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SPF Organization - Questions to ALL particpants on the list on future of SPF Community

2004-10-22 04:35:28

Instead of specific proposal as posted by John, I'd like to raise a point 
of order question about directions for future for EVERYBODY on this list.

Please beware that I'm asking that you only answer questions as asked
(i.e. no long commentaries) and do it publicly on this list, I understand 
that this may involve larger number of posts and so I apologize to
list administrator and other, but it is necessary for future when 
deciding on such an important organizational issue to get opinion of
more then 5-10 persons at least to the main question.

MAIN QUESTION:

Do you believe that "SPF Community" needs to evolve into more structured 
organization (rather then the current form of individuals participation 
on the spf-discuss list with Meng as a chair of the group) and are you
willing to deligate responsibility for administering further development 
of SPF to this organization? 
 Answers: YES / NO

If answered yes, please answer as follows:

1. Do you prefer to have organization with
 a. Strong member-chosen decision making board (i.e. parliment system)
    which takes imput from community but can make all the decisions OR 
 b. Loose leadership commitee with functions limited to facilitating 
    discussion and deciding on the consensus (i.e. IETF WG model)
 Answers: A / B

2. Please give approximate number of people that you believe to be
   on the organization's oversight board:
  a. 2-3
  b. 4-6
  c. 7-10
 Answers: A / B / C 

3. Do you believe that organization function should include:
 a. Maintainance of SPF website: YES / NO
 b. Publishing official SPF protocol documents: YES/NO
 c. Sponsoring development of SPF implementaton libraries: YES/NO
 d. Providing support to end-users who publish SPF records: YES/NO
 e. Provididing official SPF position on given topics 
    (per request of media, government, etc): YES/NO
 f. Communication with softwre vendors and companies 
    in regards to SPF deployment: YES/NO

4. Do you believe that for this organization to work it must have
   official legal status (i.e. non-profit corporation)?
    a. Not ever
    b. Not now but maybe in the future
    c. Should start on legally organized body now
   Answers: A / B / C
 If you answered C are you ready to immediatly donate up to US $100 
 for expenses related to establishing of this organization and thereafter
 donate at least $50/year? 
   Answers: YES / NO

5. In case founder of SPF Community (Meng) does not support creating of 
   this organization, should the group of other participants still go 
   ahead with its creation?
     Answers: YES /NO
   If you answered YES in above, do you understand that this may mean a 
   split from current SPF group as represented by spf-discuss mail list?
     Answers: YES / NO

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William Leibzon
Elan Networks
william(_at_)elan(_dot_)net


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