Presence and IntComm WG

["Ben Chinowsky" <>]

*Action Items as of June 14*

(new)
[ACTION] Ben T. and Candace will install the pre-release PIC-SER RPM, using
Candace's revised install doc and taking notes for improvements to both the
package and the documentation.
[ACTION] Jamey will post the PIC-SER tarball.
[ACTION] Jamey will send Candace a list of the PIC-SER package's library
dependencies.
[ACTION] Anyone who has a BSD or other unusual Unix-like system on which they
can do a test install of the PIC-SER package, will contact Candace.
[ACTION] PIC will consider changing its conference call schedule so that 
PIC-SER
participants in various time zones can join more of the calls.

(from previous calls)
[ACTION] PIC-SER committee members will review proposals in preparation for a
conference call at 1pm-3pm Eastern on June 14.
[ACTION] Rodger will ask Jiri for comment on SIPPS.
[ACTION] Jamey will continue to pursue interoperability issues with Jeff King
at Wave3 and Neal at Xten.
[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] 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 Magnussen)

(from previous calls, low priority)
[ACTION] Candace will look into Tyler Johnson's H.350-enabled version of the
NIST client.
[ACTION] Ben T. will write a short document describing the motivation for the
paths-in-the-snow approach to PIC development.

*Attendees*

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

*Discussion*

Jamey and Steve have installed the pre-release PIC-SER RPM, and Candace has
revised the install doc based on their feedback. [ACTION] Ben T. and Candace
will install the pre-release PIC-SER RPM, using Candace's revised install doc
and taking notes for improvements to both the package and the documentation.
[ACTION] Jamey will post the PIC-SER tarball. [ACTION] Jamey will send 
Candace a
list of the PIC-SER package's library dependencies. [ACTION] Anyone who has a
BSD or other unusual Unix-like system on which they can do a test install of 
the
PIC-SER package, will contact Candace.

Candace noted that pua.pl provides a simple way to append PUBLISH messages 
from
the client to the servers, so her action item to describe how to do this is 
now
moot. See http://pua-pl.berlios.de/.

HP's lawyers have signed off on open-sourcing the skiffs; the next step is to
get the code reviewed by HP's open-source review board. Jamey also noted that
Netgear now has a $70 device which might be able to function as a skiff.

The group discussed plans for the September 19-22 Internet2 Member Meeting.
There was general agreement on Steve's suggestion that we do a one-room
participatory demo, with three or so different PIC-SER deployments set up to
call one another. The overall goal will be to show MM attendees what PIC plans
to pursue next. [See Steve's and Deke's June 9-10 emails for details.]

Finally there was a short PIC-SER discussion. Rodger is joining the proposal
review committee. There was general agreement that we need to find ways to
encourage the various PIC-SER participant groups to intercommunicate and 
support
one another. The wiki is one way to do this [see Candace's June 9 note to the
list]; coordinated weekly testing hours and a separate weekly conference call
for PIC-SER participants are also possibilities. Also, [ACTION] PIC will
consider changing its conference call schedule so that PIC-SER participants in
various time zones can join more of the calls.