CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_
Reported by Joyce Reynolds/ISI
Minutes of the User Services Working Group (USWG)
Announcements
o New Working Group - Internet School Networking (ISN)
o New Working Group - Internet Anonymous FTP Archives (IAFA)
o New Working Group - User-Doc Revised
- DISI - met Monday afternoon - 4:00-6:00pm
- NISI - met Tuesday morning, 9:30-12:00N
- ISN - met Tuesday afternoon, 1:30-3:30pm
- IAFA - met Tuesday afternoon, 4:00-6:00pm
- User-Gloss - met Wednesday afternoon, 1:30-3:30pm
- NOCTools - meets Wednesday evening, 7:00-10:00pm
Discussions/Reports
1. Report on the RARE WG3 meetings held in Zurich, Switzerland.
Reported by Joyce K. Reynolds.
The RARE WG3 USIS Working Group and the IETF User Services Working
Group are working in parallel. Jill Foster, Chair of USIS,
concurs. The RARE WG3 Working Group provides first level services
to end users. The IETF User Services Working Group have
traditionally provided second level services (i.e., providing
documentation to people who provide services to end users). RARE
WG3 will continue to provide first level services, while IETF User
Services will provide ``information packets'' and other user
services documentation. RARE will delegate their members to
actively work on IETF working groups.
2. Revision of User-Doc Working Group - Presented by Lenore Jackson &
Ellen Hoffman, User-Doc Co-chairs.
Discussion focused on the revision of its charter, establishing
procedures on updating the bibliography, additional objectives, and
future goals.
3. QUAIL - presented by Gary Malkin.
Brief discussion and comments of an updated Quail document for
``new Internet users''. The updating of this document is necessary
due to the transition of DDN NIC services from SRI to GSI. The
current structure/formatting of the document was also discussed.
4. SIGUCCS draft - Martyne Hallgren. Written by ACM Siguccs
Networking Taskforce.
Martyne's taskforce intends to submit this draft into the
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``Internet-Drafts'' process, with the end result being an FYI/RFC.
She brought this document into the USWG forum for comments and
feedback.
Document title - ``Connecting to the Internet - what connecting
institutions should anticipate''
Abstract: This memo outlines the major issues an institution
should consider in the decision and implementation of a campus
connection to the Internet. The list of issues is not exhaustive
but rather this document should alert decision makers to major
concerns to be addressed in the critical phases of an institution's
full participation in the Internet community.
Martyne received positive comments on this draft. This draft is
akin to the "INCH" task on the USWG list of "things to do".
Attendees
Robert Blokzijl K13@nikhef.nl
Vinton Cerf vcerf@nri.reston.va.us
Peter Deutsch peterd@cc.mcgill.ca
Alan Emtage bajan@cc.mcgill.ca
Robert Enger enger@seka.scc.com
Hans Eriksson hans@sics.se
John Gong jgong@us.oracle.com
Martyne Hallgren martyne@nr-tech.cit.cornell.edu
Ellen Hoffman esh@merit.edu
J. Paul Holbrook holbrook@cic.net
Alton Hoover hoover@nis.ans.net
Geoff Huston g.huston@aarnet.edu.au
Lenore Jackson jackson@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov
Ole Jacobsen ole@csli.stanford.edu
Scott Kaplan scott@ftp.com
Darren Kinley kinley@crim.ca
Carol Lambert cjlx@cornella.cit.cornell.edu
Ruth Lang rlang@nisc.sri.com
Peter Liebscher plieb@sura.net
Gary Malkin gmalkin@ftp.com
April Marine april@nisc.sri.com
Marsha Perrott mlp+@andrew.cmu.edu
Joyce Reynolds jkrey@isi.edu
Karen Roubicek roubicek@faxon.com
Tom Sandoski tom@concert.net
Dana Sitzler dds@merit.edu
Patricia Smith psmith@merit.edu
Joanie Thompson joanie@nsipo.nasa.gov
Chris Weider clw@merit.edu
Wengyik Yeong yeongw@psi.com
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