2004-12-04: Constituent Meeting of the newly elected SPF Council
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After the elections for the SPF Council ended on Tuesday, 2004-11-30, the
council's constituent meeting took place on IRC[1] on Saturday, 2004-12-04
at 20:00 UTC.
These are the meeting minutes. For a nicer-looking version, see the
Council Thingy: http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Meeting/2004-12-04
All five elected council members were present.
First, for simplicity reasons only a few basic operational rules were
discussed and agreed on:
* any council member may call for a vote on anything anytime[2],
* a vote requires a proposal and a second[3],
* within a council of five, the quorum for a vote is four[4],
* the council shall hold meetings on IRC at least once a week[5].
Subsequently three council positions were created. Chuck Mead was assigned
the position of Council Chair[6], Meng Weng Wong was assigned the position
of Council Executive Director[7], and Julian Mehnle was assigned the
position of Council Secretary[8].
One more basic operational rule was established: the council shall
restrict non-public communication to the absolute minimum required[9].
While there was general agreement that focus should first of all be put on
finalizing the SPFv1 specification, there also was consensus that the
larger perspective of sender authentication and accountable messaging
should not be ignored, and thus the creation of a committee for exploring
options for the future evolution of the SPF project[10] was decided.
It was also unanimously decided that the creation of more formal bylaws
and the possible formation of a legal body should not hold up the much
more needed kick-off of organized project coordination, so discussion
within the council about formal bylaws and the formation of a legal body
was adjourned until 2004-12-19[11].
Finally, a first technical decision regarding the SPFv1 specification was
made: SPF checking of the HELO identity shall be explicitly allowed[12].
The meeting was concluded at 22:09 UTC.
Julian Mehnle,
SPF Council Secretary.
References:
1. irc://irc.pobox.com/#spf-council
2. http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Resolution/1
3. http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Resolution/2
4. http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Resolution/3
5. http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Resolution/4
6. http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Resolution/5
7. http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Resolution/6
8. http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Resolution/7
9. http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Resolution/8
10. http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Resolution/9
11. http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Resolution/10
12. http://spf.mehnle.net/Council_Resolution/11