Presence and IntComm WG

["Ben Chinowsky" <>]

*Action Items as of July 27*

(high priority)
[ACTION] Joe will get Steve K. a PALS account.
[ACTION] Ben T. will put Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on PALS, backing up the 
SQL
database so we can re-create accounts later.
[ACTION] Jamey will update SER on PALS with the latest PIC-SER package.
[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] Candace and Jamey will compile a "how to un-wedge the server" 
document.
[ACTION] PIC will choose a topic for a Cisco speaker to address at the MM, and
Steve B. will see if he can recruit someone.
[ACTION] Rodger and Ben T. will confer about recruiting participants for a 
panel
on open-source and commercial implementations of SIP.

(medium priority)

[ACTION] Candace and Jamey will initiate an email discussion of their proposal
to modify the SER PA module so it can do presence via SUBSCRIBE and NOTIFY, to
accommodate clients that don't do PUBLISH.
[ACTION] Jamey will look into adding fuzzed presence to the MM demo.
[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] Candace will add a Wiki document on strict vs. loose routing.

(low priority)

[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 B. - Airwave
- Rodger - Airespace (now part of Cisco)
- Jeremy - Eckehau (via Walt Magnussen)
[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*

Joe Rork (acting chair) - Ford
Sylvia Abretti - Nortel
Steve Kirk - Nortel
Ben Chinowsky (scribe) - Internet2

*Discussion*

This was an abbreviated call due to low turnout. Sylvia and Steve are 
interested
in getting Nortel involved in PIC; in particular, Steve wants to see if Nortel
NCS is compatible with SER. [ACTION] Joe will get Steve a PALS account. Steve 
is
planning to join the July 28 call; Sylvia may join also.