August 18, 2010

MINUTES

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 4 p.m.
City Hall, Room 370
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room
San Francisco, California


1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

The meeting was called to order by Task Force Chair Jody Sanford at 4:20 p.m.

Present:
Ka-Ping Yee
Roger Donaldson
Gregory Miller
James Soper
Beth Mazur


Absent:
Jody Sanford
Tim Mayer

2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

By motion of Greg Miller, seconded by Jim Soper, the minutes of the August 4, 2010 meeting were approved as written. There were no objections.

3. DISCUSSION OF DRAFT VSTF RECOMMENDATIONS DOCUMENT

The group discussed each list of recommendations and identified the issues that needed further clarification or discussion. In particular, the issue of state-level certification was identified as an area in need of discussion by the entire group. The group agreed that the PIs of each section would address the remaining items in separate conversations with those who raised the concerns.

4. DISCUSSION OF VSTF NEXT STEPS AND TIMELINE

The group noted that, due to likely conflicts, there was a possibility we would not have quorum for the September 1, 2010 meeting, and thus would be unable to have a draft ready for public comment by September 15, 2010. We agreed to proceed with the following timeline:

September 1:

• Deadline for the discussion and resolution of concerns identified in this meeting.

• PIs deliver to the Chair their sections, with resolutions for all, or as many as possible, of the discussion items concerning the recommendations.

• All PIs identify which recommendations are short-term and which are long-term.

• Beth Mazur and Jody Sanford draft the introduction and overall structure.

• Roger Donaldson and Jim Soper write a section on the status of the Sequoia system and the city's agreement with Sequoia.


September 15:

• Complete draft assembled for our own review at our meeting.


5. NEW BUSINESS

Jim Soper proposed a possible informal meeting with Mitch Trachtenberg for interested members of the task force. The time and place of the meeting are yet to be determined.

6. ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING AGENDA

N/A

7. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned by a motion from Greg Miller, seconded by Roger Donaldson, and approved unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 5:58 p.m.