Open Printing Summit Preparation

Open Printing Summit Preparation

Meeting called to order by Ira McDonald at 12pm US EDT 14 March 2012. Minutes taken by Ira McDonald.
Recording of this conference call will be archived at:

    http://www.openprinting.org/download/meetingnotes/op-summit-2012/
      OP-Summit-2012-Prep2-20120314.mp3

Attendees

Till Kamppeter (Linux Foundation) - Manager, Open Printing
Hin-Tak Leung (Open Printing)
Ira McDonald (High North / Samsung) - Chair, Open Printing
Glen Petrie (Epson)
Lars Uebernickel (Open Printing)

Agenda

(1) Google Summer of Code 2012
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2012

- GSoc 2012 applications
  - Student applications start on Saturday 17 March 2012
  - Student applications end on Friday 6 April 2012
  - Mentors evaluate applications start on Saturday 7 April 2012
  - Mentors evaluate applications end on Friday 20 April 2012
  - GSoC announces accepted applications on Monday 23 April 2012

- GSoC 2012 spinup - students meet mentors, read docs, get up to speed
  - Student spinup start on Tuesday 24 April 2012
  - Student spinup end on Sunday 20 May 2012

- GSoC 2012 development
  - Student coding start on Monday 21 May 2012
  - Mentor mid-term evaluations start on Monday 9 July 2012
  - Mentor mid-term evaluations end on Friday 13 July 2012
  - Student 'pencils down' on Monday 20 August 2012
  - Mentor final evaluations end on Friday 24 August 2012
  - GSoC announces final results on Monday 27 August 2012
  - Student submits code samples on Friday 31 August 2012

(2) OPS 2012 - Logistics/questions/issues (Till)

- No evening session with OP Japan
  - no participation in evening call during OPS 2010

- Equipment
  - Conference phone w/ PWG bridge throughout meeting
  - Screencast sessions throughout meeting
  - Video projector
  - WiFi Internet access

- Recordings of sessions will NOT be available
  - PWG bridge does not support recording (also not PWG policy)

- ACTION - Till - contact Ghostscript and other color management folks
  as presenters (or send slides?)

- ACTION - All - Draft presentation slides/outlines for review 28 March

- ACTION - Presenters - tell Till EARLY about any special requirements
  (e.g., speakers for video, demo printers, etc.)
  - OPEN

- ACTION - Presenters - send PDF slides to Till EARLY (or upload to OP)
  (so that participants can download slides as backup for screencast)
  - OPEN

(3) OPS 2012 - OP Plenary Session

- Ira to present
  - ACTION - Ira - draft slides by 28 March

- Topics
  - summary of OP activities in last year
  - summary of GSoC 2012 activities and plans
  - summary of OP plans for current year (CPD, CMPC, JTAPI, etc.)
  - status of CUPS filters
  - current OP issues, challenges, and risks
    - OS neutral print models
    - weak security and integrity of Cloud Computing offerings
    - generic drivers replace vendor-specific drivers
    - new model of job ticket-based printing

- Linux Printing in LSB 5.0?
  - Jeff Licquia as presenter or source?

(4) OPS 2012 - Future of Linux Printing in the Cloud Session

- Presenter?

- Scope only Linux Printing?

- Scope of server, desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone clients?

Open Action Items

See ACTION above

Next OP Conference Calls

(1) March/April 2012 - OPS Preparation

    - Note - US Daylight Savings Time started on Sunday 11 March 2012
    - Note - Europe Summer Time starts on Sunday 25 March 2012

    - Wednesday 28 March 2012, Daytime
      - US
        9am in San Francisco - US PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
        10am in Colorado - US MDT (Mountain Daylight Time)
        11am in Chicago - US CDT (Central Daylight Time)
        12pm in New York - US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
      - Europe
        6pm in Berlin - CEST (Central European Summer Time)

    - Wednesday 11 April 2012, Daytime
      - US
        9am in San Francisco - US PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
        10am in Colorado - US MDT (Mountain Daylight Time)
        11am in Chicago - US CDT (Central Daylight Time)
        12pm in New York - US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
      - Europe
        6pm in Berlin - CEST (Central European Summer Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-218-936-7999
      Access Code:   491659#

(2) April 2012 - Joint PWG / Open Printing Summit

    - Note - OPS is NOT hosted by Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit

    - Tuesday to Friday 24-27 April 2012 at Apple in Cupertino, CA
      - US
        9am in San Francisco - US PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
        10am in Colorado - US MDT (Mountain Daylight Time)
        11am in Chicago - US CDT (Central Daylight Time)
        12pm in New York - US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
      - Europe
        6pm in Berlin - CEST (Central European Summer Time)

    * Main PWG Number (Mike Sweet, Apple, leader)
      US Toll-Free:  +1-866-469-3239
      International: +1-650-429-3300
      Access Code:   By request to Ira McDonald (do NOT publish)

(3) May 2012 - US/Europe - OP Monthly Meeting

    - Note - Joint PWG/OPS is 24-27 April at Apple in Cupertino, CA
    - Note - Ubuntu Developer Summit is 7-11 May in Oakland, CA

    - Wednesday 16 May 2012, Daytime
      - US
        9am in San Francisco - US PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
        10am in Colorado - US MDT (Mountain Daylight Time)
        11am in Chicago - US CDT (Central Daylight Time)
        12pm in New York - US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
      - Europe
        6pm in Berlin - CEST (Central European Summer Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-218-936-7999
      Access Code:   491659#