Great Plains Network K20 Initiative Update GPN 2008 Annual Meeting Convening in Kansas City May 29, 2008 Randy Stout, Coordinator Research & Development Kan-ed Tel

Highlights Strings Kansas! – Initiated collaborative planning WSU/KS and ND – Summer 2007 Strings Kansas! – Initiated collaborative planning WSU/KS and ND – Summer 2007 Greater Kansas City Metro Demonstration in September, 2007 Greater Kansas City Metro Demonstration in September, 2007 River Bluff Cave, November River Bluff Cave, November Lessons from Greensburg, March 2008 Lessons from Greensburg, March 2008

Plans Cultural Day – China September 17 or Cultural Day – China September 17 or Veteran’s Day Observance November 10-14, 2008 Veteran’s Day Observance November 10-14, 2008 Brown v Board of Education – Spring 2009 Brown v Board of Education – Spring 2009 HPC – Spring/Summer 2009 HPC – Spring/Summer 2009 United Kingdom Ja.net Collaborate – TBD United Kingdom Ja.net Collaborate – TBD

Further Exploration Virtual Environments Virtual Environments Gaming Gaming MUSE MUSE

Working Groups & K20 Partnership Action Plans

Information gathering/sharing (10 minutes) (10 minutes) –What do we know about the efforts in this area thus far? –What assets and contributions are identified from parties to the partnership? –What opportunities are present and what potential exists? –What are the benefits to each party to the partnership? –What are the risks for each party and for the partnership as a whole?

Partnership Goals (10 minutes) (10 minutes) –what would we like to see happen in this area? –What would be the over arching objective (clearly stated) of formation of a partnership? –Who must be on board with the goals of a partnership? –What results are desired as outcomes of a partnership? –How should the goals of the partnership be ratified, endorsed, or otherwise decided upon? –Why have a partnership? (formulate a Goal Statement)

Partnership Issues/Tasks (5 minutes) (5 minutes) –What can the K20 Advisory Council do to help reach the goals? –Stakes, shares, and leverage points –Market segmentation

Obstacles and Barriers –What are the constraints (i.e. competition, TCO, loss of equity, lack of awareness, lack of understanding, regulatory uncertainty) for each party? –(are there pitfalls we need to avoid? If so, how can we avoid them?)

Partnership Expectations –(if successful, what will we have accomplished?)

Help Needed What can K20 Advisory group members and their respective networks and organizations do to help? What can K20 Advisory group members and their respective networks and organizations do to help?

Action Item(s) –What recommendations and/or requests can be forwarded to the larger Internet2 community to address the needs of this initiative?