PWG Steering Committee Minutes * 20 September 2021

Attendees

Smith Kennedy (HP Inc, PWG Chair)
Jeremy Leber (Lexmark, PWG Vice Chair)
Ira McDonald (High North, PWG Secretary, IPP WG Co-Chair)
Alan Sukert (Independent, IDS WG Chair)
Paul Tykodi (TCS, IPP WG Co-Chair)

Preface

This meeting was announced and chaired by Smith Kennedy.

These minutes were prepared by Ira McDonald with much help from Smith Kennedy.

Agenda

(0) Agenda bashing, IP Policy, minute taker

- Review agenda and state PWG IP Policy
  - Ira McDonald as minute taker

- Revised Agenda:
  (1) Administrivia
  (2) Action Item Review
  (3) PWG Anniversary Plaque - status (Smith)
  (4) PWG Officer Election (All)
  (5) PWG November F2F Planning (All)
  (6) 3D / IPP article development (All)
  (7) PWG Website update for Security and Privacy - status (Mike)
  (8) OpenPrinting GSoC/GSoD/LFMP - update (Ira)
  (9) PWG 3D PR Opportunities 2021 - update (Paul)
  (10) Next SC meetings

(1) Administrivia
https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/sc/pwg-sc-call-minutes-20210823.htm

- IPR declaration

- Roll call

- Review minutes of SC meeting (23 August 2021)
  - Approved as posted

(2) Action Item Review

ACTION: 08/23/21 - Chair / Vice-Chair: Reach out to client OS vendors to encourage them to 
attend future F2F events (and to client OS vendors' 3D printing teams too?)
- IN PROGRESS
  - Possibly caused by lack of trust between Google mail servers and PWG mail servers - Mike 
    trying to fix with Sean's guidance

ACTION: 08/23/21 - Mike to post a new draft of PWG Website update for Security and Privacy in
advance of next SC meeting (09/20/21)
- OPEN

ACTION: 08/23/21 - Smith to email PWG 3D PR topics out for further discussion and evolution
- CLOSED

(3) PWG Anniversary Plaque - status (Smith)
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- Discussion
  - Seemed to go OK
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(4) PWG Officer Election (All)

- Discussion
  - Jeremy and Smith to trade places
  - Election announced at May 2021 F2F Plenary and August 2021 F2F Plenary
    - No other nominations, so no formal voting election needed

  - Transition before the November 2021 F2F

  - Approval of PWG 2021 Officer Elections process?
    - No objections, so the process is approved

  - A few bits need updating in the PWG Officer Election Policy but we won't get to that 
    right now
    - Term starting in early November (before the November F2F of that year), not early 
      December
    - Announcements via Plenary are substitute for announcements on the pwg-announce reflector
    - Election by acclamation needs to be accounted for or discussed

(5) PWG November F2F Planning (All)
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- Discussion
  - Smith to create first draft of event page based on agenda rough draft live edited during 
    meeting
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ACTION: 09/20/21 - Smith to announce PWG November F2F by Wednesday 09/22/21 (do the event page first)
- OPEN

(6) 3D / IPP article development (All)

- Discussion
  - 3dprint.com article: Paul trying to free up some bandwidth to create the outline for the 
    article we want to have published

  - How to evaluate the quality of the work done by the technical writer? Or should we write 
    our own articles?
    - Ira believes we should write our own articles given the challenges we had with the last 
      effort

ACTION: 09/20/21 - Paul to share first draft of article outline or rough article on or before 10/11/21 to be reviewed at PWG SC Tiger Team call on 10/11/21
- OPEN

(7) PWG Website update for Security and Privacy - status (Mike)

- Discussion
  - Not covered - next draft pending
    - Remind Mike of existing AI...

(8) OpenPrinting GSoC/GSoD/LFMP 2020 - update (Ira)
https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/liaison/openprinting/minutes/OP-Minutes-20210907.htm
https://openprinting.github.io/OpenPrinting-News-September-2021/
- https://linuxplumbersconf.org/event/11/sessions/113/#20210920
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KogjLb1Hb4
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/releases/tag/1.28.10
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pappl/releases/tag/v1.1b1

- Discussion
  - See OP Monthly news from 09/07/21
    - OP GSoC 2021 completed successfully in August and all five students passed

  - See Linux Plumbers OP Micro-Conference agenda and recording from 09/20/21
    - OP Micro-conference @ Linux Plumbers 2021 happened today
    - Aveek / Till / Mike / Bhavna were speakers

  - See CUPS Filters v1.28.10 release notes from 08/17/21

  - See PAPPL v1.1b1 release notes from 08/31/21

  - OP Steering Committee
    - OP monthly calls 08/10/21, 09/07/21, and upcoming 10/05/21

(9) PWG 3D PR Opportunities 2021 - update (Paul)

- Discussion
  - Paul attended RAPID in 2017-2019 (SME)

  - Paul has now become a member of SME for the next year

  - Paul checking on a couple of other conferences and seeing whether there are speaking     opportunities

(10) Next SC meetings (All)
http://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/sc

- SC Tiger Team - Monday 27 September 2021 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - review Process 4.0

- SC - Monday 4 October 2021 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - regular meeting

- SC Tiger Team - Monday 11 October 2021 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - review first draft of 3dprint.com article

- SC - Monday 18 October 2021 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - review Plenary slides for PWG November F2F

- SC Tiger Team - Monday 25 October 2021 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern
  - last change to review Plenary slides for PWG November F2F

Previous Action Items

ACTION: Ira to document OID arc usage in PWG
- OPEN - pwg-mib-numbers-20091220.txt
- "arc" is any single value (often least-significant) in an OID - Existing plain text PWG policy and registry for each PWG MIB base OID - IBM gave PWG a permanent arc for LDAP OIDs for Print Schema (RFC 7612)
- LDAP OIDs to be documented in a additional policy and registry in ".../process/"
ACTION: Smith/Mike/Ira/anybody to draft whitepaper on late binding for best fidelity in Cloud servers, intent vs. process for output fidelity, and the fundamental design ethos of the PWG's work
- OPEN
- Perhaps have as a topic for some future PWG F2F to enumerate core set of concepts with which to construct an outline for the document
- Smith to add discussion of this late binding for the future F2F Plenary
ACTION: Smith/Jessica to update "liaison agreement template" or create new "license agreement template" that would allow a partner to grant to PWG the right to use or reference content within - should this be created by the PWG or by the org that is granting the license?
- OPEN
ACTION: 12/03/18 - Alan to pursue liaison / engagement with ISO JTC1 SC28 and do what is needed in IDS WG meetings
- IN PROGRESS
- Alan has a dialogue w/ Masahiro-san of ISO JTC1 SC28
- Alan held an IDS meeting on 01/24/19
ACTION: 02/25/19 - Paul to reach out to MT Connect on behalf of PWG
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 05/20/19 - Ira / Alan to add "Other interesting reflectors and groups" section to the IDS WG page on the PWG website
- OPEN
ACTION: 05/20/19 - Paul / Mike to maybe do some development work on embedding 3MF job tickets
- OPEN
ACTION: 07/01/19 - Smith to talk to Mike about updating the 3D page so that it lists the growing list of 3D related PWG documents
- OPEN
ACTION: 07/15/19 - Smith to look for alternate web hosting providers and / or discuss other solutions with Mike Sweet
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 09/09/19 - Smith/Ira to keep nudging forward IPP Everywhere™ plugfest
- OPEN
ACTION: 11/18/19 - Smith to work w/ ISTO and Mike to get PWG business notes delivered to all three PWG officers
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 12/16/19 - Smith to get events page listed on PWG meetings page
- OPEN
ACTION: 02/24/20 - Smith: Reach out to Kyle from PrinterLogic to check in maybe in a few weeks
- OPEN
ACTION: 03/23/20 - Paul to write initial draft of PWG article for Specialist Printing Worldwide for review by PWG SC on 04/20/20
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 04/06/20 - Smith to search IPP reflector archives for latest registrations since February 2020 Virtual F2F
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 06/15/20 - Smith to create new "PWG Documents Style Policy" and add line numbering, change logs, and other style recommendations there, so that they don't get lost - also add text discussing templates as well
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 06/15/20 - Smith/Ira to add discussion of change logs in the new draft "PWG Documents Style Policy"
- OPEN
ACTION: 06/29/20 - Smith to ask Mike Rhines if Mopria has any 3D Printing interests
- OPEN
ACTION: 07/27/20 - Smith to figure out what PWG Policy drafts already exist and then reboot to produce the PWG Process 4.0 outline
- OPEN
- Refresh from action of 06/29/20
ACTION: 07/27/20 - Smith to reach out to Xerox (Chris Rizzo), Kyocera (Anthony Suarez), Ricoh (Uli Wehner), and Canon (Steven Young) to see if they have any printers that might be getting close to being certified so that they can be named in the IPP Everywhere press release
- OPEN
ACTION: 07/27/20 - Smith to create the IPP State of the Union deck for 2020
- OPEN
- Refresh from action of 06/15/20
ACTION: 08/18/20 - Smith to add to Plenary slides that printers don't need to re-certify when new version of IPP Self-Cert Tools is released
- OPEN
ACTION: 08/24/20 - Smith to codify "https" URI scheme usage in the PWG Network Infrastructure Policy document, etc. Also consider how to move away from "ftp.pwg.org" to something more like "files.pwg.org" or "www.pwg.org/files".
- OPEN
ACTION: 08/24/20 - Smith to contact Sean Kau (Google) to see if PWG and Google are both going in the same direction and whether Google is interested in either working together on a press release or if they would object to us posting an informational document on IPP and Chrome OS for local and cloud printing.
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 08/24/20 - Smith to ping Mike Rhines (Qualcomm, Mopria liaison) again about scope / areas of interest for the IPP State of the Union 2020 presentation to November 2020 Mopria meeting
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 09/08/20 - Smith to announce the PWG November 2020 Virtual F2F around 09/21/20 to pwg-announce
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 09/08/20 - Smith to update PWG Roles and Responsibilities policy and post and get approval offline by email
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 09/08/20 - Smith to get initial draft of IPP Everywhere v1.1 update press release done with Anne Price and on to the SC reflector
- IN PROGRESS
- Refresh from action of 08/24/20
ACTION: 09/21/20 - Paul to send in an updated list of PWG documents to AMSC
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 11/16/20 - All to discuss IPP Everywhere v2.0 as a topic every 4-6 weeks
- OPEN
ACTION: 11/16/20 - Smith to connect with Apple / Microsoft / Google member primary and alternate contacts directly to encourage them to be present if possible (they've all been absent recently)
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 11/30/20 - Paul to produce a few "themes" for PR article topics and share with the PWG SC on the reflector for us to discuss via email or on a future call. Ideas: 3D printing security? / IPP 3D Everywhere? semantics? fundamentals / 2D vs. 3D printing?
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 11/30/20 - Smith to contact Mike Rhines to see if there is a need for further discussion with Mopria about "client-info-col" / "document-format-details"
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 01/14/21 - Smith to ask Michelle for the Antitrust Reminder statement from ISTO and also make sure it is applicable / legitimate for not only USA but is rather applicable worldwide.
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 01/14/21 - Smith / Ira to get updated release information / roadmap for IPP Everywhere Self-Cert from Mike for PWG February 2021 F2F Plenary slides.
- OPEN
ACTION: 01/25/21 - Smith to look into adding toll free calling to PWG WebEx account and discuss in future SC meeting
- OPEN
ACTION: 02/22/21 - Smith to turn off the waiting room stuff and private chat
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 02/22/21 - Smith to inquire about price of WebEx toll-free phone support, and also drop our Zoom account
- OPEN
ACTION: 03/08/21 - Ira / Jeremy to investigate hosting organization alternatives for the PWG
- OPEN
ACTION: 04/05/21 - All - Look up Mike's message PWG website update for security and privacy and please provide comments if you have any
- IN PROGRESS
- Alan and Bill replied with some good detailed feedback
ACTION: 04/19/21 - All to tell Ira / Jeremy about standards hosting organizations you are familiar with that are amenable to the sort of IETF-style of standards development practices
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 05/17/21 - Smith to follow up with Roxanne about the new draft that reorients IPP Encrypted Jobs and Documents (TRUSTNOONE) on S/MIME 4.0
- OPEN
- Smith can use Roxanne's previous / current email address to send this over
ACTION: 06/14/21 - Smith to update Roles & Responsibilities to include...something that he will look up
- OPEN
ACTION: 06/14/21 - Smith to schedule an internal sync meeting on the PWG 3D Printing, Security, and Privacy article draft (Smith / Paul / Mike / other interested parties)
- OPEN
ACTION: 06/14/21 - Smith to schedule online live review of the PWG 3D Printing, Security, and Privacyarticle draft with writer Randy and Anne
- OPEN
ACTION: 06/28/21 - Smith to have IEEE-ISTO send the PWG Anniversary Plaque to Smith and then have IEEE-ISTO invite the SC + Mike + Don Wright + Harry Lewis to the event. Also Jerry Thrasher?
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 08/23/21 - Chair / Vice-Chair: Reach out to client OS vendors to encourage them to attend future F2F events (and to client OS vendors' 3D printing teams too?)
- IN PROGRESS
ACTION: 08/23/21 - Mike to post a new draft of PWG Website update for Security and Privacy in advance of next SC meeting (09/20/21)
- OPEN
ACTION: 08/23/21 - Smith to email PWG 3D PR topics out for further discussion and evolution
- CLOSED