Implementers Workgroup Meeting 2017-11-14

The purpose of this Implementers Workgroup meeting is to provide a forum for discussing post-implementation issues and practices related to Direct whether technical, operational, or logistical in nature, including Direct Project specifications and implementation guides, adoption efforts, and innovative uses and deployments. It’s a forum for a peer-to-peer exchange of ideas, thoughts, and practices for project leaders within the Direct community.

1. Logistical Items (Workgroup Lead / Direct Coordinator)

• Workgroup meeting schedule for 2017 has been posted.
• Today's meeting is the last meeting of the year. We'll reconvene in January 2018!

2. Scheduled Discussion / Updates (All, as/if applicable)

• Implementation Guide for Expressing Context in Direct Messaging
  • Follow-up on the October 2017 Connect-A-Thon: outcomes, comments, feedback
  • Feedback logged to the the detail page for the IG on the wiki.
  • Any other feedback or comments?
  • Moving the IG forward toward publication
  • Links to the current "draft for trial use" and examples of messages expressing context can be found here.

• Looking ahead to 2018
  • Proposed schedule based on meeting 3rd Tuesday of each month: January 16, February 20, March 20, April 17, May 15, June 19, July 17, August 21, September 18, October 16

3. Roundtable Discussion / Updates – Open (All)

4. Adjourn