In attendance at this meeting were John Barry, Gene Hastings, Wendy Huntoon, Mike McCafferty, Rick Wertheimer, and Becca Fulcer as observer.

The meeting began with Rick presenting the goals of this committee. Rick stated that the goals of this committee are to discuss and clearly articulate issues that need to be addressed as the Common Knowledge project progresses. In doing so this committee will strive to figure out what the nature of Internet activities will be from the school districtÕs point of view. These issues will be examined from both long-term and short-term points of view.

The membership of this committee was discussed next. Initially from the district, Rick invited John Barry, Rick Fellers, Myron Lentz and Mike McCafferty to be on the committee. Rick asked if anyone felt there were other people from the district who should be invited to be on the committee. Mike mentioned that someone from Facilities (Prescar) should also be part of the committee. It was decided that Rick would keep Prescar and Fellers informed about what went on in the committee by providing them the minutes/handouts from the meeting and if they wish to attend they may.

The main focus of this meeting was to discuss possible strategies for addressing the question of how non-CK:P sites can be provided with connectivity to the Internet and have adequate bandwidth for client applications. Both long-term and short-term viewpoints were discussed.

John mentioned that the committee needs to keep in mind that whatever decisions are made about the Internet should fit in with what the Jostens committees are doing.

Rick mentioned that the first year of Common Knowledge had taught them that bandwidth is an important issue. As a result, Common Knowledge is raising its baseline from 14 kilobytes to 56 kilobytes.

Gene described the Common Knowledge MAN architecture which presently exists. He explained that until now, Common Knowledge has used only dialup and leased lines. Woolslair and Schenley are using leased lines.

There was some discussion of the fact that technologies and costs are changing so rapidly that people need to understand that what is a good solution today, may not necessarily be a good solution tomorrow. There was also some discussion about the need to examine the ways in which teachers will actually use the network in order to determine what connectivity speed will be needed. Wendy stressed the need to be flexible in making these kinds of decisions.

As a proposed solution to the issue of non-CKP sites needing connectivity, Gene presented a suggested next step in network architecture. The suggestion was that a hub be installed at Bellefield which would provide the Board with the ability to connect sites that are not part of the project. It would be up to the PPS staff to decide which non-CKP schools get connectivity through the board hub.

This suggested architecture would include a Lease Line (LADS Line) that connects the PSC and Bellefield. The installation of a board hub would also involve the purchase of a netblazer, and high speed modem for the board. In addition, because more than 25 people at a time on Oberon cause it to slow to a halt, this raises the possibility of purchasing a server for Bellefield. This server would be more than just for files, it would also provide things such as mail service and bulletin board service.

If the LADS Line between Bellefield and PSC were to be installed, Wendy stressed that this solution would be only temporary and may change in a year or two. She also stressed that PPS has to make a lot of decisions in order to get a site set up at Bellefield and that Common KnowledgeÕs role is to provide PPS with information for making these decisions.

The proposed solution suggests that right now the central site at Bellefield be connected and that Bellefield began by first providing non-CK:P sites with connectivity. Eventually, connectivity for the first and second year sites will migrate over to the Board. There was general agreement that this solution seems logical.

In addition, the group discussed the need for a migration plan for the future, including the migration of equipment from the project to the school district. This will be discussed in detail at a future meeting.

Rick asked about what timeline connection of the Board should work on. Mike suggested that the Board be connected by September 1st. Wendy suggested August 1st because her staff would be busy in August connecting the year two sites.

Wendy suggested that the PPS generate a Òshopping listÓ for the equipment needed to set up the infrastructure at the Board. The Common Knowledge staff will be available to answer any questions the PPS staff have in making up this list.

The next meeting was set for June 13th from 2:00 - 4:00. Rick will contact people with a location. The topic of the next meeting will be the TCI/DEC agreement.

Action Items from the Meeting ______________________________

PPS Staff Generate list of equipment need to buy for the Bellefield site