The Steering Committee for the AsciiDoc Working Group will host its initial meeting on July 21, 2020 at 16:00 UTC (10:00 AM Mountain, 09:00 AM Pacific). The meeting is open to all interested parties to attend. Partner Members are expected to be in attendance. OpenDevise will host and run the meeting over Zoom (details below).
* Open meeting and initiate meeting minutes
** One person will be designated as the minute taker; anyone else may take notes for the purpose of reviewing the minutes later
** No prior minutes to approve
** Meeting minutes will be captured in a share Google document, approved at the next Steering Committee meeting, and shared in PDF format
* Roll call; introduce the delegates for Partner Members
** Reminder about alternate delegates
* Restate the purpose of the AsciiDoc Working Group and the function of the Steering / Specification Committee within it
* Current status
** The AsciiDoc Language Specification Project is in the proposal phase
** The Java AsciiDoc Language Implementation proposal is in process; the _javascript_ one is still deliberating options
** The need for a tooling group has become clear; needs proposal
* Discuss AsciiDoc Working Group infrastructure requirements
* Initiate first ballot by members with appointed seats (i.e., Partner Members) to ratify the charter
** There will be a second ballot to ratify the charter once elected seats have been allocated
* Make formal request for the Eclipse Foundation to initiate the vote for elected seats (i.e., 3 Committer Member seats)
* Discuss next steps to establish a budget and fee schedule for 2021
** Looking for someone to do research and also get input/requirements from the Eclipse Foundation; please post to asciidoc-wg if you're interested
** We'll need a budget proposal (or proposals)
** Will likely require dedicated meetings
* AsciiDoc Language Specification Ballot and Project Creation
** Approve the creation of the AsciiDoc Language Specification project, which is the project that will produce the main specification and TCK
** Encourage the project to use the mailing list for discussions and the issue tracker for tracking work; all Steering Committee activity goes to asciidoc-wg list
* Discuss the AsciiDoc trademark, how it can be used, and what we need to do (as the Steering Committee) to protect it
** Temporary logo for AsciiDoc WG is in the works; will be reposted to the asciidoc-wg
** Minimal entrypoint website and social media channels for WG; defer to future meeting
* Discuss future meeting schedule; proposal: bi-weekly and renew each meeting
* Adjourn meeting
The supporting resources for this meeting are as follows:
Whiteboard for Steering Committee Meeting Agenda and Minutes::
AsciiDoc Working Group Charter (v0.6, proposed)::
AsciiDoc Language Specification Project (proposed)::
AsciiDoc Working Group Participation Agreements (for organizations and individuals)::
The connection details for this meeting are as follows:
Meeting Platform: Zoom (with waiting room active)
Topic: AsciiDoc WG Steering Committee Meeting
Time: Jul 21, 2020 16:00 UTC (10:00 AM Mountain Time, 09:00 AM Pacific Time)
Meeting ID: 892 5875 2475
As of this meeting, the AsciiDoc Working Group will be officially formed with the following declared Partner Members: OpenDevise, Couchbase, Pivotal, Salesforce, Red Hat, and CloudBees. (Other organizations are welcome to declare at any time). Elections for the elected seats will soon follow. Partner Members, please have your participation agreement signed by the date of this meeting. You'll be unable to vote on any motions until that agreement has been submitted to the Eclipse Foundation.
Best Regards,
-Dan
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Dan Allen, Vice President | OpenDevise Inc.
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