This community collaboration group is exploring the building of federations within and across state boundaries. Invited participants include StateNets and Higher Education Systems staff. This effort is supported by Internet2, EDUCAUSE and the InCommon Federation.
See this page for instructions on how to edit this site.
The activity will take the form of a monthly call/communication session with a possibly move to biweekly if interest grows. Topics include:
• Exploring issues relating to federations
• Sharing experiences and identifying solutions
• Build on strategies used by state university systems
• Culling emerging practices
For more information on this activity, see Background.
Minutes
Case Studies
UC Trust - The University of California Federation and their site.
Related Links
Getting Involved
• Subscribe to the companion list, us-federations@incommonfederation.org, by sending a message to sympa@incommonfederation.org with the following in the body of the message:
sub us-federations FirstName LastName.
• Post your questions and issues to this wiki by adding a comment to the Questions and Issues page.
• Join the next call scheduled for every third Wednesday of the month at 4:00 pm ET.
Date: April 15
Topic: North Carolina Federation Building
Speakers: Mark Scheible, NC State & TIm Poe, MCNC
Bridge Number: 877-944-2300
Passcode: 99205#
• Plan for future calls: April 15 and
May 13 (one-time change in week)
• Attend sessions relating to building federations at the upcoming Internet Spring Member Meeting.