20071004 VSWG Conference Call Minutes

Call Dates/Times: 4 October 2007 2000 UTC and 5 October 2007 0600 UTC

Two calls were held to accommodate participants from around the world. These minutes cover both calls

Seoul Meeting Recap

[edit] Participants

Representatives of the following companies attended the calls:

We reviewed the key actions. There was little discussion during this part.
When I asked if anyone wanted to co-sponsor the prepaid work item along with Maxim of SkyLink Verizon repeated they don't use WIN triggers for prepaid today but are interested in the work item and want to tag along during the process.

We reviewed the attached slide. Goal is to standardize doc 81, fill out 120 and post to CRIET by Nov. 8.
TELUS agreed to check with her team to see if they could meet these goals.
Verizon is unlikely to be able to meet the goal for the TDS by November 8 but they are actively working on converting to the standard format. Michael did expect to be able to upload doc 120 by the deadline.

Scorecard tracking carrier survey responses since 2006 is on the wiki.
It was suggested there should be a way to age out the surveys so carriers can catch their score up even if they missed some surveys in the past.
New scorecards have been created to reflect company participation in VSWG meetings at the IRTs, conference call participation and posting documents to CRIET. All VSWG scorecards can be found here.
The group on the call asked to continue those scorecards but didn't see a need to create one to track document sponsorship.
I was reminded that it would be best to share these scorecards not just with the team but also with the executive management of the carriers. I will consider how this can be accomplished.

We reviewed the slide showing the work plan.
Ann from VeriSign requested the survey questions so she can prepare for the coming meeting on billing information.
Libby to send Ann the preferred times for future VSWG meetings.

We reviewed the slide detailing how we would set the 2008 priorities. I stressed the need for involvement from carriers and other vendors.
It was suggested that instead of waiting for the Jamaica meeting to form a list we begin to form that right now by soliciting input from carriers so that people call take this list to their management and determine their position on things before the list is narrowed in Jamaica. We can still get additional comments and add items to the list in Jamaica, however, waiting until Jamaica to form the list would remove the opportunity for individuals to collaborate with peers within their companies on what should and shouldn't be on the voting list.
It was mentioned that we need to evaluate each work item to determine if it is something we can accomplish in an agreed upon timeframe.

We hold two calls within 24 hours on the same topic to ensure everyone has a chance to attend a call without waking up in the middle of the night. Participation for this call was dismal. If conference call participation does not increase we will assume they are not needed and return to having one call per topic.
Thanks very much for those who did attend.