Internet Info 1997 December/Internet_Info_CD-ROM_Walnut_Creek_December_1997.iso/ietf/uswg/uswg-minutes-90feb.txt

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CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_

Reported by Joyce K. Reynolds

MINUTES

Announcements_

Steve Crocker (TIS), IETF Security Area Director and Rich Pethia (CERT)
briefly presented to the USWG new plans for a Security WG, chaired by
Rich.  Steve and Rich discussed possible activities to be pursued
jointly by the USWG and the new Security WG. The USWG will work with
Steve and Rich in whatever endeavors they feel we could make
contributions.

The NISI WG has been reinstated per Craig Partridge, our Area Director.
The new Chair will be Dana Sitzler, MERIT.

RFC:_F.Y.I._Series_of_Notes_

The USWG progressed further on this topic from the last IETF meeting in
Hawaii.  There are five points that are now considered "well known" and
define the initial plan for the information series:

   o F.Y.I. is part of the RFC series of notes.
   o Expansion of the "Status of this Memo" section will further depict
     the inclusion of F.Y.I. in the RFC scheme.
   o Documents for F.Y.I. consideration will be submitted to USWG for
     review and approval via the RFC Editor.
   o RFC: F.Y.I. is a NEW process, starting in 1990.
   o Previously published "informational" RFCs will be gathered up in an
     F.Y.I. RFC that points to the old RFCs, "capturing" the history of
     informational RFCs prior to 1990.

Repository for F.Y.I. Memos will be in parallel with the current
repository for RFCs.  The F.Y.I. Memos will have their own separate
index.  This will be organized further with the RFC Editor.

The premier of the F.Y.I. Memos will be an RFC: F.Y.I. entitled, "F.Y.I.
on F.Y.I." in the same spirit of RFC 1111, "Request for Comments on
Request for Comments".

Discussion of F.Y.I. topics:

   o F.Y.I. RFC
   o NOCTools Catalog
   o User-Doc Bibliography
   o Q/A results (quarterly publication) (aka commonly asked questions
     and answers)
   o Other concepts/ideas from USWGers:
      -  How to Connect to the Internet (general procedures)

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      -  Connection Checklist (technical considerations)
      -  Network Information and Information Services Currently
         Available

ACM_Conference_Paper_Participation_

Deadline for paper submission:  5-March-90.  Contributors include:  NNSC
- Internet Resource Guide, ISI - Request for Comments Documents,
ISI/NNSC - Internet Monthly Report and CNRI - Video Teleconferencing.

A tentative working group has been proposed to our Area Director - DAWG:
Distribution and Announcement Working Group, to be chaired by Robert
Enger and assisted by Karen Bowers.  Its intent:

   o recommend procedures on how to get information out.
   o use existing methods and begin to address long term distribution
     methods.
   o Note:  this will be a follow-on effort of the Distribution and
     Announcement session facilitated by Martyne Hallgren at the
     Stanford IETF.

Current avenues to "get the word out" should include:

   o The Internet Numbers and Assigned Numbers Process and RFCs
   o "Hello" New User Text Servers
   o Vendor Packages to Be Distributed with Hardware/Software

The concept of designing "Intro Packages" for new Internet users was
discussed at great length.  The purpose of publishing "Intro Packages"
is to determine what information new users need immediately when they
begin their connection to or begin to use the Internet.

Research will be done and reported at the next IETF on:

   o what the information is going to be
   o what already exists
   o what needs to be written

Mary Stahl, Pat Smith, and Karen Roubicek volunteered to research and
report.

Q/A_List_

The Q/A mailing lists/box will be set up at Proteon and maintained by
Gary Malkin.

They will include:

quail:  This is a discussion mailing list.  Its primary use is for
pre-release (to the USWG) review of the Q/A FYIs.


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quail-request:  This is how you join the quail mailing list.  The USWG
members will not be added by default (except those which have already
volunteered to monitor mailing lists).

quail-box:  This is where the questions (and hopefully answers) will be
forwarded-and-stored.  It is not necessary to be on the quail mailing
list to forward to the quail-box.

Electronic mailing lists will be monitored for pertinent questions.
James Van Bokkelen, Berlin Moore, Gary Malkin, and Joyce Reynolds
voluteered to monitor particular lists.  Any USWGer who routinely reads
public mailing lists should keep an eye out for the types of questions
relevant to the Q/A list, and is encouraged to contribute their
findings.

We are specifically looking for commonly asked, or significant
questions.  Gary Malkin will send a message to the USWG mailing list
with further details, once the mailing lists are set up.

It is projected that approximate every three months, an F.Y.I. RFC will
be published with the Q/A results.

User-Doc_Bibliography_Update_

Karen Roubicek briefly presented the User-Doc's current work and the
status of their Bibliography.



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ATTENDEES

    Armstrong, Karen              [e-mail]
    Bennett, Derek                [e-mail]
    Bowers, Karen L.              [e-mail]
    Crocker, Steve                [e-mail]
    Enger, Robert M.              [e-mail]
    Fidler, Mike                  [e-mail]
    Finkelson, Dale               [e-mail]
    Hallgren, Martyne             [e-mail]
    Jacobsen, Ole                 [e-mail]
    Malkin, Gary                  [e-mail]
    Moore, Berlin                 [e-mail]
    Morris, Don                   [e-mail]
    Oattes, Lee                   [e-mail]
    Pace, Donald                  [e-mail]
    Perkins, Dave                 [e-mail]
    Pokorney, Dave                [e-mail]
    Robertson, Jim                [e-mail]
    Roubicek, Karen               [e-mail]
    Sheridan, Jim                 [e-mail]
    Shue, Chi                     [e-mail]
    Smith, Pat                    [e-mail]
    Stahl, Mary                   [e-mail]
    Stine, Bob                    [e-mail]
    Sturtevant, Allen             [e-mail]
    Van Bokkelen, James           [e-mail]
    Van Wyk, Ken                  [e-mail]
    Ward, Carol                   [e-mail]
    Wobus, John                   [e-mail]
    Woodburn, Robert              [e-mail]
    Yuan, Aileen                  [e-mail]
    Zimmerman, David Paul         [e-mail]



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