Presence and IntComm WG

["Ben Chinowsky" <>]

*Action Items*

(new or revised)
[ACTION] Candace will email Xten and Wave3 about how they can be involved in
creating the PIC-SER package.
[ACTION] Ben T. will talk to the JT program committee about a PIC demo.
[ACTION] Jamey will build the PIC-SER RPM, aiming to have a pre-release
version ready for internal testing by May 18.
[ACTION] Steve and Ben T. will install the pre-release PIC-SER
RPM, taking notes for documentation.
[ACTION] Candace will use Steve's and Ben's notes to draft the
"Configuration worksheet and Wiki reference" offered in the CFP.

(from previous calls)
[ACTION] Jamey will look further into what OS versions we should support.
[ACTION] Jamey will continue to pursue interoperability issues with Jeff King
at Wave3 and the SIP expert at Xten.
[ACTION] Ben T. will set up the 

 technical support list.
[ACTION] Jamey will enable eyeBeam to use presence info to decide
whether messages should go straight to voicemail.
[ACTION] Jamey will update the interface requirements document.
[ACTION] Candace will write a description of a simple way to append PUBLISH
messages from the client to the servers, in order to provide a basic way to
do location and presence tracking.
[ACTION] Ben T. will write a short document describing the motivation for the
paths-in-the-snow approach to PIC development.
[ACTION] Jamey will continue working on the future of the skiffs, and solicit
opinions from PIC members as needed.
[ACTION] People will research skiff-like offerings from various companies:
- Dennis - Newbury
- Steve - Airwave
- Rodger - Airespace (now part of Cisco)
- Jeremy - Eckehau (via Walt Magnusson)

*Attendees*

Jeremy George (chair) - Yale
Deke Kassabian - Penn
Steve Blair - Penn
Dennis Baron - MIT
Candace Holman - Harvard
Rodger Will - Ford
Joe Rork - Ford
Jamey Hicks - HP
Ben Teitelbaum - Internet2
Ben Chinowsky (scribe) - Internet2

*Discussion*

The group briefly reviewed its successful Spring Member Meeting session.
Presentations are at
http://events.internet2.edu/2005/spring-mm/sessionDetails.cfm?session=1933&event=229.

Replies to the CFP are starting to come in; Candace is recruiting a committee 
to
consider them. The PIC-SER web page has been updated to address various 
concerns
that have been raised; see http://pic.internet2.edu/pic-ser/. The May 19 PIC
conference call will be devoted to answering questions from prospective 
PIC-SER
participants. A PIC-SER Wiki has been started at
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-SER+module+pa.

It was agreed that the initial PIC-SER package will include presence agent
support, and that eyeBeam will be the only client. Jamey is working on making
plugging and unplugging the presence agent as straightforward as possible.
[ACTION] Candace will email Xten and Wave3 about how they can be involved in
creating the PIC-SER package.

The group discussed ideas for demos at the next Internet2 Member Meeting, 
which
will take place September in Philadelphia. Penn will be providing network
support; Deke noted that firming up demo plans well in advance would be 
helpful
here.

A demo at the July Joint Techs in Vancouver is also a possibility; it was 
noted
that Vancouver is home to Xten. [ACTION] Ben T. will talk to the JT program
committee about a PIC demo.