CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_


Reported by Gary Malkin/FTP Software and Bob Enger/Contel

NOCtools2 Minutes

Agenda


   o Suggested format changes
   o Suggested augmentations (indexes, charts, etc)
   o Updating entries
   o On-going maintainance
   o Locating worker bees (appointing volunteers)


Discussions



Format changes              everybody seemed happy with the current
                            format so it was decided to leave it as it
                            is.
Augmentations               if there is always a postscript version, we
                            should have a nice cross-reference chart
                            for keywords and tools.  This was discussed
                            in NOCtools originally.
Updating existing entries      it was decided that the contacts for the
                            entries in the current catalog will be
                            contacted for updates.  In the future, all
                            entries will have a "last updated"
                            timestamp.  Entries which are not updated
                            by the contacts within some (to be
                            determined) time, will be deleted.
                            Updates must be submitted as whole
                            replacements for entries.  Requests to
                            modify an entry will be refused (too much
                            overhead).
Adding new entries          we will send mail to ietf, tcp-ip, pc-ip
                            and snmp mailing lists announcing the
                            re-opening of the catalog.  Other
                            announcement possibilities are ConneXions
                            and trade magazines (which didn't work too
                            well last time).  Additionally, it was
                            decided to poll the user community (rather
                            than just vendors) to ask what tools they

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                            use often (NB: care must be taken to avoid
                            words like "recommended").
On-going maintainance       this is a topic which plagues the User
                            Services Working Group since many documents
                            are ``living documents''.  Various
                            suggestions, such as on-line databases,
                            were discussed; however, no consensus was
                            reached.



Other Items


   o The Charter needs to be tweeked to be NOCtool2.
   o Contact John Wobus about big-lan mailing list.
   o Contact Don Morris about grad student tools.
   o Cliff Newman suggested Prospero for remote access.
   o Is ODA useful?
   o Check in with Network Distributed Database Working Group.
   o Jim Sheridan suggests dial-up modem to upload new entries.


Action Items



Bob Enger          divide current catalog among himself, Gary Malkin
                   and Darren Kinley to get tool updates
Gary Malkin        compose user community poll and send to NOCtools
                   list for refinement



Attendees

Steve Bostock            steveb@novell.com
Richard Bowles           bowles@stsci.edu
Fred Engel               engel@concord.com
Robert Enger             enger@seka.scc.com
Bill Fardy               fardy@ctron.com
Douglas Gale             dgale@note.nsf.gov
Shawn Gallagher          gallagher@quiver.enet.dec.com
Keith Hacke              hacke@informatics.wustl.edu
Mike Janson              mjanson@mot.com
Kenneth Key              key@cs.utk.gdy
Darren Kinley            kinley@crim.ca
Cheryl Krupczak          clefor@secola.columbia.ncr.com

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Gary Malkin              gmalkin@ftp.com
Joyce Reynolds           jkrey@isi.edu
Ron Roberts              roberts@jessica.stanford.edu
Kary Robertson           kr@concord.com.kr
Karen Roubicek           roubicek@bbn.com
Jonathan Saperia         saperia@decwrl.enet.dec.com
Jim Sheridan             jsherida@ibm.com
Patricia Smith           psmith@merit.edu
Michael Stanton          "usermas@lncc.bitnet"
Shujiuan Wang            swang@ibm.com
Daniel Weidman           weidman@wudos2.wustl.edu
Wing Fai Wong            wfwong@malta.sbi.com



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