November 10, 2010

MINUTES

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 4 p.m.
City Hall, Room 370
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, California


1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order by Task Force Chair Jody Sanford at 4:26 p.m.

Present:
Roger Donaldson
Jody Sanford
James Soper
Ka-Ping Yee
Tim Mayer
Beth Mazur

Absent:
Gregory Miller

2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

By motion of Mr. Soper, seconded by Mr. Yee, the minutes of the November 3, 2010 meeting were approved with one correction to the spelling of the name of Eva Waskell.

3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Three members of the public were in attendance; Eva Waskell, David Cary, and Chris Jerdonek.

4. DISCUSSION OF VSTF NEXT STEPS, TIMELINE, AND PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS
This item was moved up on the agenda.

Jody Sanford provided an update on the status of the VSTF extension request. Sheila Chung-Hagan in Supervisor Capos’ office is in receipt of the request from VSTF to extend the task force sunset date to the end of June 2011. Ms. Chung-Hagan is taking steps to place the request on the Rules Committee agenda for December 2, 2010. Should it pass the Rules Committee, it would be on the agenda of the Board of Supervisors meetings on December 7 and December 14. Ms. Sanford will attend the Rules Committee meeting on December 2 to offer comments on the extension request as necessary. Members agreed to continue work on the document and to welcome/incorporate public comment via regular VSTF meetings and email through the end of the year.

5. DISCUSSION OF DRAFT VSTF REPORT DRAFT 8.0
Members discussed two sections: Models for Acquisition, Development, and Certification, and Election Records and Audit Procedures. Ms. Mazur walked VSTF members and the public through the existing draft of the “Models” section, with discussion focusing on section organization, licensing models, and software development best practices. Ms. Waskell urged that the document be modified to include discussion of mission-critical properties and characteristics of a trustworthy voting system.

Mr. Yee led discussion of the “Audit” section. Mr. Cary and Mr. Jerdonek amplified the comments they previously submitted to the VSTF via email. Ms. Waskell also agreed to submit her additional comments in writing to the VSTF email address. Refinement of both sections will continue and the topics will be taken up again at a future meeting.

6. NEW BUSINESS
There was no new business.

7. ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA
The meeting will focus on discussion on the draft recommendations and any comment received via email.

8. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:22 p.m.