Group A Membership

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Group A Membership

• Erv Blythe (Virginia Tech)
• Javad Boroumand (Cisco)
• Steve Corbató (Internet2)
• Wendy Huntoon (Pittsburgh SC, chair)
• Ron Johnson (Washington)
• Michael Krugman (Boston University)
• Rick Summerhill (Internet2)
• Doug Van Houweling (Internet2)

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Charge

• Analyze NLR, Internet2, RON service plans
• Identify technical and operational requirements
  and overlap
• Identify areas where current or planned
  infrastructure falls short of requirements
• Propose changes that would close the gap and
  enable convergence

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Potential Services Capabilities
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Group B Membership

• Javad Boroumand (Cisco)
• Bill Decker (Iowa)
• Dave Farber (Carnegie-Mellon)
• Tracy Futhey (Duke)
• Ron Hutchins (Georgia Tech)
• Greg Jackson (Chicago, chair)
• Ron Johnson (Washington)
• Larry Landweber (Wisconsin)
• Jack McCredie (Berkeley)
• Doug Van Houweling (Internet2)
• Tom West (National LambdaRail)

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Charge (part 3)

• Propose one or more aggregation schemes that
  group the activities effectively
• Schemes may correspond to the current Internet2,
  NLR, and RONs, but this is neither a requirement
  nor a goal
• Each scheme should satisfy the diverse
  organizational requirements while minimizing
  overall complexity

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Issues

• Mission
• Organization
• Resources
• Coherence and comprehensibility
• Researcher relationships

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Differentiating Dimensions

• Membership
• Governance
• Network Services
• Finances

• Partnerships
• Research
• Other Activities
• Culture

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Status Quo (per Group A)
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Allocation
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Procreation
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Integration
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Antelope Freeway, ½ Mile

• Report, mid-June
• recommendations, if consensus
• Board Council discussions, summer
• joint?
• Implementation, fall

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The Bottom Line

• Both Internet2 and NLR have evolved to meet real
  present and future requirements of the research
  and education advanced networking community
• We must and will collaborate to respond to those
  requirements in an effective and organizationally
  efficient fashion