Minutes: COmanage-TAC call 11-May-2012
Attending:
Heather Flanagan, Internet2 (chair)
Ken Klingenstein, Internet2
Scott Koranda, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Keith Hazelton, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michael Gettes, CMU
Benn Oshrin, Internet2
Steve Olshansky, Internet2
DISCUSSION
Report out from 2012 SMM
- The COmanage demo at SMM COmanage WG session went well, was well received.
- University of Florida expressed possible interest in working with COmanage
- Track session with SURFnet may have suffered from some issues of cohesion between the two merged presentations
- There were good informal meetings during the SMM week
LIGO
- ScottK noted that LIGO is Interested in purchasing teleconference management services (such as SeeVough) via NET+ if possible
- This in light of the fact that LIGO did not receive grant to continue EVO work.
- However, Net+ may be working primarily with R1 Universities currently, and may not be ready to engage with LIGO
- Ken suggested that Scott look at the Internet2 H.323 video services as a possible alternative path forward
VAMP Workshop Proposal
- KevinT has raised a few questions about the VAMP Workshop proposal
- One question is from which area within NSF to request the funding (50K to support travel)
- Originally, the plan was to request from SAVI http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/savi/program.jsp
- However, the VAMP proposal is not a good fit for SAVI
- Still discussing the best place to request
- Kevin has requested a list of the people planning to attend the VAMP
Ken wil chat with Dane
Heather and Ken will iterate on the VAMP proposal
The VAMP coordinators in the Netherlands are committed to moving ahead, have space
Immediate future for COmanage-TAC
- The COmanage dev team is small and working against specific requirements
- The plan was that this COmanage-TAC would look at the bigger picture, especially regarding a service instance
- Since the COmanage service instance is not happening in the near-term, we probably don't need a COmanage-TAC call every 2 weeks
- decision: hold calls once a month
- Heather will set up a Doodle poll to determine the best time for these monthly calls
The monthly TAC calls can cover:
- updates on the dev team's work
- environmental scan
- discuss things like VAMP
Significance of Service Instance
Keith: If Internet2 is not focused on supporting a COmanage service instance, might it make sense to think about a CIC-based effort?
MIchael asked for more details on the significance of the hosted service.
Heather stated:
- COmanage is an identity system geared towards VOs
- A service instance would help VOs ( who don't have staff to stand up their own COmanage ) with their enrollment and with IdM
- if there was a service instance, we could do more in the area of domestication of apps
Q : if we were to stand up an instance, what would be sustainability model?
A: Heather: we had drafted business plans for self-sufficiency, but it's not a current management priority.
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Additional part time developer
Heather reported she is looking at hiring another part-time developer to work on the COmanage directory directory.
Next COmanage-TAC call: TBD