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Final Report of theCampus Expectations
Task Force
William F. Decker
The University of Iowa
Chair, CETF
Online Access to the Report
http://www.internet2.edu/cetf/
Many Thanks to…
Rick Adrion Lois Brooks Jacqueline Brown Laurie Burns Steve Corbato Mark Ellisman Ray Ford Ron Hutchins
Stuart Kippelman Thomas Knab Jorg Liebeherr Marilyn McMillan Henry Neeman Kevin Thompson Susan Topol
Sponsors
Applications Strategy Council Network Planning and Policy Advisory
Council
Charge
“…principle purpose is to articulate a current set of expectations for what it means to be an Internet2 member campus, in light of the Internet2 community’s goal to promote and enable advanced applications.”
Why are we members of this community? What is it that we are trying to accomplish? Who is expecting what of whom?
Context
Expectations on the part of the research and education community Collaboration Access to unique resources Distributed problem solving approaches
Federal agency directions Grand challenge or “big science” problems Growing dependence on interdisciplinary
teams
Community, Organization, Member, Expectation, Commitment
A community forms around a set of common/shared interests
The community may form an organization to assist in working toward the shared interests
Members of the community will have expectations for the organization
Members of the community will have expectations for each other
Members make commitments to each other to work toward community goals
Recommended Commitments
To innovation in the methods, tools, and collaborative approaches required for the advancement of research and education,
To the shared infrastructure required to enable this innovation, and
To the community contributions required to sustain the innovation and the future and availability of the related infrastructure.
Commitment to Innovation
Catalyze and extend the uses of new methods, tools, and collaborative approaches in the advancement of research, education, and service
Stimulate the transformation of the knowledge created by these enterprises into useful outcomes
Engage the campus and with the community in advancing these interests
Commitment to Shared Infrastructure
At national, regional, and local levels, seek to provide: An effective physical plant Effective communication, cooperation, and
collaboration between and among infrastructure managers and users
Ongoing quality assessment and quality control as tested by high-stress applications
Commitment to Community
Time, talent, and money Resource access and best practices Integration of enabling middleware and
standards A “Golden Rule of Networking”
Elevator Speech
“If we are to advance our competitive position as a research university, we must find new and innovative ways to advance the opportunities, productivity, and output associated with our research and educational activities. To do this, we must exploit the technologies and methodologies that are represented by the national and international cyberinfrastructure and the collaborative environment that it supports. Moreover, we must be committed to further evolution of this very cyberinfrastructure. Internet2 is one of the organizations through which we are meeting these challenges.”
Evaluating Commitments
Requirements or guidelines? Inclusive, but with “stretch goals” A framework of high level guidelines with a
community-developed and community-supported process for self-assessment
Translating Commitments into Practice
Ongoing evolution of best practices Vetting and endorsement of results through
formal review Publication and presentation of instruments,
case studies, lessons learned, and best practices at annual member meetings
A formal track on “Meeting Member Commitments”
Recommended Next Steps
Further promulgation of the report--expanded audiences
Possible adoption of the commitments as a condition of membership
Periodic reaffirmation of commitment by all members
Full development of processes for translating commitments into practice
Reassessment and reaffirmation by the Internet2 organization of its own core purposes--alignment with the recommended commitments
Questions? Answers?