[Imc-communication] Fwd: Cop17 coverage / IMC-Africa / VozMob Drupal Distro / mobile enabled IMC conversation

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Cop17 coverage / IMC-Africa / VozMob Drupal Distro / mobile enabled IMC
conversation

Agenda

1. intros

(reallllly short :)

we had folks involved in lots of projects including:

IMC drupal dev

http://mi-cr.org

http://imc-africa.mayfirst.org

http://vozmob.net

https://guardianproject.info (aka nathan at guardianproject.info)

2. various possible ways to collaborate on code/features?

A. Install and configure various mobile related modules on existing IMCs
(vozmob modules, voip drupal, etc - what about spip IMCs?)

B. Fork http://code.vozmob.net using git and use that as the basis for a
new mobile-focused IMC

C. What's up with a general Indymedia Drupal Distro?

I think its plagued by internatonal borders
 there are a bunch of projects, not collaborating effectively. we should
get them all on git, and do a f2f meeting, and make it kick ass,
including mobile.
<sphinx> :-)
<sphinx> I will agree
<ross> schock: that's a pretty good idea.
<mark> - more important to get the features working well, so existing
drupal IMCs can add them

D. How about an Indymedia Drupal server

    * just like koumbit gives drupal accounts with many modules one can
select, one can do the same for an IMC distro, put it on a server
where individual collectives can have an account (drupalgardens, for
IMCs).


E. IMC-Drupal communication and coordination

    * need for better communication on imc-drupal list, irc, and organize
a f2f meeting to map out and sprint on it.


some resources for drupal IMCs
http://mi-cr.org/


3. What would be needed to make it work in African context?

VozMobDD (see http://code.vozmob.net , http://dev.vozmob.net ) Key working
features:

    * sms registration

    * voice posting

    * sms posting

    * mms posting

    * post from phones to Groups

    * add location info to nodes

    * add tags via #tag in message body

    * (what else?)



Key alpha features (work but not tested robustly):

    * send sms to phones

    * send mms to phones

    * sent to all phones in a Group

    * (what else?)


Key new features under dev: see http://dev.vozmob.net

Gateways.

We would need working sms (and mms) to web gateways. Currently just
available in South Africa.

Using a phone is an option - SMS can be forward to any web service, and
also remote web services can send to any SMS phone in return

    * Android as Gateway

    * https://github.com/niryariv/kalsms/wiki/ allows any SMS to be sent,
to this phone, then forwarded over wifi or mobile data to any web
service

    * SMSSync is another SMS-to-internet gateway
http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/11/10/launching-smssync-an-android-phone-as-sms-gateway/


    * Desktop as gateway, with a modum that takes SIM (see mbuni project?)


    * Voice gateways (so people can call in to a phone number and leave
audio content that posts to web)

    * Voice. Better voice capabilities would be key to increasing the
usefulness of IMCs in Africa.

    * http://www.drupal.org/project/voipdrupal

    * setup a bunch of different dial-in numbers, all going to one voip
server

    * DIDWW is a good source for cheap inbound numbers:
http://www.didww.com/Retail-Customers that route to any SIP server


4. Adding mobile capabilities for Durban IMC convergence around Cop17

November 25 to Dec 12
(http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/imc-africa/2011-February/0223-e5.html
)

Questions to answer:

To what site(s) will people be posting coverage?

    * southafrica.indymedia.org?

    * imc-africa.mayfirst.org?

    * a number of sites, maybe syndicated to one site for combined coverage?

    * etc


What resources do we need to have mobile enabled IMC for cop17 coverage?

    * gateway filters for phone companies, tested

    * secure gateways?

    * voip server?

    * phones w/decent cameras and MMS packages for key IMC reporters?

    * a secure call-in system with multiple inbound numbers?


Minimum case:

1. adding filters for existing SA mobile providers, to post to imcs
(using vozmob modules)
2. setting up our own gateway on a phone  (and integrate w/imcs )
3. setting up a voip server and multiple dial in numbers (and integrate to
imc sites using voip drupal module?


Ideal Case:

free secure sms/mms gateways in each country (for sms/mms to & from web)
free secure voip servers & gateway in each country (for calls to web,
IVRs, etc)



5. next steps?

- who wants to coordinate f2f IMC drupal meeting?
- implement vozmob filters for sms & mms posting from South African mobile
phone providers
- move vozmob code to git.drupal.org (modules, features, themes, install
profile).
- post notes to imc-drupal-dev, imc-africa, new-imc, imc-process,
imc-communications,