August 19 2008 Conference Call

Attendees: CCarfi DSearls IHenderson Khopper DLandsman

Purpose of call:

• Define what relbutton does
• Doc: Go forward stuff / leaning towards action

Discussion Items:

• Dean: Invite Asa
• Iain: relbutton might be trying to do too much
  • At least 8 stages of relationship - it should represent these
• Iain: CIC button = overlap? Should it be the relbutton?
  • Pariity project around volunteered personal information
• Doc: Relbutton attributes:
  • Represents relationship
  • It's simple
  • Assertted by either party
  • Has two halves representing relationship and willingness
• Keith: Background on relbutton:
  • Born from need to visualize and describe VRM
  • Got legs with donations around public media and media downloads, but not limited to it
• How we can do relbutton on an enterprise level?
• Is it just public media? (no)
• Should we call it something other than relationship?
• Should we approach an advertising agency or equivalent to help us define, brand, name, and visualize the relbutton?
  • Yes(?) but needs to be someone who really is enthusiastic about open source and "gets it"
• Three ways to define relbutton (can be done in parallel):

1. Design / agency market definition: new name, face(?), messaging, description
2. Standards / use cases (ala VRM workshop)
3. Prototype / code (build real stuff)
   1. Leveraging existing work in identity, CIC, etc.
   2. Tribler.org = University of Delft - Holland (Universal tip jar - what is it? How far downstream?)
   3. Prototype For apple: Put a Relbutton-like payment mechanism onto podcasts (Notlocked into; consider Nokia, other mobile platforms)

• Doc VRM will play out in many ways - many applications
• Action items:
  • Keith will resize relbutton source image on Relbutton Scenarios page
  • Meeting tomorrow
  • Doc and Iain will discuss Pariity projects
  • Dean will introduce in call relative to other groups, efforts