Steering Committee

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Introduction

The Steering Committee manages the affairs of OpenAjax Alliance on behalf of its Member organizations in accordance with the Members Agreement that all Member organizations have signed.

Meetings

Next meeting

  • Date/Time: (Friday Jan 30, 1pm US-PT, 4pm US-ET)
  • Dial-in Number(s):
    • Toll Free: 1-877-422-0052
    • Toll: 1-314-655-1417
    • Participant Pin access code: 580946
  • Agenda
    • Rechartering approved for Interoperability WG and IDE WG
      • Reminder: we did not recharter Marketing WG
    • OpenAjax Hub 1.1 (Interoperability WG)
      • In the midst of final API discussions
      • In the midst of final editorial work
      • Open source reference implementation tracking last-minute spec changes
      • Test suite needs lots of work still, will be a major focus in coming weeks
      • Shooting for starting approval process in March, with press activity upon approval
    • OpenAjax Metadata 1.0 (IDE WG)
      • Only a couple of picayune open issues
      • Final push: completion and review of final editorial text
      • Shooting for approval sometime soon after Hub 1.1, with press activity upon approval
    • Mashable Widgets features for OpenAjax Metadata (Gadgets TF)
      • Mashup/gadgets features were split off (temporarily?) into separate spec
      • IBM is working on concrete proposals
      • Once we have concrete proposals, Gadgets TF will kick back into gear
      • Once proposals are fleshed out in Gadgets TF, the TF will create recommendations for how to turn into an official spec
        • Probably as incremental chapter(s) to OpenAjax Metadata spec, published by IDE WG
        • Depending on timing for OAM 1.0, might sneak in to OAM 1.0 or might be quick update as a OAM 1.1
      • Dan Gisolfi is co-chair (with Stew Nickolas). Dan will focus on marketing and evangelism.
    • Mobile Device APIs (Mobile TF)
      • OMTP BONDI has detailed specs available, several commercial implementation in progress
      • Expect BONDI press announcements at Mobile Web Congress in February
      • Mobile TF will meet in next two weeks to provide feedback on the spec (note: looks good to Jon so far)
    • Mashup single-signon (Security TF)
      • Larry Kovek (Security TF chair) is assembling use cases, requirements, and strawman proposals around single signon, user authentication and authorization
      • So far, looks like Enterprise world needs both OpenID/OAuth and SAML
      • Once discussion material is ready, Security TF will kick back into gear
    • Accessible Tools (Accessibility TF)
      • http://www.openajax.org/member/wiki/Accessibility
      • Objective: push the industry towards making more accessible Ajax applications
      • Strawman deliverables: Best practice documents and conformance validation tools
      • IBM is rounding up other companies to participate
    • Second round browser wishlist
      • IE team has requested an update
      • Proposal: do a second round in early spring using as much of old infrastructure as possible
    • Ajax State of the world white paper and slide deck
      • Jon has a slide deck he gave recently that is mostly ready
      • Will send to marketing@openajax.org and steeringcommittee@openajax.org for review comments and approvals
    • Next face-to-face
      • No good Ajax conferences to piggyback in spring
      • Not prepared for any big events in spring anyway (e.g., an InteropFest)
      • Proposal: wait until fall
    • OpenAjax Registry and OpenAjax Conformance
      • At F2F, agreed to finish these, but as lower priority activities. No recent progress

The Members Who Serve on the Steering Committee

Terms lasting until Oct 1, 2009

  • MICROSOFT/Bertrand Le Roy
  • NEXAWEB/Bob Buffone
  • TIBCO/Howard Weingram

Terms lasting until Oct 1, 2010

  • APTANA/Kevin Hakman
  • DOJO/Kris Zyp
  • ECLIPSE/Mike Milinkovich
  • IBM/David Boloker (chair)


We have elected companies, not individuals

Note that the Steering Committee consists of 7 companies. The names listed above are the individuals who have been identified to represent each of the 7 companies, but companies can designate alternative individuals to serve on the Steering Committee either on a temporary basis or ongoing basis.

2008 election

We held an election for four Steering Committee slots (the ones previously held by Dojo Foundation, IBM, Eclipse Foundation and Zend) in the period between Sept. 17 - Oct 1, 2008. The 2008 election is documented on the following three wiki pages:

2007 special election to replace Zimbra

Zimbra withdrew from the Steering Committee at the end of September 2007. As a result, there has been a special election at the end of 2007 to choose a replacement:

2007 election

Three slots on the Steering Committee were elected by the Member organizations during an election that happened from Oct 1 - Oct 5. The 2007 election is documented on the following three wiki pages:

2006 election

The Steering Committee was elected by the Member organizations during an election that happened from Sept. 30 to Oct 3 2006. The 2006 election is documented on the following three wiki pages:


Steering Committee email archives and meeting minutes

The email list for the Steering Committtee is steeringcommittee@openajax.org. Only members of the Steering Committee can post without moderation; posts from other people are welcome, but note that they are moderated. Archives can be found at: http://openajax.org/pipermail/steeringcommittee/.

(Note: Prior to Nov. 10, 2006, Steering Committee emails were archived at Yahoo groups at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/openajax_steering_committee/).

Here is where you can find minutes from previous Steering Committee meetings, along with links to key some resolutions that occurred via email.

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