Kantara Leadership Council Teleconference

Date and Time

• Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
• Time: 3pm PDT | 6pm EDT | 22:00 UTC (Time Chart)
• Teleconference Options:
  • Skype: +9900827043671716
  • US Dial-In: +1-201-793-9022 | Room Code: 3671716

NOTES:

• Skype calls are toll-free, and you do NOT need to enter the Room Code.
• International Numbers: http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/GI/Telco+Bridge+Info
• Contact the Chair if you cannot use Skype and need a toll-free phone number (US or international)

Attendees

• TBD

Apologies

• Trent Adams

Agenda

1. Roll Call for Quorum Determination
2. Approval of prior meeting minutes
   1. Review: Leadership Council Teleconference - 2009-10-07
3. 2009 Supplemental Budget Requests Update:
   1. BoT Approved: InfoSharing WG: Survey Phase 1
   2. BoT Approved: Japan WG: Interpreter Services for November 6th
   3. Pending LC Vote: IAWG: IAWG Budget Requests
      1. Frank to set up a briefing for the LC on the IAWG
      2. Colin to set up a briefing for the LC on the ARB
4. LC to vote on the OP/Bylaws changes approved by the BoT
   1. MOTION: Approval of Amendments to Operating Procedures for All Member Ballot
      • The following amendments to the Kantara Initiative Operating Procedures (version 1.0), as previously approved by the Board of Trustees, are hereby approved by the Leadership Council for submission to an All Member Ballot:

1. 1. 1. Add the following text as the third paragraph in section 2.6:
         • "For the purpose of maintaining a reasonable ability to achieve Quorum, any Voting Member of the LC who fails to attend two consecutive meetings of the LC may, at the discretion of the Chair, be re-classified as a non-voting member. Voting status may be reacquired by attending a meeting of the LC. In the case of an electronic vote of the LC, if the electronic vote is initiated while a member is in non-voting status, the member may not vote in that electronic vote."
      2. Replace the fourth paragraph of section 3.3 (beginning "All WG Chair and...") with the following text:
         • "All WG Chair and Vice-chair and Editor elections shall be conducted by secret ballot unless the WG passes a motion by unanimous consent to hold a non-secret ballot."
      3. In Section 3 (Work Groups) change "Intellectual Property policies" to "Intellectual Property Rights Policy".
      4. In Section 3.7 (Decision Making), second paragraph, last sentence, change "vote occurs" to "vote is initiated".
      5. Annex B (Discussion Group Request [Template]). Replace the explanatory text under section "(5) Copyright Policy" with the following:
         • "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported or another Organization approved Intellectual Property Rights Policy Option to cover any copyright material that may be produced as a result of DG Participants