InCommon Steering Committee Meeting Minutes - August 4, 2014
Attending: Melissa Woo, Jack Suess, Steve Carmody, Dennis Cromwell, Mark Crase, John O’Keefe, Klara Jelinkova, John O’Keefe, Michael Gettes, Chris Holmes
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The minutes of the July 7, 2014, meeting were approved.
InCommon Regional Partners
John Krienke and Mark Johnson (MCNC) provided information about their discussions about extending the value of federation to smaller institutions. A few summary slides are on the Steering wiki: https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/download/attachments/48497980/Regionals_InCommon_2014-08-04.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1407114332039
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John Krienke and Mark Johnson will continue to develop this and come back to Steering.
Symplicity/Maxient
There was continued discussion about a court case involving two InCommon sponsored partners (but not involving the federation or their use of InCommon)
Programs Subcommittee
John O’Keefe reported that the subcommittee and John Krienke have created a “programs and services index” draft, which will be useful in mapping the priorities into the operations.
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The timeline calls for having a draft 2015 process by early September.
TIER
Klara reported that the special committee formed to define and develop TIER continues to meet and hopes to have a draft for the annual EDUCAUSE meeting.