Presence and IntComm WG

[Jeremy George <>]

  In general I think this is an excellent compromise and I agree
completely with the analysis of the value proposition for the trial.  The
PIC group is primarily about the integration of computer-mediated computer
communications components rather than the components individually.
Dropping VoIP shouldn't, necessarily, be a deal breaker.

  If we agree (I'm soliciting other opinions) to this proposal, we need
to nail down UA installation as simple as possible and do some quick
work on whatever mailing we send out.

  Some questions:

  This clearly affects Session.  What do we do?

  If HP is offering iPAQs, should we hold off on handset giveaways and
put the money back in the bank for the time being?

  Jamey, I get a general sense of what is meant by "the periphery of the
space" but I'm not sure how to translate that into the hotel.  Do you
want to put skiffs in hallways beyond the meeting rooms?

  Jamey, by "push" are you referring specifically to the Hawaii model
or do you just mean you want a mailing sent to all participants?

  There are also some portal stability questions and whether a map of
the hotel will also be available through the portal.

  Ben, do you have time to do the calendar integration?

- Jeremy


On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Jamey Hicks wrote:

> Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 13:03:16 -0400
> From: Jamey Hicks 
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> Subject: [wg-pic] location tracking at MM
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> Andy, Brian and I discussed it this morning.  There are two major 
> questions for us: will we be able to make the location-tracking system 
> work, and will we get enough people using it to make it worthwhile for 
> the work it takes to transport it and set it up.
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> We looked at the floor plan.  To get the location tracking system 
> working well and covering people wireless outside of the rooms, we need 
> network drops on the periphery of the space.  We don't need switches 
> there, just ethernet cables.  We also need to be sure that we can arp 
> all the clients so that we can get IP address for the clients.
> 
> If we do not push the system at all, we're not going to get enough 
> users.  I don't want to commit us to going down if we're not going to 
> push the system.  I agree that VOIP is not working well enough at the 
> moment to push it, but I think that presence, location and text 
> messaging are the main values of a system like this at a conference -- 
> you cannot talk on the phone while in a session, but you can look to see 
> where your buddies and colleagues are, and you can instant message to 
> them.  I think that the parts of the system to do this are now or will 
> be stable enough by the time of the meeting to announce it.  As an added 
> incentive for people to try out the rich presence portal, text 
> messaging, and/or VOIP, we would like to have a raffle and give away a 
> wireless iPAQ on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Anyone who is logged on to the 
> portal or registered on the proxy for at least an hour each day would be 
> entered into the raffle.
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> So, assuming that we can resolve the network drop and arp issues, I 
> would recommend that we deploy pesence and location system.  I think 
> that a BOF for trying out VOIP as well would also be a good thing.
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> -Jamey
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