CURRENT MEETING REPORT
Reported by Jodi Ito, University of Hawaii
Minutes of the Internet School Networking
Working Group (isn)
The ISN Working Group convened at 3:30pm
by Jodi Ito, co-chair. There was one addition to the agenda as
listed at the beginning of the meeting - discussion of Net Day
'96.
First order of business was to announce
the change in co-chairs. Jennifer Sellers has resigned and Sepi
Boroumand will be replacing her.
Next, attendees introduced themselves to
the group and briefly explained their interest in ISN.
The update to FYI 22 - FAQ for Schools has
been completed. It was submitted by authors Jennifer Sellers and
Julie Robichaux as an Internet-Draft and approved by the IESG
to be published as an Informational RFC.
Pat Smith from Merit will lead the relocation
of the ISN document repository once it has been reviewed by ISN
members. Tom Newell and Julie Robichaux from InterNIC, and Bill
Manning from ISI volunteered to assist reviewing the site. Bill
Manning from ISI also offered to mirror the site after it has
been moved. Jodi will write the FYI describing the repository
by next June IETF in Montreal. A short discussion of the site
maintenance encouraged recruiting of an educational organization
to assume on-going maintenance.
The directory of educational projects was
killed due to a lack of progress and the increase in web search
tools which facilitate searching for school projects on the Web.
The ISN goals and milestones will be updated to reflect these
changes.
The effort to publicize the FYI series to
the educational community was discussed. Suggestions included
approaching international organizations involving youths like
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, National Educators Assn. (www.nea.org),
Computer-Using Educators. Also Tom Newell offered to distribute
information sheets at educational conferences in the future. Jodi
will draft the short summary of the FYI series.
The group expressed concerns regarding Net
Day 96. Though Net Day 96 raises community awareness of the lack
of technology infrastructure in schools, if a school is wired
without regard for integration into the curriculum, provision
of on-going funding for recurring costs, training and support,
then the investment will probably be unused and wasted. The group
supported Joan Gargano and Carole Teach's comments which were
circulated on the mailing list. One suggestion was to include
sample school technology plans and wiring guidelines in the ISN
document repository.
Last item to be discussed was the ISN support
for INET 96 educational activities including organization and
support of an education booth at INET 96 in Montreal. A question
was raised regarding waiver of INET fees for those assisting.
The issue will be brought up with the ISOC Education committee
and Educational Workshop planning group. As details of the INET
96 Education Workshop and activities become available, they will
be posted to the ISN list.
The meeting concluded at 4:35pm