OP SC Minutes - 14 January 2008

Linux Foundation (merger of OSDL and FSG) Open Printing Steering Committee Conference Call Minutes 14 January 2008

Meeting called to order by Ira McDonald at 6pm US EDT 14 January 2008. Minutes taken by Ira McDonald.

Attendees

Absentees

Notes:  Toratani-san sent a note about an internal conflict and will
        send monthly status today or tomorrow - thanks.

Agenda

(1) Review minutes of last OP SC meeting

    - See
    ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/fsg/steering_committee/OP-SC-Minutes-20071203.htm

    - Discussion
      - Approved as written

(2) OP Japan Activities Status

    - Toratani-san - sent a note about an internal conflict and will
      send monthly status today or tomorrow - thanks.

(3) New Printing Dialog - Till Kamppeter

    - Schedule and Next Steps?

    - Discussion
      - Till - talked with Peter Sikking on phone today
      - Peter - one student starting 1 Feb (sponsored by LF) - specs
      - Peter - kickoff meeting for coding in May 2008 in Berlin?

(4) Foomatic 4.0 - Till Kamppeter

    - Discussion
      - Till - one student already started (sponsored by LF) on Foomatic
      - Till - Foomatic RIP converted from Perl to C
      - Norm - please combine two software packages into one package?
      - Till - Foomatic RIP understands new PPD options from CUPS
      - Till - next step in Foomatic RIP is PDF control flow

(5) OP Print Driver Compatibility Testing - Glen Petrie

    - Status?

    - Discussion
      - Glen - no new status

(6) Joint OPS/PWG in 26-31 October 2008 - Ira McDonald

    - Location in Europe?

    - Discussion
      - Ira - PWG SC favors this idea

Open Action Items

See 'ACTION' in agenda topics above

Next OP Steering Committee Teleconferences

(1) Second 2008 SC meeting

    - Monday 4 February 2008, Evening
      - US/Europe
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        5pm in Chicago - US CST (Central Standard Time)
        6pm in New York - US EST (Eastern Standard Time)
        11pm in Coimbra, Portugal - WET (Western European Time)

    - Tuesday 5 February 2008, Morning
      - Japan
        8am in Japan - JST (Japan Standard Time)

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(2) Third 2008 SC meeting - tentative

    - Monday 3 March 2008, Evening
      - US/Europe

    - Tuesday 4 March 2008, Morning
      - Japan