FORCES Project - Management Committee Agenda 11/04/00

Date: 19.00-20.00, Tue. 11th April 2000

Venue: Foyer, Posthouse Bloomsbury, Coram Street, LONDON WC1N 1HT (phone 0870-400-9222, fax 0171-837-5374, nearest tube stations Russell Square and Euston)

Agenda:

1. Appointment of Secretary (E. Magill)

2. Apologies for Absence (J. Derrick; J. Evans, represented by G. Clark; R. Kett, represented by GOK)

3. Approval of Agenda

4. `Approval' of 06/09/99 minutes and matters arising

5. Review of outstanding actions:

   AP/3/0/KT K. Turner will organise the production of an A4/A3 publicity poster (as appropriate). Ongoing

   AP/2/2/ALL Members agreed to contact various companies as follows:

   • D. Marples: as appropriate at the LATC trade show.
     Chairman's Note: Done, but without any definite outcome.
   • E. Magill: Atlantech
   • J. Evans: Scottish Telecom.
     Chairman's Note: Now called THUS. Invited to November colloquium by J. Evans, and expected to send a representative from Demon, but nothing came of this.
   • K. Turner: Lucent
   • E. Magill: Mitel
   • M. Calder: Graham Technology
   
   AP/3/2/KT K. Turner will produce a flier based directly on the web page, for circulation at other events and possibly via IEE.

6. Participation of Ericsson UK (K. Turner)

7. Arrangements for August/September Workshop (K. Turner)

8. Arrangements for October colloquium (K. Turner)
   • theme: object orientation in telecommunications services?
   • venue: IEE, London
   • programme committee: K. Turner, G. Blair, D. Marples

9. Arrangements for longer term funding (K. Turner)
   • extension using left-over EPSRC finance?
   • re-application to EPSRC?
   • industrial support?

10. Broadening project scope (K. Turner)
    • wider notion of service?
    • wider notion of telecomms - IP telephony, mobile telephony, service APIs, wireless communications, active networks?

11. AOCB

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