*Action Items*

New
[AI] {Jill} will summarize the group’s progress to date and determine the group’s next steps.
[AI] {Jill and John-Paul} will send a note to list proposing MList contribution to next NMI-EDIT release.

Carry Over
[AI] {Group} will continue developing documentation for proposed approaches for middleware-enabling MLMs.
[AI] {Paul, Serge and Olivier} will develop a list of generic topics addressing spam and mailing list management software.
[AI] {Jill} will notify EDUCAUSE of Mailing List survey results to be placed in the EDUCAUSE library.
[AI] {Jim} will incorporate Sympa developers’ comments into the WG’s models.
[AI] {Jim and John-Paul} will discuss local-interface preference storing of attributes. And, will send a brief summary of the discussion to the WG via the list.
[AI] {Jill} will develop VO survey distribution list, and will follow up with NSF and DOE for possible VO survey candidates.

*Attendees*
Jill Gemmill, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Chair)
John-Paul Robinson, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Paul Russell, University of Notre Dame
Terrie Clark, Internet2
Lisa Hogeboom, Internet2
Steve Olshansky, Internet2

*Discussion*

The group is nearing conclusion of its charter and deliverables. The group’s efforts to date will be summarized to determine the WG’s next steps.

The WG’s wiki is operational and has received comments. It includes a glossary of terms to facilitate discussion of middleware integrated mailing list software.

The group discussed preparing a document to be included in the next NMI-EDIT release in mid April 2005.

The group will hold a track session at the Internet2 Spring Member Meeting in May. The group will use this time to report mailing list survey results and discuss spam and mailing lists. For more information please see: http://events.internet2.edu/2005/spring-mm/

The next call is Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 12:00PM ET. The call in number will be distributed with the agenda prior to the call.