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[Ian Young <ian AT iay.org.uk>]

On 25 Oct 2013, at 12:54, Thomas Lenggenhager <lenggenhager AT switch.ch> wrote:

> I do not see a necessity to add the 'Other Known Federations' to the
> eduGAIN status page. Better refer to the REFEDS pages for that instead
> of doubling effort to keep the pages in sync.

I agree.

> As soon as a federation confirmed by e-mail (with no formal process
> involved for that) that they are interested to be displayed as "eduGAIN
> Candidate", they should be added there.

That’s fine too. I think the main issue with the page as it stands is that 
the determination of “candidate” status wasn’t necessarily made by the 
federations themselves but by an eduGAIN management action. That’s not really 
how I understand the word, so changing things so that people are “candidates” 
if they say they are would be an improvement.

I’d be equally happy with the idea of just putting people who say they are 
*going* to join directly into the “Joining eduGAIN” section even prior to 
their signing the declaration.

As to Brook’s implied question about whether the status of existing 
“candidates” as being pre-approved for membership, I can’t really speak 
against grandfathering federations in in that way as the UKf benefited from 
just that process in the past. I don’t think it matters, though, now that the 
process *can* be very rapid now that the new constitution is in effect.

        -- Ian

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