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- Network Working Group NWG Steering Committee
- Request For Comments: 212 August 23, 1971
- NIC 7192
- Updates: 207
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- NWG Meeting On Network Usage
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- M.I.T.'s Project MAC has agreed to host the next Network Working
- Group Meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Due to several scheduling
- conflicts, the meeting dates indicated in RFC #207 have been moved
- ahead two weeks. Therefore, the meeting is scheduled to commence on
- Sunday, October 10 at 12 noon and is scheduled to adjourn on Thursday,
- October 14.
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- Prior to the time, the NWG has been almost entirely concerned
- with issues of communications and protocol implementation. However,
- we are now in a transitional phase; implementation efforts have been
- substantially completed and usage of the Network has emerged as a
- primary concern. Consequently, the theme of this Network Working
- Group Meeting is Network usage.
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- The meeting will provide an opportunity to 1) demonstrate current
- capabilities of host systems, 2) identify areas of application, 3)
- address issues concerning users and service centers, 4) provide
- updated information on status and recent developments.
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- There will be three sequential phases to the meeting as indicated
- in RFC #207. The first phase, the system programmers workshop, will
- commence on Sunday, October 10 at 12 noon and continue through Monday,
- October 11.
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- The second phase will begin on Tuesday, October 12 at 9:30 a.m.
- In addition to any workshops that may be organized the following
- activities are scheduled:
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- a) A Protocol review - this session will be jointly
- chaired by John Postel (UCLA) and Alex McKenzie (BBN)
- and is open to concerned and knowledgeable persons.
- The session is intended to review current standard
- protocols.
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- b) A course in NIC usage - this session will be a tutorial
- in the use of the NIC. The size of the group is
- limited by the number of available consoles. To
- register, contact Dick Watson at SRI, (415) 326-6200.
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- c) TIP Users - this session will be devoted to a
- presentation of the characteristics of a Terminal
- Interface MessAge Processor (TIP) and the use of a
- TIP for accessing remote services. There will also
- be a discussion period. The session will be conducted
- by BBN and is open to interested participants.
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- The third phase will begin on Wednesday, October 14. Wednesday's
- session will consist of reports on status and recent developments. In
- the morning the following developments will be reported -- the outcome
- of the system programmers workshop, results of the Protocol review,
- specifications for Network on-line co-operative interaction, NIC
- philosophy, status report on user level Protocol development. The
- afternoon will highlight the status of the ILLIAC IV development,
- TENEX development, Data Computer development and current activities in
- Network Climate Dynamics. The session will conclude with a discussion
- of Network Management.
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- On Thursday morning representatives of Network service centers
- and user groups will hold a round table discussion on access to
- service centers via the Network. This discussion will be open to the
- public and audience participation will be invited.
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- Cocktails and dinner are planned for Wednesday evening beginning
- at 5:30 p.m.
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- More information on the October NWG meeting along with a schedule
- listing workshop meeting times and rooms will be available at a later
- date.
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- All NWG meeting attendees should register for the meeting by
- calling Anne Speare at (617) 864-6900 x1458. A block of rooms has
- been reserved at the Hotel Sonesta in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Meeting attendees can obtain a reservation at the Hotel Sonesta from
- Anne Speare. The rooms will be allocated on a first come first served
- basis.
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- S. Crocker
- J. Heafner
- R. Kahn
- J. Melvin
- A. Vezza
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- [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
- [ into the online RFC archives by John Colton 6/97 ]
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