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K20 Advisory Committee Meeting - Conference Call

May 14, 2009

TIME:  (60 min)

  • 8:00 am Hawaiian
  • 11:00 am Pacific
  • 12:00 pm Mountain
  • 1:00 pm Central
  • 2:00 pm Eastern

ATTENDING:   Larry Gallery, Carol Willis, Ann Zimmerman, Kim Breuninger, Sarah Edson, Susan Lancaster, Kim Owen, Heather Todorov, Randy Stout, Bob Collie, Jamie Nielsen, Jeff Harring, Stephanie Couch.
(If you missed you in the roll call, please add your name or contact James)

AGENDA:

  • Connectivity survey wrap-up (James, All)
    • Here's a link to the latest survey data:
    • A June 15th deadline for finishing the survey was set.  Whatever we have collected by then we will call the survey complete.  We will display the data in a way that makes it clear which states have updated their data and which ones have not.
    • A post-mortem into the process will be conducted so we can learn what went well and what can be improved for next time and to explore possible partnerships (statenets) for future data collection efforts.
    • ACTION ITEM:  Ann Zimmerman, Kim Breuninger, Kim Owen, and Jamie Nielsen have volunteered to help with calling states that haven't submitted data.  James will give them the necessary info and talking points.  James will orient Andrea Blome from Internet2 on how to manually enter submitted data.
  •  K20/Internet2 resources repository idea (Jeff Harring, All)
    • Jeff presented a set of thoughts on adding event calendaring and a wiki-like state, regional, local resource list functionality in Muse.
    • ACTION ITEMS: 
      • Jeff, Larry, and Gerri will draft an initial list of functionality feature requirements.  
      • James will convene the Muse application development team to review the initial requirements and explore how we might develop them using the Muse platform.
      • Stephanie Couch, Susan Lancaster, and Heather Weisse indicated a willingness to participate in the process.
  • Megacon Sr & Jr(Kim Owen, All)
    • The various SEGPs continue to feel pressure to demonstrate the educational benefit of investment on networking infrastructure to state legislatures and other decision makers.  Many times the use cases and examples come across as simply anecdotal stories that seem not to have state-wide benefit potential.
    • The Mega Jr. and Sr. concept and events have much potential to help in this area.
    • The future direction of Mega Jr. and Sr. are in question as Bob Dixon has stepped down from a leadership role.
    • Should these events continue to be 12-hour multipoint global VC events that showcase the potential of h.323 technology or could they evolve to serve additional purposes?
    • There is a real need to inspire a lot more state and regional partnerships and help to shine a spotlight on those that already exist.
    • One possibility could be to break these events down into mulitple episodes each focusing on a particular topical/content area (choose a STEM focused topic like global climate change or an arts & humanities topic, etc.)
    • The idea would be to highlight actual projects involving content providers, researchers, teachers, students that are happening in pockets (state, regional, internationally) all over the globe.  Some of these projects involve VC others are centered around remote instruments, digital repositories, etc.  VC can be used to bring everyone together to discuss what they are doing.  Mega con could be used to highlight a colletion of exemplar projects that really address the question of "what can be done on Internet2 can't be done on the regular internet?"
    • Some concern was expressed that dividing up the event and defining topics would loose some of the breadth and free ranging spontanious magic the origianl event inspired.
    • ACTION ITEMS:
      • Kim Owen, Heather Weisse, and Kim Breuninger will take these ideas to the Mega Con Jr./Sr. planning meeting to take place immediately following our K20 meeting.  Kim B will share notes from the meeting via the K20 Advise listserv.
  • Leadership Team Roles (Louis, All)
    • Following up on the K20 meeting last week in DC, the K20 Exec team met on 5/13 to talk about leadership roles within the K20 Initiative.
    • Carol Willis is the new Chair.  Kim Owen will serve as the Vice Chair.  The former Chair is Randy Stout.  Kim Breuninger, Tim Poe, Larry Gallery, and Jamie Nielsen will serve as Members-at-Large.
    • ACTION ITEMS:  James will schedule the next set of leadership team meetings and discuss next steps.
  • 2009-10 K20 & I2 priorities(Louis, All)
    • Heather Todorov is the K20 Initiative's new staff liaison. Heather has led the SEGP program for years and has been a great partner with the K20 Initiative
    • Heather reviewed a [draft] program plan document that will suggests three general areas of K20 strategic focus for 2009-2010
      • Communications
        • Under the broad banner of 'Communications', more work is needed in aligning Internet2's communications plan and programmatic strategy with the specific needs of the K20 community.  The goal here is to raise visibility of the K20 Initiative and ensure a place of prominence by utilizing both conventional means of reaching out to the Internet2 membership, as well as working through K20 associations and higher education organizations, such as EDUCAUSE and StateNets, that are relevant to the community (for sharing best practices, etc.).
      • Internet2 Governance and Strategic Planning
        • In an effort to maintain open communications and effective advocacy for the K20 Initiative through the Internet2 Advisory Councils, there is need to keep regular contact with key representatives of AMSAC, ERAC, GNC and Internet2 leadership.  This strategy will ensure that issues of importance to the K20 community remain on the governance agenda and a focus of action for the Internet2 Strategic Plan implementation.
      • Membership Model and Internet2 Organizational Profile
        • In November 2008, AMSAC strongly urged the Internet2 Strategic Planning Execution Committee (SPEC) and Internet2 Board to assure that K20 representatives are involved in the discussion and development of the new Internet2 Membership Model and fees/dues structure.  This programmatic goal and related tasks seek to ensure that K20 is well represented by the membership model and that K20's role in the Internet2 community is recognized for the dedication and commitment of their constituent [50,000+] organizations.
    • ACTION ITEMS:  Heather to work with Marianne and Lauren to add a standing 'K20 Update' section to the monthly Member Update e-newsletter beginning June 2009; could also be added to the monthly Connector and Network Member newsletter.  Kim Breuninger volunteered to put together the first K20 update piece around the changes to the Mega Jr/Sr.  James will create a wiki page here people can sign up and post content for the "K20 Updates"
  • Strategic planning for 2010 and beyond (Louis, All)
    • With today's difficult budget enviornment and severe travel restrictions it will be difficult to recreate the K20 strategic planning converation that took place in Kansas City in 2007.
    • The group feels doing another planning exercise would be valuable.
    • The leadership team will discuss whether to take a first stab at developing a K20 strategic plan straw man that can be shared with the rest of the K20 Advisory Committee.
    • ACTION ITEM:  James will schedule a meeting for the leadership team to discuss.
  • Other items
    • Heather Weisse Walsh provided the following advertisement for an exciting upcoming event
    • Join members of the Internet2 Teaching and Learning SIG for a videoconference update on the Taxonomy of Virtual Worlds Workshop and an in-world tour of MEDULLA designed by the Federation of American Scientists. We will be meeting 'virtually' via videoconference on May 21, 2009 from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. EDT. The meeting agenda can be found below. If you are interested in attending the meeting, please register at http://virtualworldsupdate.eventbrite.com/ prior to May 15, 2009.
  • NEXT CALL DETAILS:  (see here  for the complete K20 Advisory Committee meeting schedule)
    • August 27, 2009
      • 8:00 am Hawaiian
      • 11:00 am Pacific
      • 12:00 pm Mountain
      • 1:00 pm Central
      • 2:00 pm Eastern
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