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RE: Meeting today and call

From: "Gross, Daniel" <>
To: "Tim Poe" <>
Cc: <>
Subject: RE: Meeting today and call
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:50:42 -0600

I don’t think it hurts to talk about it. The bigger issue right now is that there is nobody who is employed for coding on Muse. It’s grown beyond a hobby to needing someone versed specifically in working on it, yet there is no money to make sure that person can eat. So part of our discussions have been around trying to find out if there is enough support from Internet2 available to help us keep the Muse framework active and growing and developing new “modules” if you will.

And that might be the other part of this – how much do we push into Muse, and how much do we look at some type of federated identity and SOAP type sharing that allows us to push/pull data out of other applications? i.e. Can we use the work Instructify has done (haven’t look at them yet) without having to reinvent the wheel, yet allowing one identity across the services and data to flow freely between them and be mashed up in ways beyond what we have imagined.

So I like the idea. But I am a bit more concerned at least in the short run about keeping Muse itself healthy and growing so that we CAN add new modules/functionality like this. Don’t think it should slow us down on the thinking side though! That way when we do get the resources, we can hit the ground running!

Dan

From: Tim Poe [mailto:] On Behalf Of Tim Poe
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:56 PM
To: Gross, Daniel
Cc: James Werle;
Subject: Re: Meeting today and call

All,

When we meet next week I'd like to talk about a possible proposal. I have been talking for a while about a way for users to rate (think Amazon ratings) collaborative tools. I'm imagining using Muse for identities, and possibly looking to combine efforts with something like Instructify ( http://instructify.com/ ). The idea would be that folks with identities in Muse could provide feedback on various collaborative tools, and others could view the ratings to help them make informed decisions. We would factor in how current the ratings are, so that you can view the last six months, twelve months, etc. Does this sound like something that we could add to next week's agenda?

Thanks,

Tim

On Nov 11, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Gross, Daniel wrote:

News to me James - I just hustled back to the office to make it for our
call. Thought we were "standing" on this slot on Tuesdays now?

Fine to take off today, but I think we should continue w/ Tuesday calls.
We never seem to have a lack of things that need brain cycles.

Next week I *may* have two guests from WiscNet: John Pederson and Maddie
Covelli. Hope to get them both involved in K20 and supporting some local
K20 efforts as well.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: James Werle []
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:22 PM
To: Tim Poe;
Subject: Re: Meeting today and call

Hi Tim, we didn't talk specifically about doing the call today but i'm
guessing not due to the holiday. i'm offline most of the day but will
give you a ring tomorrow.

best,
James

Tim Poe wrote:

James,

Is there a K-20 meeting today? Also, would you please call me when you

have a minute?

Thanks,

Tim

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