IRC log of mw4d on 2008-08-04

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11:51:31 [steph]
zakim, this will be m4wd
11:51:31 [Zakim]
ok, steph; I see UW_MW4D IG()8:00AM scheduled to start in 9 minutes
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Meeting: MW4D IG bi-monthly teleconference
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Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-mw4d/2008Jul/0043.html
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Present: Stephane Boyera (W3C)
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zakim, code ?
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the conference code is 6493 (tel:+1.617.761.6200 tel:+33.4.89.06.34.99 tel:+44.117.370.6152), steph
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UW_MW4D IG()8:00AM has now started
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+ +33.9.50.08.aaaa
11:55:03 [steph]
zakim, aaaa is me
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+steph; got it
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+ +2
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zakim, +2 is Ken
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+Ken; got it
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+ +41.22.770.aacc
11:59:59 [steph]
hi Ken
12:00:00 [kiwanja]
boo!
12:00:12 [steph]
zakim, aacc is Jacob
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+Jacob; got it
12:00:53 [steph]
zakim, who is here ?
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On the phone I see steph, Ken, Jacob
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On IRC I see kiwanja, RRSAgent, Zakim, steph
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hi, yes - ken here (kiwanja)
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sure !
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for now just you and me
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and the 2 bots: rrsagent managing the minutes and zakim, managing the telecoenference system
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-mw4d/2008Jul/0043.html
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scribe: Stephane
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scribenick: steph
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Topic: last meeting minute approval
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+ +2
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zakim, +2 is Renjish
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+Renjish; got it
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Action: steph to investigate the availability of a java applet to connect to irc
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Jacob: we had discussion around the mission statement, focusing on accuracy.
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may be we are not ready now
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+ +035850558aaee
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we should try to reach a level we are ok with
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zakim, aaee is Lauri
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+Lauri; got it
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+ +55115586aaff
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zakim, aaff is Tadao
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+Tadao; got it
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jacob: and then update it later when appropriate
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Topic: Introduction
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Steph: Lauri
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Lauri hirovanen from Nokia
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primary interest: how to improve the use of mobile phone to access service in dev countries
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active in different domains, like creating .mobi (more than 1 millions today)
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very popular in dev countries
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.mobi is how creating tools to simplify how to create mobile content
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s/how/now/
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highlights 9 months ago at Unesco
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more than 200 participants
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and demonstrated the use of mobile phone to offer services
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Topic: Review of Action Items
12:15:13 [steph]
Stephane to initiate discussion about Wiki usage on the mailing list
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Stephane: pending
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Stephane to put the current framework document on the wiki
12:15:40 [steph]
Stephane: done http://www.w3.org/2006/12/digital_divide/wiki/mw4dframework
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Stephane to publish last meeting minutes and update participants name before
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done
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Action: Stephane to publish july 28 minutes
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Topic: Raising awareness of MW4D IG
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Stephane: raise awareness of the group
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existence
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Topic: Framework discussion
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http://www.w3.org/2006/12/digital_divide/wiki/mw4dframework#vision
12:20:39 [kiwanja]
thanks
12:21:30 [steph]
Jacob: study a case study
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Renjish: few lines around describing a scenario before the bullets
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Action: Renjish to write a scenario around the vision
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Jacob: exactly, i will help
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Stephane: i believe there are 3 areas: grass root/ institution/ entrepreneur
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Ken: perhaps other categories
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Stephane: orthogonal categorization
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either by sectors (health, education,...)
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or by categories of providers
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Ken: mgov services
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good targets
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and see what are channels we can work through
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Stephane: other type of services, not only mgov can be workable at gov level
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Ken: empowering grass-root
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is the most exciting work
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might be that engaging all channels is too much for
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all
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ken: for now, underserved are not considered by government
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Jacob: 3 channels have different approaches, not going in depht enough
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(underserved, i.e. grassroots are generally not considered a main focus of mobile4dev projects)
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niche area for one or two can bring more impact
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Renjish: considering different channels, all stakeholders have ot be engaged
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solutions should be work accross channels
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deployment on the ground using different players is important.
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cooperation important
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it can take multiple combinations
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Steph: agreed but quite hard in practice
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Renjish: operationnal challenges
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this is our goal to tackle them
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First goal to come to technological solution independent of the channels
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Ken: challenges are not only technological solutiosn
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technical challenges, partnership challenges, ...
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Ken: challenges of this group to find things we can do
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Stephane: i doubt that technological challenges are not channel independent
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Lauri: good book: mobile internet for dummies
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interesting for consumers
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covers how to use your mobile phones to access web services
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excellent documentation for consumer to access services
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i will forward the references
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Renjish: let's think about the common denominator
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to work for all
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Ken: agreed
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ngo will use the lowest option
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Renjish: ngo needs supports for sure
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need of involvment of all stakeholder
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Lauri: agreed completely
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aim of .mobi
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to focus on the common denominator
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great initiative at W3C: MWI (Mobile Web Initiative)
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and best practices
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we should look at worldwide solutions that would work on all phones
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renjish: mobile phones vs mobile devices ?
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Lauri: mobile devices definition: always connected
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nature: you carry it with you, and able to communicate at any time the user wants
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Renjish: a pager == mobile device ?
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-Jacob
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Ken: laptop not mobile device ?
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Lauri: with eg a wifi, it is
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Renjish: portability and mobility, 2 different concepts
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ken: we should restrict
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should not includes laptop
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+Jacob
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Lauri: smaller screen and less capabilities that a laptop
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should we focus on what on the market
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Stephane: range from low-end phones till high-end phones and not more
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Ken: nokia DS ?
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Stephane: out for me, not in the targeted market
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Renjish: cost is also factor
13:01:32 [kiwanja]
nintendo DS, steph
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should also open to things like tablets
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-Tadao
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Lauri: agree, taking only mobile phones is limited
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we have to be open
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Action: stephane to continue discussion on definition of mobile devices
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-Ken
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-Renjish
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-steph
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-Jacob
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-Lauri
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UW_MW4D IG()8:00AM has ended
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Attendees were +33.9.50.08.aaaa, steph, Ken, +41.22.770.aacc, Jacob, Renjish, +035850558aaee, Lauri, +55115586aaff, Tadao
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rrsagent, make minutes
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I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2008/08/04-mw4d-minutes.html steph
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