CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_


Reported by Jennifer Sellers/NASA NREN

Minutes of the Internet School Networking Working Group (ISN)

Thanks to Avri Doria who provided the notes for these minutes.

The meeting began with introductions of those present and an annoucement
that the new ISN co-Chairs are Art St.  George and Jennifer Sellers.
Art was unable attend this meeting.

Jennifer began with some of her own opinions concerning the direction of
the group, which included the idea that the group had not completely
found its identity yet.  She pointed out that while some work had been
done on the charter since the last IETF, it was up to the group today to
complete the bulk of that work (with refinements only to take place on
the list after the meeting) in order for the group to continue.

In the discussion that followed, it was brought out that ISN:


   o needs to define what the Internet (and perhaps an internet) is to
     the K-12 community at large,

   o needs to help spread the word that there is a defined domain naming
     structure that should be used by K-12 institutions when attaching
     to the Internet, and

   o could provide a communications media to tell members of the
     educational community about the opportunities/features that exist
     on the Internet and how to get access to them.


The group then moved to consideration of the body of the charter.  One
of the salient features of this discussion was the idea of being a
liaison should be prevalent, and the idea of advising should not.  IETF
working groups can only make recommendations.  Another major point
discussed was the nature of User Services working groups in general and
ISN in particular.  It was noted that among other things, the IETF is a
second level provider of support.  In other words, although many
documents may be directed toward and/or reach end-users, our focus
within the IETF is to help those providing services to the primary and
secondary school community.  The charter was widened to reflect the fact
that the IETF is an international organization.

Following the work on the body of the charter, April Marine gave a
report on some information gathering she had done on the creation of a
directory of educational people involved in networking.

This led into a discussion of the milestones, one of which is to define
the information to be included in such a directory, and to recommend a
process for collecting and updating the data.  There are a handful of
service providers who may be interested in offering the service, and the
milestone includes coordinating with one of them to see that the
directory becomes a reality.  A number of other milestones were created,
and each one had at least one volunteer prepared to carry it through.
For more specific information on the wording of the charter and the
contents of the milestones, please refer to the ISN charter.


Attendees

Sepideh Boroumand        sepi@aol.com
Arthurine Breckenridge   arbreck@sandia.gov
Hallie Carlson           hallie@nsipo.arc.nasa.gov
Henry Clark              henryc@oar.net
Alan Clegg               abc@concert.net
Ann Cooper               cooper@isi.edu
James Davin              davin@thumper.bellcore.com
Avri Doria               avri@locus.com
Sallie Fellows           sallie@ed.unh.edu
Martyne Hallgren         martyne@mitchell.cit.cornell.edu
Alf Hansen               Alf.Hansen@uninett.no
Eugene Hastings          hastings@psc.edu
John Krawczyk            jkrawczy@wellfleet.com
Dave Livingston          squirrel@vnet.net
Dan Magorian             magorian@ni.umd.edu
Bill Manning             bmanning@rice.edu
April Marine             april@atlas.arc.nasa.gov
Marsha Perrott           perrott@prep.net
Joyce K. Reynolds        jkrey@isi.edu
Richard Schmalgemeier    rgs@merit.edu
Jennifer Sellers         sellers@quest.arc.nasa.gov
Patricia Smith           psmith@merit.edu
John Vollbrecht          jrv@merit.edu
William Warner           warner@ohio.gov
Gerry White              gerry@lancity.com