February 2008 Internet2 Newsletter

Headlines

New Members
Internet2 Calendar

- Headlines -

Internet2 Strategic Planning is Underway
http://www.internet2.edu/strategicplanning/

The Internet2 Strategic Planning Steering Committee met for the first time on 9 February to begin their work. Led by Bill Decker, the Committee developed an aggressive plan of action leading up to the Spring 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting. An important focus of the Spring Member Meeting will be the Strategic Planning process. The Steering Committee will have a draft plan available for the community prior to the meeting, and throughout the meeting there will be informational sessions and a forum where the community can provide input to help shape the Strategic Plan for Internet2.

More information on the strategic planning process, as well as a list of the Steering Committee members, is available online. This page will also link you to a public wiki site, where you will see regular updates on the progress towards the strategic plan. The public wiki is also one place where you, the community, can provide input into the process.

Register Today for Spring 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting
http://events.internet2.edu/2008/spring-mm/registrationintro.html

RegistrationRegistration for the Spring 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting is now open! The meeting will take place 21-23 April in Arlington, VA at the Crystal Gateway Marriott. An important focus of the Spring 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting will be our Strategic Planning Process. The Strategic Planning Steering Committee will have a draft plan available for the community prior to the meeting, throughout the meeting there will be informational sessions and a forum where the community can provide input and comments to help construct the Strategic Plan for Internet2. We hope you will make plans to attend the Spring Member Meeting and participate in this important community driven process. Register now to take advantage of early bird rates, which are in effect through 25 March.

2007 Internet2 Member Reports Now Available
http://www.internet2.edu/memberreport/

The 2007 Internet2 Member Report provides a snapshot of the Internet2 community's efforts and accomplishments during 2007. Some key highlights covered in the report include the new governance structure, which includes a new membership category for regional networks and restructured Advisory Councils, and the deployment of a new nationwide network infrastructure. The report ends with a section that describes ways in which your organization might better utilize your Internet2 membership in the coming year. Copies of the member report are available online in html and pdf formats. To request a printed copy, please send email to publications@internet2.edu.

2008 Internet2 Board of Trustees Election Open
http://www.internet2.edu/elections

The election is now open for candidates to serve on the Internet2 Board of Trustees. Voting, which runs until 22 February, is open to the Executive Liaison from each Internet2 Member organization or institution. Results will be announced the week of 10 March. Candidate bios are available online, and additional information about the election process can be found in the FAQ.

Internet2 and EDUCAUSE Awarded NSF Grant to Develop Collaboration Tools
http://www.nmi-edit.org/news/sdci.cfm

The EDIT Consortium of Internet2 and EDUCAUSE has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for its ongoing work in the development of important middleware technologies.

Research and education collaboration teams share many online tools and resources to do their work, including calendars, email list services, wikis and document sharing software. One of the primary goals of the EDIT Consortium is to help such groups improve their productivity through scalable tools that enable appropriate access to protected online resources. For instance, when a project member is added or removed from a particular team or class, each service or tool must be updated (by hand, in many cases) to reflect the person's access rights to the group's or class's shared resources. Because of this, managing authentication and authorization for all of a project's resources has over time become an administrative and security burden.

Through its award from NSF's Software Development for Cyberinfrastructure (SDCI) program--a continuation of the NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI)--the EDIT team will work to extend and integrate its authentication and authorization tools to greatly enhance and streamline the management of collaborative online environments. Internet2, will distribute a majority of the funding to campuses, supporting part-time middleware experts to serve as technical leaders and developers. EDUCAUSE will guide the outreach activities, leveraging existing momentum developed over the last seven years of outreach on identity and access management.

Winter ESCC/Internet2/APAN Joint Techs Workshop
http://jointtechs.es.net/hawaii2008/

The ESnet Site Coordinating Committee (ESCC) and Internet2 Joint Techs Workshop held their annual winter session last month in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hosted by the University of Hawaii, the four-day conference brought together leaders in the research and education community to explore and discuss important technology issues and the latest advancements in next-generation networking.

If you were unable to attend, or would like to see a session that you missed, the netcast archive is available online.

Additionally, Internet2 would like to thank workshop sponsors, Ciena, Cisco, Infinera, Juniper, and Level 3 Communications for their generous support.

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- New Members -

Internet2 would like to welcome:

University Members
  American University
  http://www.american.edu/index1.html
  Pepperdine University
  http://www.pepperdine.edu/
  University of Texas At San Antonio
  http://www.utsa.edu/

Corporate Members
  FireEye, Inc.
  http://www.fireeye.com

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- Internet2 Calendar -

Internet2 Events

Spring 2008 Internet2 Member Meeting
  http://events.internet2.edu/2008/spring-mm/
  21 - 23 Apr    Arlington, VA

Internet2 Workshops

Internet2 Network Performance Workshop- NOAA
  http://e2epi.internet2.edu/npw/noaa/
  5 - 6 Feb    Norman, OK

Performance and Master Class Production Workshop
  http://events.internet2.edu/2008/nws/
  11 - 13 Feb    Miami, FL

CAMP: Bridging Security and Identity Management
  http://www.educause.edu/CAMP081
  13 - 15 Feb    Tempe, AZ

7th Symposium on Identity and Trust on the Internet (IDtrust 2008)
  http://middleware.internet2.edu/idtrust/2008
  4 - 6 Mar    Gaithersburg, MD

For a complete listing of Internet2 events see http://events.internet2.edu/

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