Meeting called to order by Ira McDonald at 7pm US EST 12 March 2007.
Minutes taken by Ira McDonald.
Norm Jacobs (Sun)
Till Kamppeter (Linux Foundation)
Ira McDonald (High North) - Linux Foundation Open Printing Chair
Keisho Shida (Canon)
Yasumasa Toratani (Canon)
Osamu Mihara (Fuji Xerox)
Glen Petrie (Epson)
(1) Review minutes of last OP SC meeting - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/fsg/steering_committee/ in the files OP-SC-Minutes-20070205.htm/pdf
- Discussion - Approved as written
(2) OP Participation in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2007 - http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/AdviceforMentors
- See Till's recent notes and the Wiki for OP projects in GSoC http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/GoSC2007 - Google recommends two administrators and two mentors per student - Admin - Till Kamppeter (LF) will be Primary Administrator - Admin - Ira McDonald (High North) will be Backup Administrator - PDF Workflow - Till Kamppeter (LF) will be Mentor - PDF Workflow - Norm Jacobs (Sun) will be Co-Mentor - OPVP API - Need volunteer for Mentor - OPVP API - Ralph Giles (Ghostscript) will be Co-Mentor - PAPI - No mentors identified - JTAPI - No mentors identified - Discussion - All - too short timeframe to get manager approval for mentors - Next Steps - ACTION - Till - revise LF OP GSoC pages - submit application to Google
(3) Schedule for September Printing Summit face-to-face meeting
- NEW DATES - one week _earlier_ - per PWG Steering Committee meeting 16 February 2007 - Printing Summit - Montreal, CA (TBA) - 10-13 September 2007 - Joint Plenary IEEE-ISTO PWG / OP PS - Thursday 13 September - Discussion - Till - combine with OP WG meetings (one day of sessions) - US participants _must_ have valid US passports to re-enter US - Non-US participants' Visa applications _should_ be easier - Next Steps - ACTION - Ira and Till - work w/ Kathy Ericksen (LF) to find university per PWG Steering Committee meeting Thursday 4 January 2007
(4) Schedule for PDAPI/1.0 (Vector Printer Driver API - aka OPVP)
- Next Steps - ACTION - All SC members - Write up your PDAPI editorial comments - ACTION - April SC - Develop a plan and schedule for release
(5) Future directions for Open Printing - 2007 to 2009
- Next Steps - ACTION - All SC members - write future directions emails - ACTION - April SC - Review OP SC member plans and search for concensus
- OP Japan news - Revised OPVP headers/code (new naming conventions) - Implemented new drivers - Will have new 1.0 drivers to testing this month (March) - Will have translated revised OPVP spec into English in April - PCM API implementation almost done - Will release PCM and OPVP Driver code in May - Linux Printing news - Till will send a note describing improvements to OP Arch list
See 'ACTION' in agenda topics above
(1) Fourth 2007 SC meeting
- Monday 2 April 2007, Evening 4pm in San Francisco - US PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) 5pm in Colorado - US MDT (Mountain Daylight Time) 6pm in Chicago - US CDT (Central Daylight Time) 7pm in New York - US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) 11pm in Coimbra, Portugal - WET (Western European Time) - Tuesday 3 April 2007, Morning 8am in Japan - JST (Japan Standard Time) Toll Free (866) 839-8145 Int'l (865) 524-6352 ACCESS Code: 7548766
(2) Fifth 2007 SC meeting - tentative
- Monday 7 May 2007, Evening US/Europe - Tuesday 8 May 2007, Morning Japan