[KI-LC] Proposer Names Requirement in WG Charters

[Iain Henderson]

yes, i'd tend to agree that posting e-mail addresses on a public web  
site should not be mandatory.

Perhaps we should all get i-names and a contact link?????

Regards

Iain

Iain

On 11 Jun 2009, at 16:37, Bob Pinheiro wrote:

> Posting one's email address on a public website may perhaps be a  
> sensitive issue for some.  Even though our Proposers know that their  
> names and affiliations will be listed in the charters, I don't think  
> that necessarily means that Proposers realize that their email  
> addresses would be listed as well.  Of course, the Chairs of each WG  
> could go back and ask permission.  I'm not sure we should just go  
> ahead and post these email addresses without permission.
>
> But why are the email addresses of Proposers needed at all?  I note  
> that the email addresses of the members of the Board of Trustees are  
> not posted.  I don't have any problem, as a WG Chair, with my email  
> address being posted.  But I think we should be sensitive to the  
> potential privacy concerns of others who agree to participate in  
> these WGs.  If someone who views one of the charters wants to  
> contact any of the Proposers, that person can always go through the  
> WG Chair to make contact.
> So I would suggest we have a discussion about whether listing email  
> addresses of our Proposers is really necessary.  We may want to  
> consider amending the Operating Procedures, depending on the outcome.
>
> Does anyone else think this is an issue?
>
> Bob Pinheiro
>
> J. Trent Adams wrote:
>> All -
>>
>> Following our discussion on the LC call yesterday (minutes coming),  
>> we
>> touched on the required form that WG proposer names need to take in  
>> the
>> charter.
>>
>> For reference, here's the salient line from section 3.1 of the KI
>> Operating Procedure [1] indicating what's required:
>>
>> -----
>> 11) Names, email addresses, and any constituent affiliations of at  
>> least
>> the minimum set of proposers required to support forming the WG;
>> -----
>>
>> For WGs, the minimum set of proposers is outlined earlier in  
>> section 3.1 as:
>>
>> -----
>> three (3) or more proposed Participants of the WG, at least two (2)  
>> of
>> whom shall be Members.
>> -----
>>
>> Please let me know if anyone would like to consider changing the
>> Operating Procedure relating to this requirement.
>>
>> Otherwise, please review your own charters and send any missing  
>> details
>> to the LC Secretary, Eve Maler (Eve.Maler at Sun.COM), and KI Staff
>> Support, Joni Brennan (joni at ieee-isto.org).  They will update the
>> charters on their respective wiki pages.
>>
>> Immediate action is required by:
>>
>> * Iain Henderson for the User Driven Volunteered Personal Information
>> Tech WG (UDVPI-Tech) - need email addresses and affiliations of  
>> proposers.
>>
>> * Philippe Clement for the proposed Identity Provider Selector Work
>> Group (IdP Selector WG) - need affiliations for the proposers.
>>
>> * Robin Wilton for the proposed Privacy and Public Policy Work Group
>> (P3WG) - need email addresses for the proposers.
>>
>> I apologize for the earlier oversight of this requirement when we
>> initially vetted their charters.  I trust now that it's been raised  
>> to
>> everyone's awareness, though, we'll be more vigilant in the future.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Trent
>>
>> [1]
>> http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/download/attachments/2293776/Kantara+Initiative+Operating+Procedures+_V1.0_+2009-04-03.pdf?version=1
>>
>>
>
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