Presence and IntComm WG

["Ben Chinowsky" <>]

*Action Items as of January 27*

(high priority)
[ACTION] (1/26) Rodger will identify someone to chair the February 2 PIC call.
[ACTION] (1/12) Ben T., Candace, and Steve will continue with pals-dev 
testing.
[ACTION] (1/5 - in progress) Rodger will look for carrier reps to present
perspectives on IMS.
[ACTION] (12/15) All will respond to Candace's Dec. 8 email, "PIC-SER Feature
Requests #1".
[ACTION] (12/15 - in progress) Rodger will follow up with potential VoIP
panelists; Dennis will suggest further potential panelists.
[ACTION] (12/8) On the next well-attended call, the group will consider 
whether
to adopt a call schedule covering PIC-SER and SIP/XMPP on alternating weeks.
[ACTION] (12/8 - in progress) Dennis will schedule Megan Pengelly to summarize
Columbia's PIC-SER experience on a future call.
[ACTION] (pre-12/8) Ben T. will ask Steve Kirk to suggest someone from Nortel 
to
present on a PIC call.
[ACTION] (pre-12/8 - in progress) Rodger will try to reach his contact at
Barracuda Networks.
[ACTION] (pre-12/8 - in progress) Rodger will contact Erik Lagerway.
[ACTION] (pre-12/8) Rodger will ask Jeremy to present on privacy on a future
call.
[ACTION] (pre-12/8 - in progress) Rodger and Joe will write up some use cases
for federations.
[ACTION] (pre-12/8) Rodger will try to organize a call with CounterPath 
sometime
in the next few weeks.

(medium priority)
[ACTION] (pre-12/8 - in progress) Steve will schedule Cullen Jennings as a 
guest
speaker on a joint PIC/SIP.edu conference call.
[ACTION] (pre-12/8 - in progress) Candace will add a Wiki document on strict 
vs.
loose routing.

(low priority)
[ACTION] (pre-12/8) 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] (pre-12/8) Jamey will enable eyeBeam to use presence info to decide
whether messages should go straight to voicemail.
[ACTION] (pre-12/8) Jamey will update the interface requirements document.
[ACTION] (pre-12/8) People will research skiff-like offerings from various
companies:
- Dennis - Newbury
- Rodger - Airespace (now part of Cisco)
- Jeremy - Eckehau (via Walt Magnussen)
[ACTION] (pre-12/8) Candace will look into Tyler Johnson's H.350-enabled 
version
of the NIST client.
[ACTION] (pre-12/8) 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
Deke Kassabian - Penn
Ben Chinowsky (scribe) - Internet2

*Discussion*

Turnout was light due to several PIC regulars being at the Cisco Higher
Education CALEA Panel. Ben T.'s notes from this event are at
http://people.internet2.edu/~ben/blog/archives/000090.html

Neither Rodger nor Joe can make next week's call. [ACTION] (1/26) Rodger will
identify someone to chair the February 2 PIC call.

There was a brief discussion of where XMPP fits into PIC's work. There was
general agreement that PIC should work with XMPP to the extent that it 
furthers
interoperability and rich presence. A few years ago SIP was the obvious
choice for both, but this is no longer the case. With respect to interop,
Google's open federation is a promising start. With respect to rich presence,
XMPP isn't just about IM; Deke cited his hassle-free experience using iChat
voice via Google Talk. The group agreed to continue this discussion on the
February 2 call.