DRAFT 2016-10-26 Meeting Notes

Date

2016-10-26

Attendees

• The list of attendees as extracted from the google doc here: http://tinyurl.com/zlr2gkj

Agenda

• Administrative Business
• ID Pro Timeline reminder
• Survey Results Overview
• Open Discussion of Survey Results

Discussion Items

• Continuing the discussion about the survey results
• Review/reminder of the timeline for the next few months
• Starting today on Slide 18 - Question #1 Principles
  • Good support, but high percentage of neutral/negative
  • 'Principles' beget 'Practices' - they matter!
  • Q: Would it make sense to adopt and enhance something like the OpenStand.org principles: because they seem aligned
    • https://open-stand.org/about-us/principles/
  • Q: We have the problem of 'lists' - risk of missing important ones that will become exclusionary
  • Focus on the 2nd sentence of the principles: "We succeed when members have equal access to opportunities: to learn, to work, to teach, to share and to apply with integrity, best current practice to the body of knowledge appropriate to the relevant societal norms, regulations and industry contexts."
    • Q: Instead of 'knowledge' shouldn't this read 'work' instead?
    • Q: what if we remove "body of knowledge"
    • Q: How do we emphasize 'keep up to date' - is 'current' sufficiently strong?
    • ACTION: ACH Post the Q1 thread & updated phrase to the DG list 
• Question 4: What should the organization offer?
  • Today - initial discussions
  • Note that the overall collection of results could be read as opinions of mid-late career professionals - we must take care that we ensure that 'new-to-id-profession' people find the association attractive - other associations 'patch' or 'add on' features for new starters instead of integrating with all activities. e.g. we might reserve a seat on all committees for a <5 year career person instead of having a 'student chapter' function exclusively
  • The list will change over time - to adapt to priority and member needs
  • "Advocacy" item
    • Is this lobbying? Other? 
    • Is it 'outreach'
    • It is about keeping the external communications front and center to help decision makers and other influencers be ready for what is developing in the industry - help to 'mainstream' the newer ideas that are viable
    • Need to keep outreach to associations of other industries in mind
  • "Standards development orgs" item
    • Is this a surprising response?
    • This kind of activity allows members to get involved at a higher level than otherwise possible. It lets experts to get more direct influence and advice to the national bodies - good engagement. 
    • Sometimes standards might make sense from a technical perspective, but do not mesh with business realities. More direct access could help make standards more effective/adoptable.
    • Overall: the group feels that the association has expertise that should/could be very useful to standards development organizations and perhaps is not being tapped sufficiently
    • Other associations do mappings and crosswalk publications between standards and regulations - to help practitioners to address real world topics
    • Today, lots of the public policy work is actually happening above standards work. Being an association could help to influence at the top levels.
  • "Networking of Us"
    • Online forums for information sharing
      • Should these online forums be private to members?
        • Yes there should be member-only places
        • Yes there should be open-access places too
      • Should Vendors be in the same spaces as individuals and builders?
        • Yes - for the openness of discourse
        • Some vendors could be uncomfortable sharing openly - it will vary
        • We could have specific channels for commercial/marketing messages - to inform members/community in a 'safe' place
        • We will need a Code of Conduct for any channels that are offered
    • In Person opportunities
      • The normal conferences, summits, events
      • We must deliberately choose the modes of interaction: for example teaching conferences are a different type of engagement than 'typical' conferences
      • Look at 'tacking on' ID Pro meetings to other events
• Nominations period closed
• Stay tuned to the list for Voting information to come soon

Action Items