2011-03-31 Bedework Steering Committee Conference Call Agenda

2011-03-31 Bedework Steering Committee Conference Call Agenda

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Agenda:

  1. Welcome (Housekeeping)
  2. Bedework and Web services
    1. Semi-preview of April webinar (Mike)
  3. Bedework Status update (Informational)
    1. BW 3.7 production release on March 8
    2. BW 3.6 “final” release on March 11
    3. Status of open sourcing the UWisc Scheduling Assistant application
      1. Technical discussions with Nick Blair (proud father of Jillian Rebecca Blair, born March 12) have begun
    4. MorningMail @ RPI – what it means to BW
      1. ON the Horizon (See events.rpi.edu/onthehorizon)
    5. Shel Waggener (Berkeley CIO) on "Calendaring in a Public University" (http://calconnect.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/calendaring-in-a-public-university)
      1. Provided Shel with presentation on March 2.
    6. Bedework and RoundCube integration
    7. Outreach – Who’s reached out to us? Who have we reached out to?
    8. Bedework and KEN – is Barbie the last to know?
    9. Bedework and geo – current thinking
  4. Jasig Update (Informational)
    1. Jasig BW calendar status = not put into production yet (Informational)
      1. Let's make this happen
    2. Sakai alliance talks status
    3. Patty Gertz – acting ED
    4. Jasig 2011 Conference in Denver (Informational Update from Barry)
    5. uMobile – mobile app framework – project incubating
  5. Capture requirements for product functionality; Determine priority of deliverables for releases; (Discussion)
    1. Status of action item from 12-16-2010 meeting
      1. It was agreed that Deb, Eric and Barry would develop a process for and organize a discussion about functionality and then take it to the BW community.
    2. Related item – State of the Project report to the Jasig Board
  6. Whitepaper on BW futures (Discussion)
    1. trends
      1. adoptions – (Barry, Jonathan)
      2. Defections?
      3. Online calendaring in general – CalConnect Blog; other
    2. threats
    3. opportunities
    4. Recommendations
  7. Review of old action items (Deferred)
  8. New business
  9. Upcoming events
    1. 2011 Conference
  10. Next call (Anticipated)
    1. April 21st (Thursday) @ 1130 EDT