Dear GNA-G Community members,
It was great meeting up virtually in May, thanks to all of you who attended one or both VCs!
*New website and slides available*
The slides are available on the brand new GNA-G website, please visit:
https://www.gna-g.net/resources/presentations/
And please also take some time to discover the new website. Your feedback will help us further improve the site, and increase its usefulness.
*Last planned F2F meeting of 2020 canceled*
Recently, NORDUnet decided to postpone their NORDUnet Conference 2020 (originally scheduled for 15-17 September 2020), to September 2021. This implies that the last planned GNA-G F2F meeting of 2020 will also not take place, after APAN and the Internet2 Global Summit meetings were canceled. More information at:
http://www.nordu.net/article/nordunet-conference-2020-%E2%80%93-new-dates
*Save the Dates*
At the end of the May Community VCs, we asked your opinion on the frequency of upcoming meetings given that the ongoing pandemic would prevent any and all community events to be either canceled or postponed. The most popular outcome was to organize one set of virtual community meetings on a quarterly basis.
We have now scheduled the next two sets of GNA-G Community VCs as follows:
Q3 2020:
VC #1: 14 September 2020 2pm – 4pm UTC: North America, Latin America, Africa, EU (the old date of the GNA-G F2F in Reykjavík)
VC #2: 15 September 2020 7am – 9am UTC: Asia, Australia, NZ, Africa, EU
Q4 2020:
VC #1: 7 December 2020 3pm – 5pm UTC: North America, Latin America, Africa, EU
VC #2: 8 December 2020 8am – 10am UTC: Asia, Australia, NZ, Africa, EU
Please note that the agenda for slot #1 and #2 for each quarterly meeting will be exactly the same. We are planning two meeting slots close to each other in time to accommodate for global attendance.
On behalf of the GNA-G leadership team,
Gerben
Dear All:
Today, the GNA-G Community VCs are taking place. Please note, that you
are required to *register* for these, in case you want to participate.
The Zoom room ID that was sent in the very first announcement for
today's VCs (6531318790) is *not* the one we are using today.
After registration, you will receive a personal link for joining the VCs.
The registration information, sent on the GNA-G mailing list, is below:
<-- start of registration information --->
In case you want to participate in meeting slot #1, on 26 May 2020 from
7am to 9am UTC, please register in advance for this meeting through this
link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ald-2oqT8rE9LqbckhXNNHUD36umTZz…
In case you want to participate in meeting slot #2, on 26 May 2020 from
2pm to 4pm UTC, please register in advance for this meeting through this
link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5MofuCrrz0sG9G1hIFQ1WupdELDUoCZ4…
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting.
Thank you and, on behalf of the Leadership Team, we hope to see you in
one or both of the GNA-G Community VCs on the 26th.
<-- end of registration information --->
Kind regards,
__
Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
Dear All:
As a follow-up to Gerben's invitation, sent on 4 May at 9:39pm UTC, to
participate in one or both of the GNA-G Community VCs, I am reaching out
to you asking you to *register* for one or both of the VCs that you plan
to participate in.
We know this is a little more hassle for you now, but we trust that this
contributes to the stability and well-being of the meetings themselves,
preventing Zoom-bombing and other possible disruptions.
In case you want to participate in meeting slot #1, on 26 May 2020 from
7am to 9am UTC, please register in advance for this meeting through this
link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ald-2oqT8rE9LqbckhXNNHUD36umTZz…
In case you want to participate in meeting slot #2, on 26 May 2020 from
2pm to 4pm UTC, please register in advance for this meeting through this
link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5MofuCrrz0sG9G1hIFQ1WupdELDUoCZ4…
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting.
Thank you and, on behalf of the Leadership Team, we hope to see you in
one or both of the GNA-G Community VCs on the 26th.
Kind regards,
__
Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
Dear All:
The GNA-G Leadership Team received a number of questions on preparedness
of R&E Networks to deal with the increased usage of online services in
the area of Research and Education, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We created a survey to harvest information on what you are doing in your
own service area, with respect to the network and its operations. The
aim is to collect this information to discover trends and best current
practices, so we can learn from each other.
While universities and schools worldwide are closing their doors for
physical classes, many state that their core business of teaching and
learning will continue online. The R&E Networks of the world have a
crucial role to play, more than ever, in supporting the universities and
schools in ensuring continuity.
This survey is focusing on the network and its operations, although we
acknowledge of course that the breadth of services that an NREN provides
is usually much broader than the network. This is GNA-G, hence the focus
on the network.
Please take a moment to fill out the survey. The Leadership Team will
summarize and make input available to the GNA-G Community, as of next
week when we expect to have a first critical mass of useful answers.
The survey can be found at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GNA-G-COVID-19-Readiness
Thank you, and be safe.
Kind regards,
__
Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
Dear GNA-G community,
Since the COVID-19 outbreak we are experiencing many meeting cancellations – and although video conferencing isn’t the real deal, we would like to bring together our community during these difficult times.
Therefore, we have planned two identical GNA-G virtual meetings of 2 hours each. Because of presence of the GNA-G members all across the globe, we have decided to hold the same videoconference twice, providing meeting access to everyone.
*May 26*
- Meeting slot 1: 7am - 9am UTC for Asia, Oceania, Europe, and Africa (Morning UTC)
- Meeting slot 2: 2pm - 4pm UTC for Americas, Europe, and Africa (Afternoon UTC)
*Provisional agenda*
(for both meeting slots)
1. Opening and welcome 10’
2. COVID-19 15’
3. GNA-G Current state and Outlook 20’
4. Updates from the Working Groups 45’
- AutoGOLE/SENSE (10’) - Gerben
- GREN Mapping (10’) - Ryan
- Telemetry (10’) - Dale
- Virtualization (10’) - Jerry
5. New ideas and proposals for working groups 25’
6. Closure 5’
We are inviting you to join one or both meeting slots - you may join via this URL:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/j/6531318790
Looking forward to meeting you virtually on May 26th!
Stay safe,
The GNA-G Leadership Team
Buseung, Dale, David, Erik-Jan, Gerben, Harvey
Dear Members of the GNA-G Community:
Yesterday, Internet2 sent out the note that the upcoming Global Summit
2020, scheduled to take place in Indianapolis, IN, USA, was canceled.
See attached note, in case you had not seen it yet.
For the avoidance of doubt: This means that our second GNA-G Meeting of
this year, scheduled to take place on 2 April 2020, in Indianapolis, now
also is canceled.
Early next week, the GNA-G Leadership Team will meet and will discuss
how to move forward, after two of our events (APAN49 and I2GS2020) are
canceled. We expect to have more information for you next week.
Kind regards,
__
Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
Dear All:
I case you are planning to participate in APAN49, next month, please
note that the GNA-G have been allocated a slot on the meeting schedule
on Wednesday morning.
Please find attached the (draft) agenda for the upcoming GNA-G meeting
in Kathmandu. From the GNA-G Leadership Team, Buseung, Gerben, and I are
planning to participate.
Hope to see you there!
Kind regards,
__
Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
Dear members of the GNA-G Community:
If you were in New Orleans, last week, and participated or presented in
the GNA-G WG Meeting: Thank you!
The slides used in New Orleans by the various presenters have been added
to a Box folder, in pdf-format. This is the link to the folder:
https://nordunet.box.com/s/zmy1jp32mdgiukiyj9d8dv6aki6gmxkz
The agenda used, with links to each slide deck, as well as the list of
participants, is available here in this pdf-document:
https://nordunet.box.com/s/6fpkn318z9zsr7wbhww1ol5w4kiug5kw
Please note that the next GNA-G WG Meeting will take in the week of 2
March 2020, in Kathmandu, Nepal, co-located with APAN49. As soon as the
APAN49 organizers have allocated a time slot for the GNA-G WG Meeting,
this will be announced on this list.
The next full day GNA-G Meeting is scheduled to take place, co-located
with the Internet2 Global Summit in Indianapolis, IN, USA, in the week
of 30 March 2020. More information on this event will be announced early
in the new year.
Kind regards,
__
Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
Dear All:
Please find a slightly updated agenda for the GNA-G WG meeting @
TechEx19 in New Orleans, next week.
Looking forward to seeing many of you there.
Kind regards,
__
Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
For those attending SC19 in Denver, Colorado, we will hold the "Global Research Platform (GRP): Creating Worldwide Advanced Services and Infrastructure for Science” Birds of a Feather (BOF) meeting:
* Tuesday, November 19
* 5:15PM - 6:45PM
* Room: 710, Colorado Convention Center
* https://sc19.supercomputing.org/presentation/?id=bof147&sess=sess342 <https://sc19.supercomputing.org/presentation/?id=bof147&sess=sess342>
International scientific initiatives collaborate on building, accessing and analyzing data from one-of-a-kind advanced instruments in unique locations around the globe, connected to remote computational, data storage, and visualization systems at speeds of gigabits and terabits per second. The Global Research Platform (GRP) focuses on the design, implementation, and operation strategies for next-generation distributed services and network infrastructure, on a global scale, to facilitate data transfer and accessibility. GRP BoF presentations and discussions address global science drivers and their requirements and describe emerging Research Platforms worldwide that are developing and customizing data fabrics and distributed cyberinfrastructure to support data-intensive scientific workflows.
To see demonstrations relevant to GRP, visit us at the StarLight research booth on the exhibition floor from Tuesday-Thursday, Booth #993.
See you at SC19!
Joe Mambretti
International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR)
Northwestern University
j-mambretti(a)northwestern.edu <mailto:j-mambretti@northwestern.edu>
Maxine Brown
Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL)
University of Illinois at Chicago
maxine(a)uic.edu <mailto:maxine@uic.edu>
