[minutes] 2014-05-05 Webizen task force meeting

Hi all,

The minutes of today's teleconference are at:
    http://www.w3.org/2014/05/05-webizen-minutes.html

Summary:
We went over the content of the wiki, made edits in place or took actions  
to update.
Help needed to suggest a better name (one that has some sparkle to it).
Voting section needs to clarify that constituents of the Web should decide  
which voting mechanism they want.
Help needed on Launch and Comm plan.
The W3C Advisory Committee will hear about the program at their June  
meeting, and discuss the key issues.


Actions from today:
[ NEW] ACTION: Coralie to work with Sébastien on commenting in wiki on  
"zen" connotation in "Name" section of the wiki.

Actions carried from past meetings:
  Veronica to update wiki (discounts proposal)
  koalie to align pitch phrases with goals as stated in section created  
today
  koalie to get W3C Offices to identify likely candidates and seek their  
reaction

Next meeting: To arrange

I've updated <https://www.w3.org/wiki/Webizen#Meeting_records_and_actions>.

Cheers,
Coralie


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                        Webizen task force meeting
                              05 May 2014

    See also: [2]IRC log
       [2] http://www.w3.org/2014/05/05-webizen-irc

Attendees
    Present
           Coralie Mercier, Sébastien Desbenoit, Ann Bassetti, Jeff
           Jaffe
    Regrets
           Veronica Thom, Virginie Galindo, Robin Berjon
    Chair
           Jeff Jaffe
    Scribe
           Coralie

Contents
      * [3]Topics
          1. [4]Prologue
          2. [5]Background
          3. [6]Name
          4. [7]Voting
          5. [8]Launch and Comm plan
          6. [9]FAQ
          7. [10]Schedule
          8. [11]Discount proposal
          9. [12]Any other business
      * [13]Summary of Action Items
      __________________________________________________________

    <koaliie> [14]Previous (2014-04-10 Webizen task force meeting)

      [14]  
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webizen/2014Apr/0002.html

    <koaliie> [15]Webizen Wiki

      [15] https://www.w3.org/wiki/Webizen

    <scribe> scribe: Coralie

    <scribe> scribenick: koalie

    Jeff: Let's go over the wiki
    ... which has received 28K+ visits [since early March]

Prologue

    Jeff: Nothing changed there
    ... we can proceed to next sections.

Background

    Jeff: I've not heard much discussion there.

Name

    Jeff: We've used "Webizen" as a placeholder; we mean citizen of
    the Web.
    ... There's been some feedback it isn't the best name in the
    world.
    ... Some people have listed some names in the wiki.
    ... Additional comments in the Twitter thread.
    ... Stephen Shankland even suggested "Masochists"

    [laughter on the call]

    Jeff: We can put a list for vote.

    Ann: "Constituents" mean member of something.
    ... Most of the ones suggested are not sufficiently
    distinctive.
    ... I'll add a comment there.

    Jeff: "Constituents" I take this as to mean "Constituents of
    the Web"
    ... Additional suggestions welcome and would be useful.

    [Coralie: I don't have a clever suggestion yet]

    Sébastien: Webizen in French has a connotation of "zen"
    ... To have something that means anything in all cultures could
    take a long time.

    [Coralie: I have often thought of "Webizen" as "We be Zen"]

    <jeff_> citoyen

    <desbenoit> koalie :)

    <jeff_> Weboyen

    :)

    Ann: The point being, what could it mean in Chinese? Let's
    continue to work on the name.

    <AnnB> very interesting points

    Ann: I never perceived the "zen" connotation

    Jeff: I hope someone adds a comment to this extent on the wiki

    <scribe> ACTION: Coralie to work with Sébastien on commenting
    in wiki on "zen" connotation in "Name" section of the wiki
    [recorded in
    [16]http://www.w3.org/2014/05/05-webizen-minutes.html#action01]

    Jeff: Anything else before we move on?

    [none]

Voting

    Jeff: I think we need to do something about voting.
    ... There is a problem in the current write-up,
    ... which seems to be favouring a particular approach.
    ... The community says there is a desire to look at different
    voting mechanism.
    ... JC Verdié raised this as the last call.
    ... We should let the constituents of the Web decide, rather
    than imposing a voting mechanism.
    ... But it would be preferible to rephrase this section,
    ... to say for webizen voting for the AC should be decided by
    Webizen.
    ... This wiki could be a collecting point for proposals at
    least for now.
    ... There is proposal 1,
    ... we should encourage the community to suggest others.

    Ann: I completely agree.

    Jeff: The current approach isn't STV.
    ... I inserted text to explain why I was not proposing STV.
    ... Webizens should decide how they want to vote.
    ... Let's make this a place to receive proposals.
    ... We should have some discussion of the time.

    <jeff_> Jeff: Since the first Webizen voting cycle for the AC
    starts on JUly 1, 2015

    <jeff_> ... the Webizens should select their preferred voting
    mechanism prior to that

    <jeff_> ... so it would make sense for them to select their
    preferred voting mechanism

    <jeff_> ... in the period from 1 January 2015 to 1 April 2015

    Jeff: Anything else for voting?

    [none]

Launch and Comm plan

    Jeff: That's also probably a good place to talk about pitch
    phrases.

    <jeff_> Coralie: Nothing new to add since last update

    Ann: It looks like the pitch points are based on the name
    "Webizen"
    ... it will depend on what name we got, what kind of marketing
    we choose.
    ... The name needs to work for everybody but it would be
    helpful if it got some sparkle to it.
    ... I'll add something to the wiki, in the pitch section.

    Sebastien: "Giving back" We get the global idea, after that,
    it's a matter of choosing the right words

FAQ

    Jeff: No change at the moment.

Schedule

    Jeff: We've sent out the schedule of the AC Meeting agenda to
    the AC,
    ... and the program committee (on which I sit) decided to put
    the Webizen topic on the big tent agenda, not even a breakout.
    ... The thought for the presentation is less a presentation and
    more a discussion of the key issues
    ... including:
    ... 1. should we have a webizen program?
    ... 2. what should we name it?
    ... 3. collection of benefits, right sets, what to add or
    substract?
    ... 4. should voting mechanism be decided by the Webizens?
    ... The other topics in the wiki are not hard issues for the
    AC, can be discussed separately.

    Ann: re: #4, we'll start with so few Webizens that it will not
    be sufficient to make that decision.
    ... Maybe the decision doesn't need to be made at the very
    beginning.

    Jeff: That's a good point.
    ... As we phrase the voting question on the wiki,
    ... we can add the Webizens will look at the voting mechanism
    every election until it reaches stability,
    ... in year 5 or 6, they can decide how to do the election.

    Ann: I felt the voting discussion was overwhelming.

    Jeff: Did you see my response on the thread this morning?

    Ann: I skimmed through it.

    Jeff: I said basically what you just said;
    ... We'd love to get a proposal from a Community Group

    Ann: I don't want this group to get overwhelmed before it's
    even started.

    <AnnB> I'll respond on voting in the AC threads

Discount proposal

    Jeff: I'll ask Veronica wrt her action.

Any other business

    Jeff: : Any other business?
    ... We're 5 weeks away from the AC meeting, we can intensify
    the meetings, or say we're almost done and meet less often.

    Ann: When there's something to talk about?

    <desbenoit> @koalie If you need some help on the comm topic.

    Jeff: Coralie, any sense of when we might see more on comm
    plan?

    Coralie: Not really, but I prefer some cadence to the calls.

    Jeff: Coralie, please take the action to schedule the next
    meeting

    Coralie: Will do

    Ann: I've updated the "name" section in the wiki, to add a note
    on "sparkle"

    <AnnB> bye

Summary of Action Items

    [NEW] ACTION: Coralie to work with Sébastien on commenting in
    wiki on "zen" connotation in "Name" section of the wiki
    [recorded in
    [17]http://www.w3.org/2014/05/05-webizen-minutes.html#action01]

    [End of minutes]
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