Presence and IntComm WG

["Ben Chinowsky" <>]

*Action Items as of September 6*

(high priority)
[ACTION] Ben T. will send out a link to the CVS for Thomas Butters' SoC code.
[ACTION] Ben T. will put Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on PALS, backing up the 
SQL
database so we can re-create accounts later; then Jamey will update SER on 
PALS
with the latest PIC-SER package.

(medium priority)
[ACTION] All will review the new PIC-SER documentation and send comments to
Candace.
[ACTION] Candace will add a Wiki document on strict vs. loose routing.

(low priority)
[ACTION] After the Member Meeting, the group will revisit its call schedule.
[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 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
- 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*

Rodger Will (chair) - Ford
Joe Rork - Ford
Dennis Baron - MIT
Mike Van Norman - UCLA
Ben Teitelbaum - Internet2
Ben Chinowsky (scribe) - Internet2

*Discussion*

The group decided against organizing a SIP panel at the upcoming Internet2
Member Meeting. There will be a PIC working group meeting
(events.internet2.edu/2005/fall-mm/sessionDetails.cfm?session=2314&event=239),
and PIC members will participate in the RTC-AG Town Meeting
(events.internet2.edu/2005/fall-mm/sessionDetails.cfm?session=2291&event=239).