WORKING, AFFINITY & DISCUSSION GROUPS
COMMODITY INTERNET SERVICES INFORMATION
QUILT POLICY RESOURCES
VMWARE BY BROADCOM AND RELATED SERVICES CONVENIENCE PRICING PROGRAM
The Quilt Working Group Overview
Quilt members can participate in a number of working groups to discuss projects and specific topics within the community.
Looking for a way to engage with your Quilt community? Consider this an invitation to join! Reach out to the chair/co-chair(s) of the working group(s) you’re interested in joining for more information and to get started. Questions? Contact Jennifer Griffin
Working Group Descriptions
CIS Commodity Internet Services
Co-Chairs:
Barry Bryson (UETN)
Michael Lambert (3ROX)
Since 2002, this Quilt project team screens and qualifies CIS providers that meet the requirements of our Quilt members and their Authorized Quilt Buyers through a Quilt public RFP process. The group also collects and disseminates information to The Quilt community regarding shifts in the CIS marketplace and potential impact on R&E networks. Meets the second Thursday of the month from 12:00-1:00 pm ET (NOTE: The CIS RFP Cycle takes place during even years and changes the call schedule to the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 12:00-1:00 pm ET.)
Communications and Outreach
Co-Chairs:
Dawn Thurnau (MOREnet)
Barnaby Pung (Merit)
CEO RT Liaison:
Dave Marble (OSHEAN)
A working group for RENs to share experiences and best practices for content development and effective distribution channels for communications regarding the importance of R&E networking work to various stakeholders. Meets the last Monday of every month 3:00-4:00 pm ET.
Digital Inclusion Community of Practice
The main goal of this group is to identify and act on areas of common interest where we can make better progress on state initiatives by working together. Digital inclusion/equity covers a broad subset of topics and defining which components of digital inclusion we want to focus on will become important as we evolve our COP. A group discussion early will help us define areas that are appropriately aligned with our R&E missions and partnership capabilities so that we may have the broadest impact in this space.
Financial Focus Group
Co-Chairs:
Aneta Kosturova (WiscNet)
Elizabeth Mann (ARE-ON)
CEO-RT Liaison: Steve Corbató (Link Oregon)
The Financial Focus Group (FFG) began in 2007 continues to meet regularly since that time to share financial knowledge and promote best practices in financial management for the unique needs of the R&E networking community. Meets on an ad hoc basis.
Policy Group
Counsel: Jeff Mitchell (Mitchell Law)
The Policy Group is a space for RENs to share updates about what’s happening in policy on a national and regional level. Meets monthly the first Tuesday from 4:00-5:00 pm ET.
Prom Committee
The Quilt Prom Committee is primarily responsible for tracking emerging issues and trends in our R&E networking landscape and identifying the appropriate Quilt forum to bring these items to the broader Quilt membership when appropriate. This group serves as the program committee for our two member meetings each year. Meets every two weeks on Wednesdays at 12:00-1:00 pm ET.
Services Working Group
Co-Chairs: Caroline Weilhamer (I-Light) & Rob Gay (OSHEAN)
CEO RT Liaison: Marianne Chitwood (I-Light)
This is a working group that exists to benefit the Quilt Community through the advancement of Services – including the network and beyond. The group is committed to providing objective feedback, evaluation and guidance that will improve Service quality and adoption for each of the participating Regional Networks. Meets the second Tuesday of every month from 1:00-2:00 pm ET.
UtahSAINT Security Briefings
Chair: Troy Jessup (UEN)
A group formed to discuss security topics that include current activities with respect to DDoS mitigation, member education & training, security policy, resource requirements, best practices, security service portfolios, and leveraging regional resources. The group has begun a bi-weekly webinar on current security threats and methods for mitigation/prevention. To enhance these briefings, will continue working with the UtahSAINT to help provide alerts and threat intelligence briefings. Will also have other plans to bring in other experts from time to time to provide insight and prospective that will be valuable. Meets every two weeks on Wednesdays from 2:00-3:00 pm MT.
Wireless Discussion Group
The Wireless group’s aim is to grow our community’s collective knowledge and expertise in policy, technology, and R&E use cases in managing private LTE networks. One of the main outputs of this group will be to grow a catalog of successful set of use cases for wireless technologies within our R&E community. Meets the second Thursday of every month from 3:00-4:00 pm ET.
By Invitation Only
CEO Roundtable
Chair: Tracy Doaks (NCREN)
The CEO Roundtable provides a forum for the executive leaders of R&E networking organizations to discuss key issues as they manage crucial resources for fulfilling the nation’s research and education networking needs. Meets the second Wednesday of each quarter from 4:00-5:00 pm ET (except when there is an in-person quarterly meeting).
CEO Roundtable Security
Chair: Tracy Doaks (NCREN)
The CEO Roundtable Security Group is a response to a “sea change” for the R&E community, in which security practices in our organizations and in our member enterprises have become a dominant topic. The group explores 2 main areas: visibility to strategies and services employed today for RENs delivering in the cybersecurity space; and visibility to how our Quilt membership is securing their internal and delivery infrastructure with respect to technology, insurance, compliance, liability, and risk. Meets ad hoc.