InCommon Steering Committee Meeting - December 2, 2019

Minutes

Attending: Marty Ringle, Ann West, Ted Hanss, Chris Sedore, Pankaj Shah, Brad Christ, Melissa Woo, Mike Erickson, Dee Childs, 

With: Dave Robinson, Jessica Coltrin, Michael Berman, Janemarie Duh, Marc Wallman, Steve Zoppi

Welcomes and Thank-yous

Chair Ted Hanss welcomed the three new Steering members with terms starting January 1, 2020: Michael Berman (California State University Chancellor's Office), Marc Wallman (North Dakota State University), and Dave Robinson (Grinnell College). He also welcomed back Dee Childs (Texas A&M University), who will start a second three-year term.

Each of the new members introduced themselves and summarize their interest in identity management and InCommon.

Ted thanked outgoing members Marty Ringle, Dave Vernon, and Melissa Woo for their service on InCommon Steering.

The continuing Steering members introduced themselves.

InCommon Technical Advisory Committee New Members

Janemarie Duh, chair of InCommon TAC, reviewed the slate of candidates for the TAC, starting three-year terms on January 1:

  • Keith Wessel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (returning)
  • Eric Goodman, University of California Office of the President (returning)
  • Mizuki Karasawa,  Brookhaven National Lab (new)
  • Mark Rank, Cirrus Identity (new)

The slate was unanimously approved by InCommon Steering.

Slate of candidates InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB)

Ann West reviewed the slate of candidates to begin terms on CTAB on January 1:

  • Chris Whalen, contractor with NIH (returning)
  • Robert Zybeck, Portland Community College (new)
  • Richard Frovarp, North Dakota State University (new)
  • Jule Ziegler, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany (new)
  • Pål Axelsson, SUNET (Sweden)  (new)
  • Ercan Elibol, Florida Polytechnic University

The slate was unanimously approved by Steering.

InCommon Steering officer nominations and election procedure

  1. Call for nominations for officers are open. Officers are Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary. Duties are outlined in the bylaws. Realistically, the secretary’s main role is to serve as a member of the exec committee, which meets the week prior to Steering to create the agenda for the next meeting. Deadline for nominations is Thursday, Dec. 5.
  2. By close of business December 5, send officer nominations to nominations@incommon.org (alias goes to staff members)
  3. By December 9, confirm that nominees are willing to stand for election
  4. December 10 - Voting opens for officers (via Google form)
  5. December 20 - Voting for officers closes
  6. Monday, January 6 - Steering meeting - new officers in place; Steering proceeds with business.

Ted and Ann reviewed the roles of the officers and the executive committee. 

Ted discussed the arc of InCommon Steering and how it relates to the two main meetings (Global Summit and Technology Exchange). In the upcoming year, Steering will discuss the priorities vis a vis the new resources available through the expanded fees.

Jessica mentioned that new members will be invited to an optional onboarding call (for new Steering and new advisory group members), which will provide an overview of the governance and advisory structure.

TechEx Face-to-Face - 2020 priorities 

The meeting at the 2019 TechEx will provide a chance to discuss and brainstorm potential priorities for 2020. Today's discussion elaborated on some of the potential ityems for discussion:

  • The need for sustainability of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform. In addition, how the software in the platform relates to, and can potentially work with, commercial solutions. One potential goal is "advancing interoperability," whether with our software or by working with vendors on the capabilities of their software.
  • Understanding the InCommon business case (Kevin Morooney is working on a presentation for Global Summit on this topic)
  • Support for the research community, as well as determining ways to engage with the CIO community and demonstrate the value of this work. How does the CIO talk with the VP for Research or the Provost about this work in a meaningful and understandable way?
  • Ensuring that we are meeting community requirements. Steering is a place where we can hear about gaps and other needs.
  • Providing guidance on industry solutions. Not displacing those solutions, but helping the community communicate about what the software can and cannot do (rather than just relying on vendor sales pitches)
  • InCommon is about access - access to wireless and access to services. That's a pretty simple message, but it starts to get complicated as you start diving into the details. How do we keep the message at a high level and communicate that message in the right places?
  • Institutions come to Internet2 for a variety of reasons (network, NET+, InCommon, eduroam). How do we engage them such that they become more aware of the broader range of services?
  • Are there barriers that we see, and that we can start addressing?

Next Meetings

Monday, December 9, 2019 - Face-to-Face at TechEx - 3-5 pm CT

Monday, January 6, 2020 - 4 pm ET / 3 pm CT / 2 pm MT / 1 pm PT


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