InCommon Steering Committee Minutes - November 6, 2017

Attending: Celeste Schwartz, Michael Gettes, Melissa Woo, Ted Hanss, Dennis Cromwell, Klara Jelinkova, Sean Reynolds, Marty Ringle, Michele Norin, Ann West, Dave Vernon

With: Brett Bieber, Mark Scheible, Dean Woodbeck, Steve Zoppi

Action Items

(AI) Add agenda item for December meeting to vote on the AAC name change and charter change.

(AI) Sean will be sending a letter to the community soliciting nominations.

October Minutes

Minutes from October 9 approved via the wiki.

AAC Charter and Name Change

Brett shared proposed changes for the AAC.

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The Steering consensus is to support in principle the name and charter change, with a vote scheduled for December.

InCommon Demographics and Nominations

There was discussion about the demographics of InCommon participants and how to consider that as part of the nominating process for new Steering members. The demographics show smaller schools and smaller companies comprising a high percentage of participants.

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(AI) Sean will be sending a letter to the community soliciting nominations.

TechEx Summary

Ann provided some information about TechEx attendance and some of the results from the Trust/Identity survey/evaluation of TechEx

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• A federation-savvy group from the international community is updating a paper on federated IdM for research - reviewing the landscaping and noting the gaps. 

• In general, there is excitement about where Trust and Identity is headed.
• There is a sense the community members have a good understanding of the value of InCommon, but also understand that there are gaps that need to be addressed
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• There is confusion about branding regarding how the pieces fit together (Trust and Identity, InCommon, TIER, Intenret2)
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• There is interested in a certification program for SPs - this will be a big challenge
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• There is a need for clear communications around Baseline Expectations
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• Steering has an interest in a summary of the Monday lunchtime feedback session


Shibboleth Consortium Update

As discussed last month, the Shibboleth Consortium is considering models for providing support only to paying members. Kevin floated the concept of InCommon providing funds that would cover all InCommon participants that use Shibboleth. The Consortium is discussing this and other models, but has not made a decision.