RINET Board Meeting Minutes
February 2, 2001
Attendees: Peter Adamy, Steve Carmody, Bill Fiske, Sharon Hussey, George Loftus, Arthur Mendonca, Katie Miller, Jim Monti, Mike Shaughnessy
Sharon attended a meeting regarding the reorganization of Verizon services. Apparently communication has been severely impacted by the recent changes and several process layers have been created to address this issue. Two specific problems that RINET has faced have been resolved. CSU/DSUs presently in place will continue to be serviced and the lines of demarcation will be extended to the necessary location within buildings. Billing inconsistencies and delays in installation were also discussed at this meeting. The billing issues will be discussed in another meeting. Communication regarding installation will be improved.
A discussion regarding the anticipated new installations was conducted. Bill will investigate the potential of implementing an internal cloud monitoring service.
Johannes Garcia from the SLD has contacted Barrington for 471 clarification regarding RINET services. The conversation was extended and particularly challenged the $500 building fee for Internet services. In response to the anticipated continuation of this type of questioning, RINET will develop and post an SLD FAQ. Additionally, RINET will review the wording on the list of services to attempt to clarify this particular service.
CLAN is interested in using their Verizon allocation, and also appears interested in having OSHEAN provide access to a to-be-developed WAN.
The top three candidates were interviewed yesterday by phone. Two will be interviewed in person next week. The search committee has a clear preference and will make a recommendation to Sharon as soon as the interviews are completed. The Board has authorized Sharon to proceed with negotiations. Sharon will also pursue clarifying the RINET policy on job postings.
On Wednesday morning finalists will present their proposals to a group consisting of the filtering committee, interested Board members and interested customers. The two finalists are Atrion and N2H2. Katie proposed creating a pricing structure where the initial cost would be equal to one year of subscription. Additionally, RINET would add a surcharge to the per-machine subscription cost to cover ongoing costs of managing/supporting the filtering system.
As the video project unfolds, a pricing structure will be needed to support ongoing costs. Bill will organize the pilot participants to examine issues of application and pricing.
Sharon will propose a topical agenda for our meetings covering the next few months.
George is meeting on Monday with a group from Cox to discuss issues of how they can best support K-12 education.
Our next meeting is scheduled for Friday, March 2nd at SORICO.