Weekly VC series to update the eduGAIN Constitution to account for changed governance and multiple technical profiles (federation protocols).
- Schedule: 8-9 EDT / 13-14 BST / 14-15 CEST (currently: 12-13 UTC)
- Current draft
- VC URL
Actions to achieve Board ratification:
| Comment | Submitted by | Action to resolve | Actionee |
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| Concerning 2.1 „eduGAIN Executive Committee (eCC). I propose the following text: „The EduGAIN Executive Committee comprises representative from organizations that fund eduGAIN operations. As long as GEANT is the only organization funding eduGAIN operations, the role of the eEC is adopted by Geant Board. The Geant Board can execute this task by ist own or delegate all or part of it to the Geant CEO. The eEC is responsible………“ | Andreas Dudler | ||
| The absence of a web-page describing the role of the board ([eduGAIN-GOV]). | Raimundas Tuminauskas(?) | Suggest the roles and responsibilities to the Board over email, and once agreed, add to eduGAIN web page. | Valter (with assistance from Nicole, Brook, Justin) |
| In 1.3 Terms..a term 'Observer' (used in 2.2 '..non-voting invited observers' is missing | Ivan Maric | Add "Observer" to terms | Nicole |
| Term (and role of) 'GEANT' is a bit confusing for me. It is written: 'GEANT is a membership organisation' The term that is not used in the document. After reading this document I can only conclude that GEANT's relation to eduGAIN is through trademark. | Ivan Maric | ||
| In 2.1 'Technical Profiles' is used while in 1.3 Terms is 'Technology Profiles'. | Ivan Maric | Make terminology consistent | Nicole |
| It would be valuable to know the cost structure of the eduGAIN.. an global collaboration(Secretariat + operations + ..) | Ivan Maric | Should this be addressed in the Constitution? | Valter |
| Could the composition be discussed in the [eduGAIN-GOV] ? Then the 2.1 is generic enough and wouldn't require any change. I'm in favor of approving the text as it is, provided that [eduGAIN-GOV] is present, and it reflects at least current situation correctly. | Raimundas Tuminauskas | ||
The composition of the Operations Team is not defined | Christian Grimm | Update text or provide link to Ops Team definition | Nicole |
With this it is hard to identify the "organisations that fund eduGAIN operations" and how to extend if there's a wish for | Christian Grimm | Provide a link to a list of funding organisations? | |
Looking at its core function (ratify decisions by Steering Group) the term "Executive Committee" doesn't look appropriate to me | Christian Grimm | Same as response to "absence of a web-page describing the role of the board ([eduGAIN-GOV])"? | Valter? |
| Issues / To Do | Action? | Who? |
|---|---|---|
| Have removed the reference to having a metadata registration practice statement. This needs to be added back in to each Technology Profile with more specific information about how that is handled for each technology / specification | ||
| Current membership acceptance still very much tied to accepting SAML documents. Do we assess membership using the documents for the first Technology Profile a member registers against? How do we assess when they start using a new profile? Do they have to go through a sign up process for each? | We've tried to address this in the new section 3 description of the constitution | Brook / Nicole |
| Process for accepting members in is described at https://wiki.edugain.org/Best_Current_Practices_Guide_for_Joining_eduGAIN_as_a_Federation. Do we need to alter / update this? When? | ||
| Still open questions about Central Operational Team and relationship to any teams running trust brokers for specific technologies. | Still remains. |
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| Write up an FAQ doc to go alongside the revised Constitution and send out both documents to the SG. | Brook | |
| Have a topic item at REFEDSs at Tech Ex on this work? | Nicole | |