Internet2 Applications Strategy Council Monthly Meeting
May 25, 2005
1:00 - 2:00 PM Eastern

Participants: Jacqueline Brown, Cliff Lynch, Egon Verharen, David Lassner,   Alan Whitney, Jim Bottum, Homer Neal,  Internet2 staff- Cheryl Munn-Fremon, Laurie Burns, Jill Arnold ,Ann Doyle, Charles Yun, Russ Hobby, Mike McGill, Steve Corbato, Terri Saarinen-scribe

Review of Agenda

Comments on prior meeting notes

Updates from Internet2 (Cheryl/Laurie)- During Laurie's leave of absence this summer, Jill will function as interim executive director of MPR.

Updates from ASC Members

David attended the Pacific NW Gigapop advisory and board meeting, and said that the LARIAT group is planning to have a CNI - CIO like summit to discuss how campuses can do a better job at supporting researchers.  Cliff said they will need to stay coordinated, as CNI will do something similar.  Jacqueline will be coordinating that meeting with colleagues from Wyoming.  Don Spicer is running another effort - study of the changing nature of research computing infrastructure to be completed in the fall.

Update/Discussion of Ongoing ASC Agenda for Action

Campus Expectations Task Force - A second meeting was held at SMM05.    Group is still trying to get arms around an action plan for what they will try to accomplish.  Task force is charged by both ASC and NPPAC to determine what it means to be a member campus and what it means especially for applications.   CETF is chaired by Bill Decker, and have been given one year (March 2006) to accomplish work. Preliminary report maybe ready at fall member meeting. 

Increased Engagement with Research Community - Bill Decker is taking the lead on this as well.  There was a SRO/CIO summit held Feb 2005 within the CA system - similar to what David said LARIAT group is planning.  Bill is looking to organize something similar within the CIC. 

Real Time Communication - The first RTC Working Group meeting was held at SMM05 and that Tyler Johnson UNC is chair.  The meeting went well.  All had clear goal in mind what should be worked on.  While not moving as quickly as hoped, they may have something by the fall member meeting.

Lecture Object BoF – The breakfast-time BoF had moderate attendance, but those there were intensely interested.  Some really wanted to talk about tools for creating, reading and editing LO. It also surfaced from the survey data, that a great deal of what is being done seems to be more involved with courses than with symposia or one-off kinds of lectures.  This means that addressing the Intellectual Property issues will be important.

Some initial analysis was done on the survey and will be shared with the ASC. There are members who really do want to talk more about this topic.  After the ASC members have reviewed the survey results, the ASC will discuss this further at the July meeting.  Another BOF will be scheduled for the Fall Member Meeting.

As an example of advances in technology for recording lectures, a pilot project at the University of Michigan was cited. They plan to outfit a lecture room so professor only has to push a single button to record the lecture.  They'd have professor wear an LED so camera would automatically track movements.  It's not a value if video only shows a small dot moving back and forth.  Instructors face has to occupy 30% of the screen and UM thinks they know how to do that.

Teaching & Learning BoF - 50+attended session at SMM05 and notes are posted on the web. Attendees included both regular members and representatives from SEGP and sponsored participants.  50+ is too large to be an effective WG.  Jennifer McDougal and Marty Siegel are leading this effort and are planning for the next meeting for this group. 

IDEA Awards -  a small steering committee met at SMM05.  Ted Hanss was named chair of this effort.  The K-20 area has also been working on an award program and it will be folded into this effort.

Internet2 Opportunity Database

We will use the Internet2 Showcase as a basis for this.  Improved search capabilities will be added as will the ability to tag the various showcase applications as to the discipline represented.

Other Items:

Discussion of our last meeting and follow-up actions

The role of the Program Managers was discussed.  A proposal for discussion will be ready by the June meeting.

NLR/Internet2 Group A and Group B reports were referenced.  If ASC members have comments on the Group A report they need to feed those into Group B.  This will be discussed further at the June meeting. 

Next call June 22, at 1:00 pm.

Next/Future Meetings

June 22, 2005
1:00 pm Eastern

July 27, 2005
1:00 pm Eastern

August 24, 2005
1:00 pm Eastern

September tbd Face to Face ASC meeting at Fall Member Meeting, Philadelphia PA

September 28, 2005
1:00 pm Eastern

October 26, 2005
1:00 pm Eastern

December 7, 2005
1:00 pm Eastern