Sorry -- I should have said "Ladies and Gentlemen". My apologies.
Gordon
At 09:21 AM 5/14/01 -0400, Gordon Wishon wrote:
>Gentlemen --
>
>Attached is a proposal from Art Vandenberg of Georgia State University
>requesting SURA matching funds to support a multi-institutional
>collaboration for research into, and delivery of a prototype, directory
>service based on a 'community of interest' model. He requests SURA
>funding of between $276K - $ 351K, depending on whether his group is the
>recipient of a grant of equipment from Sun Microsystems (applied for).
>
>Some of you may recall Art's presentation at the IT Committee meeting last
>January, which generated substantial discussion. Art previously
>submitted, and subsequently withdrew, a proposal for SURA matching funds
>to support a grant request to NSF to develop a directory service
>model. At that time, we asked Art to solicit broader SURA institutional
>participation and to coordinate his effort with other similar efforts in
>the region and nationally, especially with the work of Internet 2 and the
>work of Michael Gettes.
>
>Art withdrew the earlier request because he was unable to respond
>effectively to SURA's conditions in time to meet the NSF proposal
>deadline. However, with this request he has broadened the participation
>of SURA members, the result of a call for participation, and has the
>direct involvement of Michael Gettes from Georgetown University, who is a
>principal in the Internet 2 work in this area.
>
>As you can see, the request is for a fairly substantial amount of
>money. While we certainly have sufficient funds in the IT Initiative Fund
>budget to cover the request, we also anticipate having to expend funds to
>support the Regional Infrastructure Initiative in the not-too-distant
>future (although we have no idea yet what those requests may look like.
>
>I believe Art has done due diligence in responding to the earlier concerns
>we voiced about the previous proposal. Therefore I ask that the IT
>Committee and the Steering Group to give his proposal appropriate
>consideration for those efforts.
>
>Art is not under any particular deadline for a response to this. Because
>we have the luxury of some time in which to consider his request, I would
>like to engage the full IT Committee in a dialogue about this request,
>which will serve as input to the Steering Group for their consideration in
>making a decision.
>
>With this email, then, I am offering this proposal for comment by the
>members of the IT Committee for the duration of this week. Please send
>any comments you may have to the list. Next week, the Steering Group will
>take up this issue for a decision.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Gordon Wishon
>
>
>>X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 5.3.1
>>Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 14:52:15 -0400
>>From: "Art Vandenberg" <istavv@langate.gsu.edu>
>>To: <gordon.wishon@oit.gatech.edu>
>>Cc: <sham@cc.gatech.edu>, <gettes@georgetown.edu>, <vvaishna@gsu.edu>,
>> <istjrc@langate.gsu.edu>, <jgemmill@uab.edu>
>>Subject: Re: SURA directory services proposal
>>
>>Dear Gordon,
>> Attached are four documents for the consideration of the SURA IT
>> Committee. There has been quite a bit of development, review, and
>> communication on this proposal over the last several months, and I trust
>> the effort to accommodate open and inclusive review is appreciated. We
>> look forward to SURA's review and feedback.
>>
>><DirSURA.doc> is a proposal for "Directory Services for Communities of
>>Interest." This proposal represents research investigation into
>>directory infrastructure that is consistent with the development of
>>national infrastructure by the Internet2 and higher education research
>>community, and is cognizant of the ViDeNet project research being done by
>>other SURA members. Faculty from Georgia State (Prof. Vaishnavi) and
>>Georgia Institute of Technology (Prof. Navathe) are prepared to
>>participate in the work. Michael Gettes, chief architect of the
>>directory-of-directories work at I2MI, and I have collaborated with
>>Navathe and Vaishnavi to develop what we believe is a sound approach to
>>directory services.
>>
>><SURAbud?.xls> is an initial first year budget. It reflects the fact
>>that we are submitting a SUN Academic Equipment Grant for 3 directory
>>servers, and that GSU is prepared to commit funds for graduate and PhD
>>students' work.
>>
>><ViDeCoIBigPic.doc> is a note from Jill Gemmill, ViDe Chair,
>>acknowledging that this proposal and the ViDeNet proposal to SURA are
>>"symbiotic, but do not overlap."
>>
>><ToViDe.doc> is a memorandum from me to Jill Gemmill in which I agree
>>that there is synergy between this proposal and ViDeNet and that we are
>>committed to communication and exchange of information.
>>
>>I appreciate the opportunity to submit this proposal, look forward to
>>SURA's review, and believe that this proposal has excellent merits as to
>>its research objectives * supporting a directory services infrastructure
>>to benefit the research and higher education community.
>>
>>thank you
>>Art
>>
>>Art Vandenberg
>>Director, Advanced Campus Services
>>Information Systems & Technology
>>Georgia State University
>>404-463-9685
>>404-655-3159 pager
>>avandenberg@gsu.edu
>>
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>Gordon D. Wishon
>Associate Vice President and Associate Vice Provost
> for Information Technology
>Georgia Institute of Technology
>258 4th Street
>Atlanta, GA 30332-0700
>phone: 404.894.9044
>fax: 404.894.0066
>email: gordon.wishon@oit.gatech.edu
Gordon D. Wishon
Associate Vice President and Associate Vice Provost
for Information Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
258 4th Street
Atlanta, GA 30332-0700
phone: 404.894.9044
fax: 404.894.0066
email: gordon.wishon@oit.gatech.edu
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