CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_ Reported by Jennifer Sellers/NASA NREN Minutes of the Internet School Networking Working Group (ISN) Thanks to Avri Doria who provided the notes for these minutes. The meeting began with introductions of those present and an annoucement that the new ISN co-Chairs are Art St. George and Jennifer Sellers. Art was unable attend this meeting. Jennifer began with some of her own opinions concerning the direction of the group, which included the idea that the group had not completely found its identity yet. She pointed out that while some work had been done on the charter since the last IETF, it was up to the group today to complete the bulk of that work (with refinements only to take place on the list after the meeting) in order for the group to continue. In the discussion that followed, it was brought out that ISN: o needs to define what the Internet (and perhaps an internet) is to the K-12 community at large, o needs to help spread the word that there is a defined domain naming structure that should be used by K-12 institutions when attaching to the Internet, and o could provide a communications media to tell members of the educational community about the opportunities/features that exist on the Internet and how to get access to them. The group then moved to consideration of the body of the charter. One of the salient features of this discussion was the idea of being a liaison should be prevalent, and the idea of advising should not. IETF working groups can only make recommendations. Another major point discussed was the nature of User Services working groups in general and ISN in particular. It was noted that among other things, the IETF is a second level provider of support. In other words, although many documents may be directed toward and/or reach end-users, our focus within the IETF is to help those providing services to the primary and secondary school community. The charter was widened to reflect the fact that the IETF is an international organization. Following the work on the body of the charter, April Marine gave a report on some information gathering she had done on the creation of a directory of educational people involved in networking. This led into a discussion of the milestones, one of which is to define the information to be included in such a directory, and to recommend a process for collecting and updating the data. There are a handful of service providers who may be interested in offering the service, and the milestone includes coordinating with one of them to see that the directory becomes a reality. A number of other milestones were created, and each one had at least one volunteer prepared to carry it through. For more specific information on the wording of the charter and the contents of the milestones, please refer to the ISN charter. Attendees Sepideh Boroumand sepi@aol.com Arthurine Breckenridge arbreck@sandia.gov Hallie Carlson hallie@nsipo.arc.nasa.gov Henry Clark henryc@oar.net Alan Clegg abc@concert.net Ann Cooper cooper@isi.edu James Davin davin@thumper.bellcore.com Avri Doria avri@locus.com Sallie Fellows sallie@ed.unh.edu Martyne Hallgren martyne@mitchell.cit.cornell.edu Alf Hansen Alf.Hansen@uninett.no Eugene Hastings hastings@psc.edu John Krawczyk jkrawczy@wellfleet.com Dave Livingston squirrel@vnet.net Dan Magorian magorian@ni.umd.edu Bill Manning bmanning@rice.edu April Marine april@atlas.arc.nasa.gov Marsha Perrott perrott@prep.net Joyce K. Reynolds jkrey@isi.edu Richard Schmalgemeier rgs@merit.edu Jennifer Sellers sellers@quest.arc.nasa.gov Patricia Smith psmith@merit.edu John Vollbrecht jrv@merit.edu William Warner warner@ohio.gov Gerry White gerry@lancity.com