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

GALINDO Virginie wrote:
> Hi all,
> Apologize, I could not make the call today.
> To answer Jeff expectation, you can rely on my support during the presentation to AC rep.
> Virginie

+1. You'll obviously get my support Jeff. Granted it will bring me a
discount on id #51 which I put an option on weeks ago :)

Regards
JC

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coralie Mercier [mailto:coralie@w3.org]
> Sent: lundi 2 juin 2014 17:25
> To: public-webizen@w3.org
> Subject: [minutes] 2014-06-02 Webizen task force meeting
> 
> 
> 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:
> ----------------------------------------
> 
>                         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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