SURA RII Architectural Working Group General Call For Participation
The SURA Regional Infrastructure Initiative has reached the stage where
we need to quickly begin more detailed discussions regarding the
technical and business models that we will use to guide our interactions
with potential partners that are identified during Phase 2 of this
project. To that end, on Tuesday, April 24, 2001, SURA is planning the
first SURA Regional Infrastructure Initiative Architectural Working
Group (AWG) meeting. Ron Hutchins, from Georgia Tech, has agreed to
facilitate the activities of this group on behalf of SURA.
Because of the timing involved, this call for participation has already
been sent to the set of individuals listed at the end of this message
who have been involved in past collaborative network initiatives and
have shown interest in the vision and goals of the SURA RII. The intent
of this general call for participation is to extend the call for
participation beyond this initial group to include others from the SURA
region who are in a position to contribute to this effort. This general
call for participation is being sent to the SURA IT Committee email
list. If you would like to nominate someone for participation in the
AWG, we ask that you respond to this call for participation as soon as
possible, but no later than Friday, April 6.
The April 24 planning meeting is designed to bring together individuals
from the SURA community that have expertise and insight into how the
concepts of the SURA RII could be implemented. It is our intent to also
invite several interested and knowledgeable individuals from outside the
SURA region to provide us with national and international perspectives
to help inform our work. The list of individuals invited to participate
on this external review committee are also listed below.
The work involved in creating an operational fiber based transport
service for the SURA region is a complex and difficult task. It's
critical that we begin to work on the practical issues involved in
making the concepts of the RII real as soon as possible. We need your
help in beginning to move the SURA RII from concept to reality.
Please use the following guidelines when considering individuals who
could participate in this effort:
- not every SURA member institution should feel compelled to send a
representative to this group
- we anticipate the need to bring the group together for three
face-to-face meetings over the next six months
- face-to-face meetings will be augmented with bi-weekly conference
calls and the use of dedicated group email lists and web pages
- individuals recommended for this working group should be highly
motivated individuals who have in-depth knowledge and experience in at
least one of the two areas:
1) architectural specification and implementation of multi-campus, state
or regionally aggregated (Gigapop) network services, especially
utilizing fiber optic facilities
2) development of business case and economic models for multi-campus,
state or regionally aggregated (Gigapop) network services across
multiple administrative domains
We are asking all interested participants to think about the following
issues and document their current thoughts (a page or two would be fine)
in advance of this meeting:
1) What technologies are likely to be available for use in the
deployment of a fiber based SURA regional infrastructure within the next
12-18 months?
2) What physical and logical network architectures should be considered
in attempting to deploy a phased implementation of the concepts embodied
by the SURA RII?
3) What types of governance and decision making should SURA employ in
developing an operational shared fiber infrastructure for the SURA
region?
4) What charging schemes and funding sources should be considered to
assure the equitable distribution of costs and benefits of a regional
fiber infrastructure?
We plan to use these papers as a starting point for our discussions at
the planned April 24 meeting so we are asking that all participants in
this effort submit their contribution via e-mail to gcrane@sura.org no
later than April 18. All papers will be posted on the SURA RII website
in advance of the meeting.
The initial AWG Planning Meeting will be held from 9:00am to 5:00pm on
Tuesday, April 24. Information on the location of the meeting and a
draft agenda will be developed over the next two weeks. Again, we ask
that you respond to this general call for participation as soon as
possible, but no later than Friday, April 6. Please send your response
to Gary Crane, gcrane@sura.org.
Gary Crane and Ron Hutchins
Initial invitee list:
Dave Pokorney -Fla
Mark Johnson - NC
Jerry Sobiesky - Md
John Nichols –Va
Dewitt Latimer -Tn
Doyle Friskney -Ky
John Watters - Al
Jed Diem - La
Mike Rackley - Ms
Larry Flournoy - Tx
James Deaton – Ok
Robert Zimmerman – AR
Daniel Grim – Delaware
Ken Orgill – West Virginia
Troy Travis – South Carolina
Ron Hutchins - Ga
Gary Crane -SURA
Invited External Review Group
Michael Krugman - BU
Dave Reese - CSU system
Steve Corbato - UCAID
Rene Hatem – Canarie
Bill Wing - ORNL
_____________________________________________________
Gary Crane
Southeastern Universities Research Association
Director IT Initiatives
Phone: 315-597-1459
Fax: 315-597-1459
Email: gcrane@sura.org
www.sura.org
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