Kantara TI WG Teleconference, Th. 17 Nov. '11

Date:

• Date: Th. 17 Nov 2011

Attendees:

• Gaël Gourmelen, Orange-FT (voting)
• Keith Uber, Ubisecure Solutions, Inc. (voting)
• Ingo Friese, DT (voting)
• Jonas Högberg, Ericsson (voting)

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• Philippe Clement, Orange-FT (non-voting)
• Fulup Ar Foll (non-voting)

Agenda:

- Roll Call

- Minute taker

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- Next teleconference

- AoB

- Adjourn

Notes:

1. Roll Call

Quorum was met with 4 out of 4 voting members present.

2. Minute Taker

Minutes were taken by Keith Uber.

3. Amendments/Modifications to the Agenda

- None

4. Approval of minutes

Minutes from 22 Sep and 6 October meeting approved. Gaël moved, Ingo seconded. Approved by unanimous consent.

5. Update from Kantara Redwood City Conference 2011

Jonas attended Kantara Initiative Conference 2011 Oct. 20-21, Redwood City and sat in with the Board of Trustees (BoT) to see what direction Kantara is taking and what is going to happen in the next year. He attended the combined sessions of the board and leadership council (LC) for two days.
Funding is currently the most serious agenda issue, 11 members did not renew their membership in 2011.
6 new members joined (of a lesser level than those who left)
The board has decided that the money requested by the working groups will not be approved. No money will be distributed. Funds will be spent for recruiting new members. Contingency plans were discussed.
A subcommittee will be formed for membership recruitment.
Values of membership were discussed.
Michelle Waugh is the new representative from CA (Matthew Gardiner no longer at CA), and interim leader of the BoT.
Certification as a revenue stream was also discussed.
Discussion held on current cost structure, organization overhead.

6. AP Review

COMPLETED SINCE LAST MEETING:

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ACTION POINT: 20111117-02:All to review the massively multiscale video/ppt again with a view to chapter selection. Keith to review the skeleton cook book document more closely and flesh out chapters before further diving the work between participants.

7. Ongoing Work Update

TELCO REQUIREMENTS:

Ingo had earlier sent an update of the first chapter to gather feedback before completing other chapters in the same way.

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No news since previous meeting.

8. DT R&D project on WAC Cross Operator

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Project is in an internal review, after which an updated slide presentation will be distributed.
Internal legal process has been begun with regards to IPR discussion raised.
Project may not be under Kantara, due to long term scope and potential partners outside of Kantara.
Project will last no more than 1 year, starting in spring 2012 - time to look for partners. Ericsson on board.
Ingo to talk to Joni tonight regarding Trust Frameworks and relevance to this project.
Ingo will provide the group with the updated version and more introductory text for the project.

9. Next F2F

No F2F before 2012. Possibility for F2F in Berlin at DT (3rd, 4th week Jan, 1st week of Feb). F2F would include a half day workshop kickoff for Cross Operator project.

10. Next Teleconference

In two weeks time as normal. 1 Dec 2011

11. AOB

- Discussion/remember to approach potential membership candidates .

12. Adjourn

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• Date: 1 Dec. '11 
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