Attending: Klara Jelinkova, Melissa Woo, Ann West, Dennis Cromwell, Marty Ringle, Sean Reynolds, Pankaj Shah, Ted Hanss, Dee Childs, Dave Vernon, Michelle Norris
With: Dean Woodbeck, Mark Scheible, Ken Klingenstein, Steve Zoppi, Kevin Morooney
(AI) By the April 3 Steering meeting, draft a roadmap of what we plan to do to make R&S the default and the outcomes we can expect from each action. Also identify the materials needed for support (FAQs, info sheets, messaging, etc.)
(AI) Ann will summarize the results and comments from the five schools interviewed regarding R&S and potential barriers.
February 6 minutes were approved via the wiki.
Ann reviewed the attribute release discussion that took place during a special meeting on February 20. One of the main discussion items was making the release of the Research and Scholarship attribute release bundle the default for new InCommon participants (but not mandatory). Other ideas include:
Five campuses were interviewed about R&S and the release of attribute release. (AI) (AI) Ann will summarize the results and comments from the five schools interviewed regarding R&S and potential barriers.
There was concern expressed about whether configuring the TIER Shibboleth software with R&S as default would meet the needs of the research service providers. While opting out would be better than opting in, that doesn’t necessarily mean we’d be meeting the needs of those service providers. And this would not impact the IdPs that are already InCommon participants.
After much discussion, five ideas emerged:
(AI) By the April 3 Steering meeting, draft a roadmap of what we plan to do to make R&S the default and the outcomes we can expect from each action. Also identify the materials needed for support (FAQs, info sheets, messaging, etc.)
Kevin continues to have conversations with TCIC about the composition of the PAG and plans to have such conversations with Sean this week regarding the InCommon perspective.
Addressing the sustainability of InCommon (and TIER) will be the next big ticket item after the attribute release discussion. There was discussion about developing a high-level briefing document on this topic, to have completed prior to the new Internet2 CEO coming on board. This will be discussed during the face-to-face at the Global Summit.
Other potential topics for the Global Summit meeting include the trajectory of TIER development, the value proposition for research SPs, and a discussion of the just-completed InCommon marketing and segmentation study.
March 27, 2017 - Executive committee (time TBD)
April 3, 2017 - Regularly monthly call (4 pm ET)
April 23, 2017 - Face-to-face (with TCIC) at Global Summit (3-5:30 pm ET)