STAR TAP Policy Advisory Committee Meeting 21 Juillet 1998

1. STAR TAP Policy Advisory CommitteeMeeting 21 Juillet 1998

2. STAR TAP Policy Advisory CommitteeMembers Tomonori Aoyama, UTokyo/AMInet Natasha Bulashova, Russia/MirNET Greg Cole, UTennessee/MirNET Tom DeFanti, UIC/STAR TAP (Ex Officio) Danny Dolev, Israel (Avi Cohen to represent) Shigeki Goto, APAN Larry Landweber, I2 Michael McRobbie, IndianaU/TransPAC Christian Michau, CNRS/Renater Larry Smarr, NCSA (Chair) Bill St. Arnaud, CANARIE Peter Villemoes, NORDUnet Tan Tin Wee, SINGAREN/Singapore

3. STAR TAP Policy Advisory CommitteeInvited Guests/Observers Bob Aiken, Cisco Maxine Brown, UIC/STAR TAP Joe Gipson, UTennessee/MirNET Steve Goldstein, NSF Ted Hanss, I2 Andy Schmidt, Ameritech AADS Doug Van Houweling, I2 Al Weis, Advanced Network & Services

4. STAR TAP Policy Advisory Committee15-Minute Presentations 1. Ameritech AADS Services — Andy Schmidt 2. HPIIS Update: Who’s Connecting? — Steve Goldstein 3. STAR TAP Application Review — Tom DeFanti and Maxine Brown 4. APAN/TransPAC User Community Projects — Shigeki Goto 5. Introduction to Japanese MPT gigabit testbed plan — Tomonori Aoyama 6. CAVE-CABIN (N*VECTOR) research — Tomonori Aoyama 7. CANARIE WDM strategy — Bill St. Arnaud

5. STAR TAP Policy Advisory Committee Discussion Topics 1. Committee mission and name. Is there a more descriptive title than STAR TAP Policy Advisory Committee? What functions/tasks should the committee be charged with? 2. We will be creating a STAR TAP Technical Advisory Committee, so are there any functions/tasks you think this group should be charged with? 3. When/where should the committee meet during the year? How frequently? (When should we meet next? SC’98?) 4. SC’98 “International Grid” research booth: Call for applications. 5. Discussion of moving toward a STAR TAP WDM optical exchange point. 6. Other….