5-Oct-83 12:30:29-PDT,6302;000000000001 Return-Path: Received: FROM udel-relay BY USC-ISIF.ARPA WITH TCP ; 5 Oct 83 06:06:01 PDT Date: 5 Oct 83 8:14:19-EDT (Wed) From: Rick Adrion Return-Path: Subject: CSNET Transition Plan Bulletin #1 To: csnet-liaisons%Nsf-Cs@UDel-Relay Cc: csnet-mc%Nsf-Cs@UDel-Relay, css%Nsf-Cs@UDel-Relay Via: NSF-CS; 5 Oct 83 8:43-EDT ############################################################################### # # # CSNET TRANSITION PLAN # # BULLETIN NO. 1 # # October 5, 1983 # # # ############################################################################### Dear CSNET Liaisons and Users, CSNET will reach an important milestone in 1984. After a successful three-year development effort, the network will become a fully operational utility, offering telephone and high-speed public data network access for CSNET members and an online database of user information. Since 1981, membership in CSNET has grown from a handful of institutions to nearly 100, representing many of the major academic and corporate research centers in the United States. From its inception, CSNET was intended to become a self-financing and self-managing organization based on member support. To this end, the National Science Foundation has awarded a new contract to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Boulder, Colorado to assume the management of CSNET. UCAR was chosen in part because of its long experience with and commitment to member-run organizations: it is a non-profit corporation which for 25 years has managed a major scientific facility, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, on behalf of a consortium of more than 50 universities. One of UCAR's first tasks will be to establish an Executive Committee, made up of representatives of the CSNET user community, to oversee the operation of the network and plan future directions. Plans also call for UCAR to hire an Executive Director for CSNET (we will be soliciting your suggestions about this) and to organize the network to be self-supporting within three years. Dr. Leonard Romney, Executive Officer of UCAR, will assume the director's responsibilities until that position is filled. If you have any questions about UCAR's new role, you may contact him by sending netmail to romney@csnet-sh or by calling his office, (303) 497-1662. As part of the management transition, network operations will be centralized at Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. (BBN), currently the host of the CIC. This means that all of the network computing facilities -- the two relays and the Service Host -- will be moving to BBN in the coming months. The shifts have been planned to minimize disruptions in your service; a complete schedule is below. We do know that some inconvenience to you will be unavoidable. We'll do all we can to prepare you for these changes and to assist you if you have problems. And to keep you posted about upcoming events, we will be sending you a series of Bulletins like this one. In addition, liaisons at sites where technical revisions will be necessary will receive detailed, specific information about those changes. If you have any questions during the transition, please contact the CIC by sending a message to cic@csnet-sh or by calling (617) 497-2777. ================================= SCHEDULE OF TRANSITION ACTIVITIES ================================= MACHINE NOMENCLATURE Machine Current name csnet1 UDel-relay csnet2 Rand-relay csnet3 Csnet-sh csnet4 Csnet-cic TRANSITION TASKS 1) Move UDel dialout sites to Rand relay. 2) Configure csnet4 as a relay; move UDel dialin sites to csnet4. 3) Complete Name Server Phase 2 software and testing. 4) Move csnet3 to BBN, re-install and move users. 5) Complete MMDF2 software and testing. 6) Move csnet1 to BBN and re-install with MMDF2. 7) Move PhoneNet sites from Rand to csnet1. 8) Move csnet2 to BBN. 9) Install MMDF2 on csnet2; move PhoneNet sites from csnet4 to csnet2; complete all MMDF2 and Name Server testing and documentation. SCHEDULE ============================================================================= Task 09/26 10/10 10/24 11/07 11/21 12/05 12/19 01/02 01/16 1) S....F 2) S........F 3) F 4) S.......F 5) F 6) S.......F 7) S..........F 8) S.....> 9) (in 1984) ============================================================================= CSNET is the product of thousands of hours of work by the project sponsor (NSF), the project contractors (Delaware, Wisconsin, Purdue, Rand, and BBN), and volunteer professionals representing many different organizations who have contributed their advice and guidance. Many of you are among the latter. We look forward to working with you to keep CSNET a vital and viable organization. Sincerely, CSNET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Lawrence Landweber, Chair University of Wisconsin W. Richards Adrion David Farber National Science Foundation University of Delaware Peter Denning Anthony Hearn NASA Ames Research Center The Rand Corporation Richard Edmiston Leonard Romney Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research