Minutes of May 22, 2009 ScienceSim Senate

In the meeting: Joel Morrissette, Mic Bowman, Shenlei Winkler, Tom Murphy, Wilf Pinfold

Next senate meeting: May 22, 2009 in SciSim at Galileo (181, 181, 32)

Inworld transcript from Keplar:

ScienceSim Calendar

• Next Up: ”Think Parallel” Blogcast with guest Professor Matt Wolf Tuesday June 2nd from 10:00-10:30 AM PST at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/TeachParallel and in world in Galileo /178/201/32/

Metaverse U

• Charlie, Mic, and I will are on the agenda for 12:15 on Friday
• That which will be spoke to be tuned next Tuesday afternoon

Groups

• Still shaking out. Security problems reported when groups have assets tied to them. Right now best to just use groups as way to IM everyone on a team.

Vehicles

• Some have implemented vehicles by rolling their own LSL rather than using standard vehicle interface
• These don't cross region boundaries

OpenSim development

• Great passionate group of dedicated talented developers creating a work of unprecedented growth (expect standing ovation at Metaverse U OpenSim talk)
• Frequent change to underlying protocols destabilizes projects resting on it
• Light at end of tunnel is natural stabilization of interfaces when uber rapid growth slows
• Not clear how long the tunnel is
• Apache Foundation may be a good model

Voice

• Joel digging into OpenSim and voice server code
• Looking to tune voice quality and allow patching in of external lines

                                             ... Tom Murphy