2010-12-16 Bedework Steering Committee Conference Call Agenda

2010-12-16 Bedework Steering Committee Conference Call Agenda

Attendees:   Absent: Minutes:   

Agenda:

  1. Welcome (Housekeeping)
  2. Jasig 2011 Conference in Denver (Discussion)
      1. Jeremy Rosenberg (SFU) as chairing and is seeking, not yet desperately, representation from the Bedework project. Current plans are to start a weekly call on Wednesdays at 1pm ET, later backing off to every couple of weeks perhaps.
      2. Jonathan reports, "The committee is reserving time for a Bedework "supplementary seminar", but we need to know whether someone will be available to present one.  These are the half-day sessions that are scheduled on the Sunday before or the Wednesday afternoon after the conference proper.  (A presenter from each seminar is entitled to a complimentary registration.)  Will one of your guys be able to do one?"
  3. Barry Leibson as Bedework Steering Committee Member
  4. Capture requirements for product functionality; Determine priority of deliverables for releases;
    1. Process
    2. Who
  5. Whitepaper on BW futures (Discussion)
    1. trends
      1. adoptions
      2. Defections
      3. Online calendaring in general
    2. threats
    3. opportunities
    4. Recommendations
  6. Bedework Status update (Informational)
    1. A 3rd BW 3.7 Milestone release were made available
    2. We have followed up on the possibility of open sourcing the Scheduling Assistant application – it looks very promising
    3. Arlen announced his "GLP" to more easily manage the public events triptych
    4. URI visit to Brown (Steven)
    5. U Manitoba Calendaring RFP
  7. Jasig Update
    1. Strategic Investments (Discussion)
      1. A small surplus for this fiscal year. How can Jasig best leverage to meet our strategic objectives?
      2. Travel to Conference for BW seminar?
    2. Jasig BW calendar status = not put into production yet (Informational)
  8. Review of old action items (Deferred)
  9. New business (Unlikely)
  10. Upcoming events
    1. 2011 Conference
  11. Next call (Anticipated)
    1. January 27th (Thursday) @ 1130 EDT Old Action Items:

New Action Items: