Re: ISN future direction?

Lim Fung <limfung@pacific.net.sg> Mon, 06 July 1998 13:11 UTC

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From: Lim Fung <limfung@pacific.net.sg>
To: Jodi-Ann Ito <jodi@hawaii.edu>
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Subject: Re: ISN future direction?
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On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, Jodi-Ann Ito wrote:

> Let me quickly summarize the different thoughts that people had
> as to what ISN's future direction/projects could be:
> - update the RFCs (K-12 Internetworking Guidelines, FAQ for Schools,
>   and Ways to Define User Expectation) (any or all...)

That's a definite must.

> - complete the Common Pitfalls doc
> - look for ways to keep information current and available to schools

how about keeping a web site for the WG, I'm not sure if one is around. 

> - exploring ISOC/IETF relations and possibilities
> - revisit our role in advocacy and try to identify current needs of
>   primary and secondary schools
> - develop recommendations regarding "student safety on the net" (proxy
>   servers, filters and filtering, security issues, etc.)

How about something on maximizing system resources, or some pointers to
performance tuning to run an effecient network as well? I'm not sure if
that'll be out of the scope but I just thought it might be useful.

rgds,

-Lim Fung

> Apologies if I have missed any others (or mis-paraphrased) - please feel
> free to send me a note/correction to jog my memory.... and if anyone has
> any other things to add, please send it to the list. 
> 
> Since we do need to update our charter, which things should we focus on?
> I'm assuming that most feel that ISN is still useful and we should 
> continue onward? :-)  If not, please say so too....  Thanks.
> -jodi
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