Webizen Taskforce meeting
02 Jun 2014

<koaliie> Previous (2014-05-12)

Jeff: This is our last discussion before we formally unveil to the AC for AC input next week

<jeff> https://www.w3.org/wiki/Webizen

Jeff: Not a lot of action in the wiki recently which I guess is good
... I heard via Ralph a suggestion for ways to raise funds
... for webizen who would want to pay more than $100 to get an ID number below say 1000
... Veronica reports she added to wiki a comparison table
... We can discuss these
... I have asked the W3C Management to estimate administration costs
... We'll discuss at the Management meeting in 4 weeks

Paying for vanity ID number?

Ann: What is Ralph's suggestion?

Jeff: Ralph suggested we could auction low numbers for Webizen IDs

Ann: It could also backfire

Jeff: I'm not seeing a lot of support for having premium cost for low numbers
... Let's drop that idea

Ann: But, Andrei points out [in IRC comment] there might be value for being able to have one's own handle/nickname
... it's close to the vanity idea

Jeff: We're not giving out e-mail addresses, however.

<deiu> Twitter short handles (1-2 letters) are worth $50k+ nowadays

Ann: Various people I know have taken certificate classes in universities and still use the university e-mail address years later

Jeff: I could see if we got critical mass of people signing up, we could add that at a later point
... Somewhere in wiki we have a section called intermediate and long-term benefits

<AnnBassetti> (e.g., JoeBlow@harvard.edu) .. but not the same address as students get

Jeff: we could add it there, perhaps

<deiu> Is there an operational cost of using handles (names) instead of numbers?

Jeff: But I don't want to commit to becoming an e-mail service

[Jeff added it in wiki]

<jeff> @deiu, we will probably address people by their real names, but not clear what a "Webizen name" would mean.

<deiu> jeff: I was thinking more in terms of twitter handles. My point is that people would rather use a handle/nick than a number (especially in this format: 000000000000051)

<jeff> @deiu understood for Twitter; but what would you use that handle for here?

<deiu> jeff, probably nothing at this point, but we should keep the options open for the future.

<jeff> +1; it has been added as Intermediate term benefit (e.g. for email service)

Any other topic?

Jeff: We declared we were almost done, we can declare we're done for AC discussion

Jeff: Any other business?

Jeff: I'll be pitching this to the AC, I'm counting on your support
... Thanks everyone!