CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_


Reported by Gary Malkin/FTP Software and Bob Enger/Contel

NOCtools2 Minutes

Agenda


  o Suggested format changes
  o Suggested augmentations (indexes, charts, etc)
  o Updating entries
  o On-going maintainance
  o Locating worker bees (appointing volunteers)


Discussions



Format changes              everybody seemed happy with the current
                           format so it was decided to leave it as it
                           is.
Augmentations               if there is always a postscript version, we
                           should have a nice cross-reference chart
                           for keywords and tools.  This was discussed
                           in NOCtools originally.
Updating existing entries      it was decided that the contacts for the
                           entries in the current catalog will be
                           contacted for updates.  In the future, all
                           entries will have a "last updated"
                           timestamp.  Entries which are not updated
                           by the contacts within some (to be
                           determined) time, will be deleted.
                           Updates must be submitted as whole
                           replacements for entries.  Requests to
                           modify an entry will be refused (too much
                           overhead).
Adding new entries          we will send mail to ietf, tcp-ip, pc-ip
                           and snmp mailing lists announcing the
                           re-opening of the catalog.  Other
                           announcement possibilities are ConneXions
                           and trade magazines (which didn't work too
                           well last time).  Additionally, it was
                           decided to poll the user community (rather
                           than just vendors) to ask what tools they

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                           use often (NB: care must be taken to avoid
                           words like "recommended").
On-going maintainance       this is a topic which plagues the User
                           Services Working Group since many documents
                           are ``living documents''.  Various
                           suggestions, such as on-line databases,
                           were discussed; however, no consensus was
                           reached.



Other Items


  o The Charter needs to be tweeked to be NOCtool2.
  o Contact John Wobus about big-lan mailing list.
  o Contact Don Morris about grad student tools.
  o Cliff Newman suggested Prospero for remote access.
  o Is ODA useful?
  o Check in with Network Distributed Database Working Group.
  o Jim Sheridan suggests dial-up modem to upload new entries.


Action Items



Bob Enger          divide current catalog among himself, Gary Malkin
                  and Darren Kinley to get tool updates
Gary Malkin        compose user community poll and send to NOCtools
                  list for refinement



Attendees

Steve Bostock            [email protected]
Richard Bowles           [email protected]
Fred Engel               [email protected]
Robert Enger             [email protected]
Bill Fardy               [email protected]
Douglas Gale             [email protected]
Shawn Gallagher          [email protected]
Keith Hacke              [email protected]
Mike Janson              [email protected]
Kenneth Key              [email protected]
Darren Kinley            [email protected]
Cheryl Krupczak          [email protected]

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Gary Malkin              [email protected]
Joyce Reynolds           [email protected]
Ron Roberts              [email protected]
Kary Robertson           [email protected]
Karen Roubicek           [email protected]
Jonathan Saperia         [email protected]
Jim Sheridan             [email protected]
Patricia Smith           [email protected]
Michael Stanton          "[email protected]"
Shujiuan Wang            [email protected]
Daniel Weidman           [email protected]
Wing Fai Wong            [email protected]



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