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CC Staff Assume Leadership Roles | Get More Involved with I2 | Oregon's K-12 Connects | Performance Initiative Website
During the Internet2 Member Meeting in Washington D.C. last March, it was announced
that Joanne Hugi, Director of the UO Computing Center, had been appointed to
NPPAC, the Internet2 Network Policy and Planning Advisory Council.
NPPAC advises the UCAID (University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development)
Board of Trustees on matters relating to the planning, development, financing
and management of advanced networks for research and education.
The Computing Center is also represented on I2 advisory groups by Joe St Sauver,
Assistant Director, Academic User Services. St Sauver sits on the Abilene Technical
Advisory Committee, which gives advice on designing, planning, implementing,
and operating Abilene, the high-performance academic and research network operated
for UCAID by Qwest in conjunction with Cisco and Nortel.
For more information on Internet2 Advisory Councils, see
http://www.internet2.edu/ucaid/html/councils.html
Information about the Technical Advisory Committee can be found at
http://www.internet2.edu/ucaid/abilene/html/tac.html
If you're interested in becoming more involved with Internet2, an easy way
to get started is by participating in one of the Internet2 Working Groups. A
list of these groups is available at http://www.internet2.edu/html/working-groups.html
In most cases, beginning to participate in a working group of interest is as
simple as reviewing its web pages for background and then signing up for its
mailing list.
Because most group discussions will be technical in nature and list traffic volume may be substantial, you'll probably want to join only those mailing lists that are of particular interest to you.
Oregon is one of five states granted permission to connect its statewide K12
network to Internet2 under I2's new sponsored educational group participant
(SEGP) program.
This means that the Oregon Public Education Network (OPEN)Ñand the approximately
600,000 Oregon K12 students who obtain connectivity via OPENÑwill soon
be able to send traffic over Internet2 via the Oregon Gigapop.
The Oregon Gigapop, located in Eugene, currently provides high performance
Internet2 network connectivity to the University of Oregon, Oregon State University,
Portland State University, Eastern Oregon University, the Oregon Institute of
Technology, Southern Oregon University, and Western Oregon University.
In addition to Oregon, other states winning approval to connect their statewide
K12 networks to Internet2 include Michigan, Missouri, Virginia and Washington
State.
We'd like to take this opportunity to welcome OPEN to the Oregon Gigapop and
Internet2!
For more information, please see
http://www.open.k12.or.us/
http://www.internet2.edu/ucaid/abilene/html/faq-sponsored.html
http://www.ogig.net/
The goal of the Internet2 End-to-End Performance Initiative is to create a
stable environment for campus network users of Internet2. The Initiative's
design team is focusing its efforts on improving performance problem detection
and resolution throughout campus, regional, and national networking infrastructures.
To see the latest information on this Initiative, go to http://www.internet2.edu/e2e