Presence and IntComm WG

["Callahan, Tim" <>]

All,

We will hold a (brief?) call today to follow up on last week’s items. (Elaine’s notes are copied below).   

 

However, other “side discussions” may come up, as there have been a few items of interest this week:

-          Google Latitude:  We’ve discussed geo presence previously, is it finally available for everyone?

o   I’ve been looking forward to the day when someone gets geo-presence right – i.e., no cost; works on smartphones but not tied to a cellular provider, works in browser desktops, etc

o   How did Google do?  Pretty close - (uses GPS, Cellular, and hotspots)

o   http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html

o   http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10155946-94.html

-          Google Earth 5, now with more sand and water (Mars and Ocean) plus G.E. pro features now standard

-          I might have a spoiler for the project Peter mentioned earlier this week – we’ll “speak” of it this afternoon

 

Please note that we do not plan to meet next week, as we are now moving to a bi-weekly schedule.

-Tim

 

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From: Elaine Lauerman [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:41 PM
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Subject: [wg-pic] mInutes from 1/29

 

January 29, attendees:

Mark Sirota, Elaine Lauerman, Deke Kassabian, Tim Callahan, Rodney McDuff

 

notes from 1/29:

 

Cookbook

- motivation [Tim]

- Open Fire documentation [Mark will make sure it's up to date]

- client recommendation page [Rodney]

- upload to the Internet2 wiki (paste without formatting text) [Mark]

- upload will be completed by 2/5

- 2/12 first draft of cookbook should be ready

- try to package what UPenn has, then ask others to fill in the holes

- have the cookbook repackaged by the Internet2 SMM 

- look at the document Rodney put together for NeAT, feel free to use as much as text as we want [Rodney resent doc]

 

Website update

- pic.edu distribution

- get rid of expired information

- Deke sent info last week [elaine have posted to website]

- think about other projects that would be of interest to the community, bring to the group

for discussion then post to the website.

 

 

SMM

- rooms names are the same as last year's SMM [Jorj to revise if necessary]

- submit a request for side meeting for late afternoon [Elaine]

- side meeting session should have a mic in the room 

- Rodney would like participate if we meet late afternoon.

**look into USB Chat50 speakerphone (we could use for future meetings too) [Elaine]

** use Second LIfe as the virtual meeting space? (would be a high degree of difficulty)

** remote participants will be few

 

Potential partnerships:

- Shibboleth  [Tim leading discussion]

* is this a direction we'd like to move to?

* have discussion during the SMM

* who should we invite someone to join a call? Scott Cantor or Steve Carmody?

* Scott Logan from Stanford Co-manage package (Deke and Tim had a conversation with him)

* what are the advantages we'd hope to get from it?

* good discussion for SMM but not a priority at this time

 

- We'll meet next Thursday 2/5 to make sure that the Cookbook tasks are getting

done.  After that we may meet every other week.