Re: [minutes] 2014-06-02 Webizen task force meeting

Late apologies, with no excuses as I just forgot to dial-in :(

JC

Coralie Mercier wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> The minutes of today's short teleconference are at:
>   https://www.w3.org/2014/06/02-webizen-minutes.html
> 
> Summary:
> Little content changed in the wiki since our last meeting.
> W3C Management will estimate administration costs in 4 weeks.
> We dropped the idea to auction low Webizen ID numbers.
> A couple edits were made to the "Intermediate or Longer-term benefits"
> section.
> 
> Here's the text snapshot of the minutes:
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> 
>                        Webizen Taskforce meeting
>                               02 Jun 2014
>    See also: [2]IRC log
>       [2] http://www.w3.org/2014/06/02-webizen-irc
> 
> Attendees
>    Present
>           Jeff Jaffe, Coralie Mercier, Veronica Thom, Ann Bassetti
>    Regrets
>           Sébastien Desbenoit (followed in IRC), Andrei Sambra
>           (followed in IRC)
>    Chair
>           Jeff Jaffe
>    Scribe
>           Coralie Mercier
> 
> Contents
>      * [3]Topics
>          1. [4]Paying for vanity ID number?
>          2. [5]Any other topic?
>      * [6]Summary of Action Items
>      __________________________________________________________
> 
>    <koaliie> [7]Previous (2014-05-12)
> 
>       [7] http://www.w3.org/2014/05/12-webizen-minutes.html
> 
>    Jeff: This is our last discussion before we formally unveil to
>    the AC for AC input next week
> 
>    <jeff> [8]https://www.w3.org/wiki/Webizen
> 
>       [8] https://www.w3.org/wiki/Webizen
> 
>    Jeff: Not a lot of action in the wiki recently which I guess is
>    good
>    ... I heard via Ralph a suggestion for ways to raise funds
>    ... for webizen who would want to pay more than $100 to get an
>    ID number below say 1000
>    ... Veronica reports she added to wiki a comparison table
>    ... We can discuss these
>    ... I have asked the W3C Management to estimate administration
>    costs
>    ... We'll discuss at the Management meeting in 4 weeks
> 
> Paying for vanity ID number?
> 
>    Ann: What is Ralph's suggestion?
> 
>    Jeff: Ralph suggested we could auction low numbers for Webizen
>    IDs
> 
>    Ann: It could also backfire
> 
>    Jeff: I'm not seeing a lot of support for having premium cost
>    for low numbers
>    ... Let's drop that idea
> 
>    Ann: But, Andrei points out [in IRC comment] there might be
>    value for being able to have one's own handle/nickname
>    ... it's close to the vanity idea
> 
>    Jeff: We're not giving out e-mail addresses, however.
> 
>    <deiu> Twitter short handles (1-2 letters) are worth $50k+
>    nowadays
> 
>    Ann: Various people I know have taken certificate classes in
>    universities and still use the university e-mail address years
>    later
> 
>    Jeff: I could see if we got critical mass of people signing up,
>    we could add that at a later point
>    ... Somewhere in wiki we have a section called intermediate and
>    long-term benefits
> 
>    <AnnBassetti> (e.g., JoeBlow@harvard.edu) .. but not the same
>    address as students get
> 
>    Jeff: we could add it there, perhaps
> 
>    <deiu> Is there an operational cost of using handles (names)
>    instead of numbers?
> 
>    Jeff: But I don't want to commit to becoming an e-mail service
> 
>    [Jeff added it in wiki]
> 
>    <jeff> @deiu, we will probably address people by their real
>    names, but not clear what a "Webizen name" would mean.
> 
>    <deiu> jeff: I was thinking more in terms of twitter handles.
>    My point is that people would rather use a handle/nick than a
>    number (especially in this format: 000000000000051)
> 
>    <jeff> @deiu understood for Twitter; but what would you use
>    that handle for here?
> 
>    <deiu> jeff, probably nothing at this point, but we should keep
>    the options open for the future.
> 
>    <jeff> +1; it has been added as Intermediate term benefit (e.g.
>    for email service)
> 
> Any other topic?
> 
>    Jeff: We declared we were almost done, we can declare we're
>    done for AC discussion
> 
>    Jeff: Any other business?
> 
>    Jeff: I'll be pitching this to the AC, I'm counting on your
>    support
>    ... Thanks everyone!
> 
> Summary of Action Items
> 
>    [End of minutes]
>      __________________________________________________________
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