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K20 Advisory Committee Meeting - Conference Call

March 26, 2009

ATTENDEES:
(Please add yourself to the list if you joined after roll call)

Hud Croasdale, VA
Randy Stout, KS
Louis Fox, Internet2
James Werle, Internet2
Tom Spicer, MD
Larry Gallery, NY
Jeff Harrington, NY
Matt Conforth, NJ
Carol Willis, TX
Marla Davenport, MN
Sherilyn Evans, CA
Dan Gross, WI

NOTES:

  • K20 Open Letter to the Strategic Planning Committee Update (Randy)
    • The letter opened a very fruitful dialog between K20 Initiative and the Advisory Councils wrt strategic planning.
    • Importance of K20 Initiative to Internet2 was acknowledged.
    • Outcomes - many of the recommendations in the letter were adopted by the Advisory Councils including:
      • Create a sub-group which will include K20 representations, to help remove the technical barriers for multimedia object sharing, particularly how multicast is deployed.
      • Muse collaborative platform to be adopted beyond the K20 Initiative.  Additional funding to develop the application was granted.
  • Applications, Middleware, and Services Advisory Council (AMSAC)  (Randy)
    • Randy Stout and Bob Collie were appointed to the council.   Great opportunity to integrate/align the work of the K20 Initiative with the larger Internet2 strategic goals and initiatives.
    • This group largely focuses on middleware, security and services, developing campus and school cyber infrastructure capacity,  IDEAs award, etc.
  • New Officers for the K20 Leadership Team  (Randy, Louis)
    • Open offices include Chair and Co-Chair plus 3-4 Members at Large
    • The leadership team focuses and guides the K20 Initiative forward, sets the agenda and facilitates quarterly conference calls and member meetings.
    • Time committment is about 3-4 hours/month at a minimum
    • Leadership is coming from the Advisory committee rather than the K20 Initiative staff which is a great development.  Initiative staff now support the goals and efforts.
    • ACTION ITEMS:  Let Randy, James, or Louis know if you are interested in joining the leadeship team or have questions.  The Advisory Committee will nominate and appoint leadership roles at the upcoming MM closed business meeting.
  • Muse - Nomination for the IDEA Award  (Randy, Louis)
    • Muse was nominated for the IDEA award.  It was selected to receive an honorable mention at the award ceremony.
  • Richard Rose Award  (Louis)
    • The Award Committee (Marla, Randy, Louis, Sherilyn) selected Carol Willis as the first recipient of the Richard Rose Award.  Jennifer Oxenford received honorable mention.  Congrats to both Carol and Jennifer!!
    • The Rose family will be attending the award ceremony at the Internet2 Opening Plenary on Tuesday April 28th.
  • Spring MM Plans  (Randy)
    • The team went over the working agenda for the K20 Open Meeting on Monday 4/27 and solicited feedback.
    • Great T&L/K20 track sessions are also being organized.
    • ACTION ITEM:  Randy/James will put together a list of K20 track sessions DONE
    • ACTION ITEM: James will send out a link to the current agenda. DONE
    • ACTON ITEMS:  Add additional items on broadband stimulus opportunities and how states are responding/preparing for the opportunity.
    • ACTION ITEMS:  Anyone willing to take over on the video recording of the meetings?
    • ACTION ITEMS:  Carol - TX, NC, Stwepahnie Couch, Larry - NY, will do SEGP updates

NEXT MEETINGS/CALL INSTRUCTIONS

  • April 27, 2009 - Spring 2009 Internet2 Member Meeting, WA DC.
  • May 14, 2009 -  K20 Advisory Committee Conference Call
    +1-866-411-0013 (toll free US/Canada Only)
    Access codes: 0176476 (Participant)
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