Meeting minutes
publicity
debbie: are we ready to publicize documents
jon: are we looking for comments or saying that we're ready to test
debbie: looking for comments for sure
… it's hard to get people interested in comments
jim: have any commercial enterprises expressed interest?
debbie: don't think so
jon: has created speaker's bureau lists for OVON for outreach into community
… could add Voice Interaction people to speakers' bureau
… would put a document with speakers and bio, we would put together an abstract
debbie: I think that would be great
jon: north america and western europe
debbie: we can talk about the vision and technical
ulrike: could collaborate on SPEAKER platform in the long run
… would like to support standards, platform focuses on privacy
… Allinga is the German platform
… publically funded, don't have requirements yet, semi-commercial, small and medium-sized companies
… would bring it up inside company
debbie: comment on drafts?
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jim: we could present it to other people, should have speakers' bureau
jon: will get that going
jon: could start with 100-word abstract
jim: could be part of a group or team
jon: could have both panels and individuals
debbie: webinar with people interested in voice agent interoperability
jon: getting infrastructure in place
jim: organizing -- why will people be interested
debbie: what is the call to action?
jon: join the Community Group
debbie: join OVON
jon: summarizes OVON
… 200 active volunteers
… standards for interoperability and discovery, privacy, ethical use of voice
jim: sign up with Voice Lunch to talk about standards
jon: will speak at Voice Lunch global
… Women in Voice
ulrike: 20-30 people with good discussions
jim: several different Voice Lunches, 50-60 attendees, don't push products
debbie: present at Voice Lunch
jon: standards are said to be boring by organizers
ulrike: a webinar with assistants at one table
jon: what the standard can accomplish
jim: just standards are boring beyond belief, we need "how this is going to affect you"
jon: answer what's in it for me?
debbie: jon has a great slide
jim: can we use this slide to spark interest
jon: (reviews slide) shows how we do things in non-linear fashion among multiple agents
jim: could we do an animation?
ulrike: great topics, easy to grasp, could be presented to Voice Lunch to get comments
debbie: could do simple PowerPoint animation
jon: also doing a version of this in healthcare setting
ulrike: people from platforms go to Voice Lunches, would be interested in hearing arguments against interoperability
ACTION: debbie to prepare abstract for speakers' bureau
ACTION: jon to add us to his speakers' bureau list
ACTION: jon to animate slides
ACTION: jon to make contact with Voice Lunch
ACTION: ulrike to talk to people in her company about collaborating
jon: fine to share slide
… can be shared to the Voice Interaction Community Group public list
debbie: after Voice Lunch, then decide what to do about webinar
jim: we should get feedback
… before organizing a webinar