*MACE Conference Call*
February 19, 2007

*Attendees*

Ken Klingenstein (acting chair) - Colorado/Internet2
Renee Frost - Michigan/Internet2
Steve Carmody - Brown
Scott Cantor - OSU
Leif Johansson - Stockholm/SUNET
Rodney McDuff - Queensland
Ann West - Internet2
Steve Olshansky - Internet2
Nate Klingenstein - Internet2
Tom Barton - Chicago
Ben Chinowsky (scribe) - Internet2

*Discussion*

Upcoming meetings:
- Ken noted that the agenda for the March 6 inaugural meeting of the PESC e-Authentication/e-Authorization (EA2) Task Force has changed somewhat; see http://www.pesc.org/workgroups/ea2%5Ftask%5Fforce/.
- The 2007 Mellon RIT/SC Retreat is March 29-30; see http://rit.mellon.org/retreat/2007/.
- A draft program for the April 17-18 EuroCAMP is at http://www.terena.org/activities/eurocamp/april07/programme1.html.
- Much of the call was spent discussing possible topics for the June 25-29 CAMP and Advanced CAMP. See Ann's February 26 note to the MACE list for details; this will be discussed further on the March 5 call.

The group noted Microsoft's announcement of support for OpenID. See http://www.identityblog.com/?p=668 and subsequent postings for much more on this.

Steve Carmody noted that Apple has started working with Penn State to Shibbolize iTunes U (http://www.apple.com/education/products/ipod/itunes_u.html). [AI] Steve Carmody will get an iTunes U / Shibboleth call set up with Apple.

*Action Item*

[AI] Steve Carmody will get an iTunes U / Shibboleth call set up with Apple.