FastFed Meeting Notes (2016-08-02)

Date & Time: 2016-08-02 15:00 UTC - 15:40 UTC Location: GoToMeeting https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/877375525 Attendees: John, Nat, Chuck, Dick, Morteza Pam , Phil, Aknkur, Shashank

Agenda

1. Selection of the Interim Secretary
2. Adoption of the charter
3. Selection of the Chairs
4. Selection of the Secretaries
5. Selection of the Editors
6. Initial Action Items
7. Meeting Schedules

Meeting was called at 15:05 by the OIDF Chair.

1. Selection of the Interim Secretary

Nat volunteered to take note for this session.

2. Adoption of the charter

Dick Explained the concept behind the proposed charter.

Phill stated his concern about OAuth not being stated in the purpose, and briefly explained his potential use case that may not use any of the stated protocols but uses OAuth for user/administrator not-in-presence use cases.

Dick pointed out that we need to have clear use case for user not in present access cases.

John questioned if the explicit inclusion of OAuth is necessary as the current charter is just stating the protocols and OAuth as a security mechanism is implied.

Phill stated that perhaps we could change the charter at the later date.

Nat pointed out that expanding the charter is can be
difficult due to IPR agreement issues, and it is better to include it if it really is needed.

Dick proposed to add "OAuth, " in front of "OpenID Connect, SAML, and SCIM" in the "2) Purpose". John seconded.

Change was accepted unanimously.

Nat asked for any more proposed change. There was no more proposal.

The motion to accept the charter as amended is carried unanimously.

3. Selection of the Chairs

Nat asked for any volunteers and nomination for the chair.

John nominated Dick as the chair.

Dick accepted the nomination.

Dick nominated Nat as a co-chair.

Nat accepted the nomination.

Pam volunteered as another co-chair to help run the meetings smoothly.

The WG agreed unanimously to elect Dick as the chair, and Nat and Pam as co-chairs.

The chairmanship of this meeting was transfered from Nat to Dick.

4. Selection of the Secretaries

Dick asked Nat if permanent secretaries for the WG is needed.

Nat pointed out that it is not necessary but it is desirable to have one for the sake of consistency of the minutes and notes.

Dick asked for volunteers and nominations for permanent secretaries.

Ankur and Shashank volunteered.

The WG agreed unanimously to elect Ankur and Shashank as the WG secretaries.

5. Selection of the Editors

For this agenda item, Nat took the chair and asked any volunteers for the Editor of the forthcoming specification.

Dick volunteered. Ankur and Phil also volunteered.

In the discussion, Dick stated that he would rather be a sole editor of the initial document to drive it (faster). Ankur and Phil agreed to step down from being co-editors for the initial phase.

The WG agreed unanimously to elect Dick as the editor of the initial spec.

Phil mentioned a concern that Oracle will be raising in the next board meeting that Chair being an editor as well, which has not been an issue at OIDF.

Nat pointed out that unlike in some standardization organizations, OIDF uses version controlled repository at Bitbucket with linked issue tracker so that only the tracked issue of which resolution was agreed in the WG is to be applied in the spec draft. Thus, a chair or co-chair being an editor should not be a problem.

The chairmanship was returned to Dick.

6. Initial Action Items

Dick asked Phil to prepare a document describing his use case (OAuth mobile flow, etc.) so that the WG can understand his use-case.

Phil agreed.

At the same time, Dick will provide the WG with the use-cases that were behind the initial proposed charter.

7. Meeting Schedule

Dick proposed to have the meeting every two weeks as there are not enough work items to work on in weekly basis.

The WG agreed.

The date was set as the same time as this meeting, i.e., Tuesday 15:00 UTC, every two weeks from now.

Meeting was adjourned at 15:40 UTC.