Attending: Tom Barton, Steve Carmody, Keith Hazelton, Ian Young, David Walker
With: Dean Woodbeck, Nate Klingenstein, Tom Scavo, IJ Kim, Paul Caskey, Nick Roy, Ann West, Steve Zoppi
Keith reported on next steps for the work on Unaffiliated IdPs (formerly IdPs of Last Resort):
This discussion was deferred to the next TAC call. It would be beneficial to draft a document that states the problem and scopes it appropriately. It would also be helpful to draft a document with guidance for InCommon participants about how and when to use this category.
Tom Barton provided a written update:
The text for an announcement is on the wiki. (AI) Steve Carmody will send this to the InCommon participants list and the EDUCAUSE IdM list this week. He will also ask a number of people to share the announcement with their communities (CLAC, NWACC, Calif Community Colleges, MCNC). The announcement will be sent again in January. Nominees will be asked to provide a summary of their experience and qualifications.
Deadline for responses is January 20, 2016, with a TAC vote on candidates at the January 21 meeting. Submissions will be available as they arrive. (AI) David Walker will prepare a page to list the candidates and their qualifications.
There was discussion about a proposal on the details of TAC membership. The proposal includes:
Six standing members nominated by InCommon
Non-voting subject-matter experts (no terms) as identified
There was discussion about whether to have designated “seats,” with people representing certain constituencies. One point of view is to have designations to ensure a diversity of institutions and points of view. The other point of view is that this diversity can be accomplished with specific constituencies designated in the process of developing the slate of candidates and that having strict designations could be limiting.
There was no consensus reached and this issue will be discussed on the email list and during the next meeting.
In the end, the process is that TAC will agree on a roster to send to Steering, and Steering will vote on the final approval.