded, thanking Brett for his work as Executive Director.

8. Meeting adjourned at 15:03 UTC

Next Meeting

• Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010
• Time: to be added
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