Hi Everyone,
As many of you know the Network Automation WG has been working on creating a survey to ask about your level of network automation and tooling, which we are please announce is ready for you to fill in.
So, we would like to invite everyone to please go and fill the network automation survey https://forms.gle/q9g3rbdqm6jbPF9d8
We would appreciate it if people could fill it in before the end of June if possible, so that we can collate and review the results and hopefully present them at the GNA-G meeting after TNC.
If you have any concerns or issues, please let myself of Migiel know.
Kind regards,
Warrick Mitchell & Migiel de Vos
Chairs of the Network Automation WG
Hi all,
For those of you who are going to be at TNC22 in Trieste, on behalf of the Leadership Team I’m looking forward to seeing you at our GNA-G meeting!
This meeting will be different in structure to the Community VCs that we’ve been running over the last few years. It will be more of an open discussion of the strategy and aims of GNA-G, and how best to ensure that we’re succeeding in achieving these.
A quick survey:
So that we get the most value out of our time together, we’d like to hear from the GNA-G community.
Please take ten minutes to fill in this simple survey: https://forms.gle/B67Cu9SL8TCaZGsE7
(We’re keen to receive everyone’s input, whether you’re able to attend the meeting or not!)
Reminder of the meeting details
It’s taking place on Monday 13 June, 9am-1pm CEST.
Details are on the TNC website: https://tnc22.geant.org/programme/
And also on the GNA-G events page: https://www.gna-g.net/attend-a-meeting/gna-g-community-meeting-at-tnc22/
Remember – you’ll need to register for the Monday side-meeting day and pay EUR30 (charged by the organisers to cover catering, venue cost, etc). Please follow the instructions on the TNC22 website.
Zoom details
For those who can’t attend in person, we will have Zoom capabilities in the room to run the meeting as a hybrid.
Here is the link to register for the zoom meeting:
https://aarnet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwodeqqrjIqEtQwpIvkkRKWE8aByqmATswX
We’re in the process of adding this link to the pages above.
Safe travels, and see you soon!!
David
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David Wilde -- CTO | AARNet
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Hi all,
Just to keep you informed, we’re having some issues with the GNA-G website https://www.gna-g.net/ which might result it in being unreachable for some of you.
Apologies - the team’s working on it, and I’ll provide an update once we have a resolution.
Regards,
David
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David Wilde -- CTO | AARNet
T. +61 (0)3 9211 8447 | M. +61 (0)410 166 011 | E. david.wilde(a)aarnet.edu.au<mailto:david.wilde@aarnet.edu.au>
Hi all,
Our friend, colleague and collaborator Erik-Jan Bos has recently made the decision to resign from NORDUnet, to seek new adventures. His departure is set for 1 June.
Erik-Jan has been a driving force in the world of R&E networking for over thirty years. He has played a key role in guiding and driving the success of GNA-G and its predecessors, GLIF and GNA. His departure will leave a huge gap in our sector in general, and in GNA-G in particular. It’s also of course an exciting time for Erik-Jan, and we wish him the greatest success in whatever his next adventure brings.
With this, he’ll be stepping down from the GNA-G Leadership Team.
Erik-Jan is also currently the Chair of the LT. My LT colleagues Harvey, Ivana, Buseung and Marco have done me the honour of asking me to take on this role, which I have accepted. Erik-Jan is a hard act to follow however!
(We’re hoping that he’ll return to the sector elsewhere in a new role, which would allow him to rejoin us. On the chance that this happens, we will hold off before mobilising the NomCom to solicit you all for a new member of the LT.)
Please join the LT and I in a heartfelt vote of thanks to Erik-Jan, and wish him all the best in whatever the future brings him.
Regards,
David
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David Wilde -- CTO | AARNet
T. +61 (0)3 9211 8447 | M. +61 (0)410 166 011 | E. david.wilde(a)aarnet.edu.au<mailto:david.wilde@aarnet.edu.au>
Dear All:
The meeting materials from the Q1 2022 GNA-G Community VCs, that took
place end of last month, are all available now. Both the video
registrations and the slides can be found at:
https://www.gna-g.net/attend-a-meeting/gna-g-community-vcs-q1-2022/
Also, as announced at these VCs, the next GNA-G Community meeting is
planned to be an in-person meeting (finally again!). It will be
co-located with TNC22 in Trieste, Italy, in the morning of Monday, 13
June 2022. Our plan is to enable remote participation. High-level
details at:
https://www.gna-g.net/attend-a-meeting/gna-g-community-meeting-at-tnc22/
We hope you will be able to make it to Trieste in person, and we look
forward to speaking with you face-to-face, in an interactive meeting.
On behalf of the Leadership Team, kind regards,
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Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
Dear All:
The detailed agenda for the upcoming GNA-G Community VCs is now online
and can be found here:
https://www.gna-g.net/attend-a-meeting/gna-g-community-vcs-q1-2022/
This is a friendly reminder to register for the upcoming GNA-G Community
VCs, that are scheduled to take place at the end of this month, as follows:
VC #1: Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 6am – 8am UTC
Most suitable for participants from Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Africa, and Europe.
Registration Link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Apd-GhrDwiEtxkZeDpLPGgssihIVl4_…
VC #2: Thursday, 31 March 2022, 8pm – 10pm UTC
Most suitable for participants from North America, Latin America,
Africa, and Europe.
Registration Link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5UqduqqrTMtHt1p0pCun50huceiDYJyE…
On behalf of the Leadership Team, we are looking forward to your
participation in the upcoming GNA-G VCs! See you there.
Thank you and kind regards,
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Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
Hello,
Please find the attached call for participation for Network Research Exhibitions for the SC22 conference in Dallas this November. More information about SC22 can be found here:
https://sc22.supercomputing.org/https://sc22.supercomputing.org/scinet/network-research-exhibition/
Any questions can be directed to nre-leads(a)scinet.supercomputing.org<mailto:nre-leads@scinet.supercomputing.org>
Thanks,
Scott Kohlert and Kate Robinson
SC22 SCinet NRE Chairs
Hi all, and on behalf of the GNA-G Leadership Team, a (belated!) happy new year.
I hope that 2022 is going to be a great year for you, wherever you are.
I’m hoping that this is the year we manage to come back together in person, but in the meantime we have booked in dates for the next pair of quarterly Community VCs:
VC #1: Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 6am – 8am UTC
Most suitable for participants from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Europe.
Registration Link: https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Apd-GhrDwiEtxkZeDpLPGgssihIVl4_…
VC #2: Thursday, 31 March 2022, 8pm – 10pm UTC
Most suitable for participants from North America, Latin America, Africa, and Europe.
Registration Link: https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5UqduqqrTMtHt1p0pCun50huceiDYJyE…
Keep an eye on the webpage for more details:
https://www.gna-g.net/attend-a-meeting/gna-g-community-vcs-q1-2022/
We’re in the process of filling out the agenda, and are lining up some sessions which I think will be really interesting. As always, if there are topics you would like to either hear about or do a presentation on, please email the Leadership Team: leadershipteam(a)lists.gna-g.net<mailto:leadershipteam@lists.gna-g.net> (or reach out to any of us individually – you can see our faces at https://www.gna-g.net/about-us/)
Regards,
David
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David Wilde -- CTO | AARNet
T. +61 (0)3 9211 8447 | M. +61 (0)410 166 011 | E. david.wilde(a)aarnet.edu.au<mailto:david.wilde@aarnet.edu.au>
Dear GNA-G Community:
Earlier this week, the Q4 2021 Community VCs took place. If you were
there, thank you for participating!
One of the topics that was discussed is the draft for the new map for
the front page of the GNA-G website (https://www.gna-g.net/). Since the
time the existing map was created, the GREN has moved forward.
A big thanks to Jane Gifford of AARNet who is the creator of the
original map. She is now working with the Leadership Team on creating an
update.
The draft new map as was shown during the Q4 2021 Community VCs. During
the VCs, we already received the following comments (thanks!):
* The interconnection between the North American GXPs needs to be reviewed.
* A new link between Mtunzini and Amsterdam, that balances the link
between Cape Town and London, should be added.
* In AER, Jeddah should be a dot on the map, as there is a GXP in
Jeddah, and the links between Jeddah and Amsterdam and between Jeddah
and Singapore should be double.
* In APOnet, there are a few links that might need to be double.
* Also in APOnet, the links to Auckland need a double check.
Please review the map and reply to me with your suggestions. I will
collect them, review them with the Leadership Team and Jane, and from
that we will produce the new version.
Thank you and happy holiday season.
Kind regards,
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Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
Dear GNA-G Community member,
Last week, at the Q4 2021 Community VCs, the GNA-G Nominations Committee (NomCom) presented the results of the GNA-G Leadership Team (LT) selection process. After evaluating the list of candidates and the feedback received, and considering the full composition of the LT the NomCom announced in these VCs the two new LT members:
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Marco Teixeira (RedCLARA, Brazil) for a 48-month term
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Ivana Golub (PSNC Poland, living in Croatia) for a 24-month term
The leadership of the GNA-G is now back at full strength with the members continuing to serve the LT:
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Erik-Jan Bos (NORDUnet, Denmark, living in the Netherlands) for a 24-month term
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Buseung Cho, KISTI, Korea) for a 48-month term
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Harvey Newman (Caltech, USA) for a 24-month term
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David Wilde (AARnet, Australia) for a 48-month term
We want to thank the nominees, all highly qualified and strong members of the GNA-G community, for stepping up as a candidate for the LT. Your enthusiasm is important, and it makes the GNA-G exciting. We also want to thank the people that gave their feedback. Only with your input we were able to run this process successfully.
Finally, we want to congratulate Marco and Ivana with their position in the LT. Together with David, Buseung, Harvey and Erik-Jan we wish you good luck in this essential role.
On behalf of the NomCom, happy festive season and best wishes,
Alexander van den Hil
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