Fall 2001 Internet2 Member Meeting Status of the Internet2 Commons Panel: Larry Amiot, NU Bob Dixon, OSU Tyler Miller Johnson, UNC Mary Trauner, GATECH Egon Verharen, SURFnet

The Internet2 Commons A large-scale, Distributed Collaborative Environment for the Research and Education Community A vision: for enabling one-to-one, one-to-group, and group-to-group collaboration in support of personal communications, meetings, conferences, and teaching and learning for Internet2 members (primary and sponsored) and their international counterparts

The Internet2 Commons H.323 Internet2 Commons Vision Other Collaborative Technologies VRVS Videoconferencing Technologies AGMPEG2Others Data SharingInstant MessagingVoice/IP Electronic Notebooks Peer to PeerCollaboratories

The Internet2 Commons Current Activities Management Team formed Web site released Provision of MCUs by OSU, ITEC-Ohio, OARnet, CIC, and Radvision (ViaIP)--- OARnet second level NOC service A I2/ViDeNet partnership to develop advanced H.323 capabilities Outreach information being developed Coordination with International activities VRVS gateway services

The Internet2 Commons Levels of Participation Non-Internet2 Organizations Internet2 Member Organizations Internet2 Member Sponsored Organizations Requirements for Participation Member organization to fill out Web-based form If organization has gatekeeper, fill out ViDeNet form Follow relevant standards Provide any performance-critical network upgrades Designate a site coordinator

The Internet2 Commons Next Steps Register Internet2 Commons members –Identify Site Coordinators –Start scheduling Common’s sessions for members –Move members to new ViDeNet addressing scheme Provide Outreach –Training –Portal –Workshops Form Technical Advisory Committee –Identify R & D efforts (such as gateway development) to support other videoconferencing and collaborative technologies –Form Research Working Group(s) VidMid active

The Internet2 Commons Initial Commons Management Team Team Leader: Ted Hanss, Internet2 Operations: Bob Dixon, Ohio State University Research and Development: Tyler Johnson, University of North Carolina Outreach: Mary Trauner, Georgia Institute of Technology International Coordination: Egon Verharen, SURFnet DV-Videoconferencing Subcommittee Chair: Larry Amiot, Northwestern University