On Friday, October 22, 2004 "william(at)elan.net" william(_at_)elan(_dot_)net
asked for
answers:
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
YES
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
Prefer B, but A could work with trusted people. A is more efficient, B is more
effective
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
B - and make it an odd number so that decisions can be made!
3. Do you believe that organization function should include:
a. Maintainance of SPF website: YES / NO
YES
b. Publishing official SPF protocol documents: YES/NO
YES
c. Sponsoring development of SPF implementaton libraries: YES/NO
NO
d. Providing support to end-users who publish SPF records: YES/NO
YES - or if not doing it themselves, making sure there is a related group doing
this with authority and accuracy
e. Provididing official SPF position on given topics
(per request of media, government, etc): YES/NO
YES
f. Communication with softwre vendors and companies
in regards to SPF deployment: YES/NO
YES
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
B
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
YES
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
YES
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William Leibzon
Elan Networks
william(_at_)elan(_dot_)net
Chris Haynes