Presence and IntComm WG

[Candace Holman <>]

Steve,

There are some NDA topics that we might be able to talk about offline - I 
believe we are all under Cisco NDA together.

Candace

At 08:24 PM 6/29/2005, Steve Blair wrote:

> Ben & Jeremy:
>
>  Cisco was in the office this week and offered to scare up a speaker for the
> Members Meeting. Would PIC want to accept their offer? If so does the PIC
> group have any topics they would like Cisco to discuss?
>
> -Steve
>
> Ben Chinowsky wrote:
>
> > *Action Items as of June 29*
> >
> > (new)
> > [ACTION] Jeremy, Rodger, and Ben T. will write the proposal for the MM 
> > sessions.
> > [ACTION] Jamey will look into adding fuzzed presence to the MM demo.
> > [ACTION] Candace and Jamey will compile a "how to un-wedge the server" 
> > document.
> > [ACTION] Candace will accept Jan Janek's offer to host a Debian version 
> > of PALS
> > for PIC-SER.
> > [ACTION] Jamey, Candace, and Ben T. will test the latest PIC-SER RPM and 
> > install
> > documentation.
> >
> > (from previous calls)
> > [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.
> > [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*
> >
> > Jeremy George (chair) - Yale
> > Rodger Will - Ford
> > Megan - Columbia
> > Deke Kassabian - Penn
> > Ben Teitelbaum - Internet2
> > Dennis Baron - MIT
> > Candace Holman - Harvard
> > Jamey Hicks - HP
> > Ben Chinowsky (scribe) - Internet2
> >
> > *Discussion*
> >
> > Jeremy noted that the proposal deadline for the Internet2 Fall Member 
> > Meeting is
> > June 30. The group agreed to:
> > - do a demo per Steve's proposal, ideally in a demo room of its own, but 
> > sharing
> > a room with other demos if necessary;
> > - not do a track session; and
> > - hold a WG meeting, the first part of which will be devoted to reports 
> > from the
> > PIC-SER teams.
> > [ACTION] Jeremy, Rodger, and Ben T. will write the proposal for the MM 
> > sessions.
> > [ACTION] Jamey will look into adding fuzzed presence to the MM demo.
> >
> > The group discussed its participation in the Google Summer of Code
> > (http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html). It was agreed that PIC will 
> > mentor a
> > calendar integration project, and co-mentor with SIP.edu on a project to 
> > write a
> > SIP/SIMPLE plugin for GAIM.
> >
> > Ben T. is working on bringing up a separate PALS server (PALS-DEV) for
> > development purposes. Jamey has a machine he can use as a temporary 
> > PALS-DEV if
> > necessary. There have been recurring problems with the production PALS server
> > locking up; [ACTION] Candace and Jamey will compile a "how to un-wedge the
> > server" document.
> >
> > PIC-SER applications have been accepted from UCLA, Florida State, Penn, MIT,
> > Columbia, i2CAT (Catalonia), and UNAM (Mexico). Congratulations to the 
> > PIC-SER
> > participants!
> >
> > It was agreed that the PIC-SER list will be open for self-subscription, 
> > subject
> > to moderator approval. [ACTION] Candace will accept Jan Janek's offer to 
> > host a
> > Debian version of PALS for PIC-SER. Candace is letting the PIC-SER 
> > participants
> > know that the PIC-SER package will not be ready by June 24 as previously
> > planned. [ACTION] Jamey, Candace, and Ben T. will test the latest PIC-SER RPM
> > and install documentation.