Trust and Identity Program Advisory Group Meeting - January 13, 2020
Minutes
Attending: Kevin Morooney, Sean Reynolds, Tom Jordan, Klara Jelinkova, Mike Erickson, Mark Johnson, Laura Paglione, Ted Hanss, Ann West
Welcome to Tom Jordan, new chair of CACTI.
Kevin reviewed the current state of the PAG and membership.
- Sean and Klara, as members of the Internet2 Board of Trustees, cannot serve on a PAG, so this is their last meeting
- Sean has been the representative to the Internet2 Board’s Program and Priorities Committee and cannot continue in that role. It would be desirable to have a new PPC representative prior to the Global Summit (since that group will meet at GS)
- John O’Keefe has stepped down from the PAG
- Mark Johnson, who was first named to the PAG as a representative from a regional network (MCNC), but has changed roles and now is at UNC Chapel Hill
- An eduroam Advisory Committee has just been established. eduroam represents regional networks’ main interest in our services
- Mike Erickson is resigning from the Steering Committee and PAG, due to changing jobs
Remaining PAG members are Laura Paglione, Tom Jordan, Klaas Weiringa, and Ted Hanss. Could also retain Mark and meet the membership requirement of at least five members.
Q: What is the benefit of two different groups (e.g. Steering and PAG)?
A: InCommon Steering’s scope of concern, as a result of the fee increase, now includes the software as well as the federation. As the certificate service and eduroam are also services of InCommon, Steering could also assume a role related to those. Steering also has some responsibilities as the governing body of the LLC.
One option is to have Steering also serve as the PAG. According to Internet2 guidelines, a PAG should meet at least four times a year. Once a quarter, we could extend Steering meetings to two hours, with one hour spent as Steering and one hour spent as PAG. Or Steering could be designated as the PAG and incorporate those responsibilities into Steering meetings. There already is significant overlap of Steering and PAG membership.
There may be a desire for continued separation, however, particularly since the PAG should also serve as an advocacy group vis a vis the Internet2 Board and membership. Steering has exhibited flexibility in membership by recruiting members with diverse backgrounds and responsibilities, and by adding advisors that represent specific constituencies. If meetings are separate, there would be the option of bringing in additional members for the PAG portion of the meetings. There are also advantages to having a PAG member like Klaas from GEANT and the CACTI chair.
Kevin will continue to discuss the options and a timeline for resolution with the PAG and with Steering.