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:
*
Marco Teixeira (RedCLARA, Brazil) for a 48-month term
*
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:
*
Erik-Jan Bos (NORDUnet, Denmark, living in the Netherlands) for a 24-month term
*
Buseung Cho, KISTI, Korea) for a 48-month term
*
Harvey Newman (Caltech, USA) for a 24-month term
*
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
SURF
Dear All:
This is a kind reminder that next week, the Q4 2021 GNA-G Community VCs
are scheduled to take place. You can still register, using one or both
of the links below:
Meeting coordinates & registration link:
VC #1: Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 4pm – 6pm UTC
Most suitable for participants from North America, Latin America,
Africa, and Europe. Registration link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Yvf-yvqj0qGNGl2DjrL26CsdRMxX9po…
VC #2: Thursday, 16 December 2021, 7am – 9am UTC
Most suitable for participants from Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Africa, and Europe. Registration link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EsdO2gqDMuHNQxuEga3jFBvrTBU2x6v…
The draft agenda is on the website, on the meeting page:
https://www.gna-g.net/attend-a-meeting/gna-g-community-vcs-q4-2021/
Looking forward to seeing you all during one or both VCs.
Kind regards, on behalf of the GNA-G Leadership Team,
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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,
The GNA-G Nominations Committee (NomCom) is pleased to announce 8 nominees for the GNA-G Leadership Team (LT). Now is the time for the GNA-G community to give feedback and guidance to the NomCom.
The nominees
On October 12th, the NomCom opened the call for Nominations. We are very happy with the response to that call. We are pleased to announce the nominated individuals:
* Tim Chown (JISC, UK)
* Ivana Golub (PSNC, Poland / Croatia)
* Julio Ibarra (Florida International University, USA)
* Francis Bu-Sung Lee (SingAREN, Singapore)
* Ed Moynihan (Indiana University, USA)
* Magreth Mushi (North Carolina State University, USA)
* Omo Oaiya (WACREN, Ghana / Nigeria)
* Marco Teixeira (RedClara, Brazil)
*
The current Leadership Team consists of four co-chairs: Erik-Jan Bos (NORDUnet, Denmark / the Netherlands), Buseung Cho (KISTI, Korea), Harvey Newman (Caltech, USA), and David Wilde (AARnet, Australia) and has two vacancies. The vacancies will be filled with 2 people from the candidates above, selected by the NomCom.
The attached document presents each of the nominees, including their motivation, their nominators and seconders.
Request for feedback
To assist the NomCom in selecting the candidates with the best fit for the LT, the NomCom seeks community advice. If you prefer one of the nominees, have a view on the best composition of the LT, or have other advice for the NomCom, please let us know.
Feedback can be sent to: nominations(a)lists.gna-g.net<mailto:nominations@lists.gna-g.net> or the NomCom members individually. All feedback will be treated confidentially and will only be used by the NomCom for deciding about filling in the open LT positions.
Nomination Timeline
12 October 2021 - Call for Nominations opens
31 October 2021 - Nominations close
9 November 2021 - Announcement of candidates by the NomCom, community feedback opens
5 December 2021 - Community Feedback closes
15 December 2021 - NomCom announces new LT members during GNA-G VC.
NomCom members
Celeste Anderson (Pacific Wave) – USA
Lars Fischer (NORDUnet) – European Nordics
Alexander van den Hil (SURF) – The Netherlands
Bruno Hoeft (KIT) – Germany
Michael Stanton (RNP) – Brazil
Shukri Wiener (TENET) – South Africa
Should you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to reach out to (one of) the NomCom members.
Kind regards,
Alexander van den Hil
SURF
Dear GNA-G Community member,
I would like to remind you that the Call for nominations for the GNA-G leadership team is open until the end of this week (23:00 GMT 31 October 2021).
Don't hesitate to reach out to the Nominations Committee (https://www.gna-g.net/join-working-group/nomcom/ or nomcom(a)lists.gna-g.net) if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Alexander van den Hil
NomCom – Global Network Advancement Group<https://www.gna-g.net/join-working-group/nomcom/>
adjust Lars Fischer "Research is collaborative, global, and increasingly data driven. National and regional e-Infrastructures must collaborate to offer a seamless, global infrastructure, serving the needs of research end-to-end.
www.gna-g.net
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From: Alexander van den Hil
Sent: 12 October 2021 12:42
To: all(a)lists.gna-g.net <all(a)lists.gna-g.net>
Cc: GNA-G NomCom <nomcom(a)lists.gna-g.net>
Subject: GNA-G Leadership Team Call for Nominations
Dear GNA-G Community member,
The GNA-G Nominations Committee (NomCom) is accepting nominations for the GNA-G Leadership Team (LT) through 23:00 GMT 31 October 2021. The LT has two vacancies.
Introduction
The current Leadership Team consists of four co-chairs: Erik-Jan Bos (NORDUnet), Buseung Cho (KISTI), Harvey Newman (Caltech), and David Wilde (AARnet) with two vacancies. The vacancies are for a 24-month (2-year) term and 48-month (4-year) term respectively.
Anyone working in the R&E networking community is eligible to serve in the LT. The NomCom will be looking for candidates with technical competence, organizational skills, or relevant experience. The NomCom will emphasize diversity in the composition of the LT, in particular age, gender, and continent. Experience in the field of R&E networking and/or running Global eXchange Points (GXPs) is welcome.
What does it mean to be an LT member?
The LT looks after the long-term evolution of the networking layer of the Global R&E Network (GREN) and provides oversight to the GNA-G Working Groups. The LT also manages the GNA-G website and consults with the Executive Liaison from time to time. For more information see https://www.gna-g.net/about-us/.
On a regular basis, the LT meets by VC, to discuss progress, issues, and community meetings. Due to the global nature of the GREN, the work in GNA-G means a VC out of office hours, due to time zones. Also, the full GNA-G Community meets every now and then to discuss developments and next steps at global events as much as possible. Hence this involves occasional intercontinental travel. There is no reimbursement for serving on the LT, as this is deemed a community service supported by your home organization.
How to get nominated?
Any member of the GNA-G Community may nominate any member of the GNA-G Community for the open positions; self-nomination is permitted. A nomination is only complete when supported by at least one other member from the community, from a different organization, participating in the GNA-G, than the nominee. In addition, the nominee must accept the nomination.
A nomination can have two forms:
1. You can nominate someone + get a second from a member of the community + have the nominee accept the nomination; or
2. Nominate yourself + get a second from a member of the community.
You must indicate why you want to join the GNA-G LT and whether you prefer a 24-month or 48-month term. Nominations should be sent to: nominations(a)lists.gna-g.net<mailto:nominations@lists.gna-g.net>. Accepted nominations will be made public to the GNA-G community.
Nomination Timeline
12 October 2021 - Call for Nominations opens
31 October 2021 - Nominations close
9 November 2021 - Announcement of candidates by the NomCom, community feedback opens
5 December 2021 - Community Feedback closes
15 December 2021 - NomCom announces new LT members during GNA-G VC.
NomCom members
Celeste Anderson (Pacific Wave) – USA
Lars Fischer (NORDUnet) – European Nordics
Alexander van den Hil (SURF) – The Netherlands
Bruno Hoeft (KIT) – Germany
Michael Stanton (RNP) – Brazil
Shukri Wiener (TENET) – South Africa
Should you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to reach out to (one of) the NomCom members.
Kind regards,
Alexander van den Hil
Hi all,
We’ve started preparing for the next Community VCs… these will be our seventh!
The last few VCs have been great – in particular the “Innovation Corner”. As we wrap up the year and look ahead to 2022, we’re aiming to include some more interactive sessions in these next VCs: perhaps a panel, or a facilitated workshop-style discussion, or perhaps we’ll even get Warrick Mitchell back with another Menti survey :-)
As always however, we’re keen to include what you want. Do you have an idea you think we should be discussing, or a topic you’d like to hear about? Or do you have something you’d like to present or share with the community? If so, please email us: leadershipteam(a)lists.gna-g.net<mailto:leadershipteam@lists.gna-g.net>. Or alternatively reply-all to all(a)lists.gna-g.net<mailto:all@lists.gna-g.net> and let the community hear your idea directly...
No idea is too small or too ambitious!
We’ll gradually start adding information onto the webpage, as the agenda takes form:
https://www.gna-g.net/attend-a-meeting/gna-g-community-vcs-q4-2021/
And in the meantime, you can register for the VCs (these details are on the website also):
VC #1: Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 4pm – 6pm UTC
Most suitable for participants from North America, Latin America,
Africa, and Europe. Registration link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Yvf-yvqj0qGNGl2DjrL26CsdRMxX9po…
VC #2: Thursday, 16 December 2021, 7am – 9am UTC
Most suitable for participants from Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Africa, and Europe. Registration link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EsdO2gqDMuHNQxuEga3jFBvrTBU2x6v…
Looking forward to seeing you there!
David
(on behalf also of Erik-Jan, Harvey and Buseung)
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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 member,
The GNA-G Nominations Committee (NomCom) is accepting nominations for the GNA-G Leadership Team (LT) through 23:00 GMT 31 October 2021. The LT has two vacancies.
Introduction
The current Leadership Team consists of four co-chairs: Erik-Jan Bos (NORDUnet), Buseung Cho (KISTI), Harvey Newman (Caltech), and David Wilde (AARnet) with two vacancies. The vacancies are for a 24-month (2-year) term and 48-month (4-year) term respectively.
Anyone working in the R&E networking community is eligible to serve in the LT. The NomCom will be looking for candidates with technical competence, organizational skills, or relevant experience. The NomCom will emphasize diversity in the composition of the LT, in particular age, gender, and continent. Experience in the field of R&E networking and/or running Global eXchange Points (GXPs) is welcome.
What does it mean to be an LT member?
The LT looks after the long-term evolution of the networking layer of the Global R&E Network (GREN) and provides oversight to the GNA-G Working Groups. The LT also manages the GNA-G website and consults with the Executive Liaison from time to time. For more information see https://www.gna-g.net/about-us/.
On a regular basis, the LT meets by VC, to discuss progress, issues, and community meetings. Due to the global nature of the GREN, the work in GNA-G means a VC out of office hours, due to time zones. Also, the full GNA-G Community meets every now and then to discuss developments and next steps at global events as much as possible. Hence this involves occasional intercontinental travel. There is no reimbursement for serving on the LT, as this is deemed a community service supported by your home organization.
How to get nominated?
Any member of the GNA-G Community may nominate any member of the GNA-G Community for the open positions; self-nomination is permitted. A nomination is only complete when supported by at least one other member from the community, from a different organization, participating in the GNA-G, than the nominee. In addition, the nominee must accept the nomination.
A nomination can have two forms:
1. You can nominate someone + get a second from a member of the community + have the nominee accept the nomination; or
2. Nominate yourself + get a second from a member of the community.
You must indicate why you want to join the GNA-G LT and whether you prefer a 24-month or 48-month term. Nominations should be sent to: nominations(a)lists.gna-g.net<mailto:nominations@lists.gna-g.net>. Accepted nominations will be made public to the GNA-G community.
Nomination Timeline
12 October 2021 - Call for Nominations opens
31 October 2021 - Nominations close
9 November 2021 - Announcement of candidates by the NomCom, community feedback opens
5 December 2021 - Community Feedback closes
15 December 2021 - NomCom announces new LT members during GNA-G VC.
NomCom members
Celeste Anderson (Pacific Wave) – USA
Lars Fischer (NORDUnet) – European Nordics
Alexander van den Hil (SURF) – The Netherlands
Bruno Hoeft (KIT) – Germany
Michael Stanton (RNP) – Brazil
Shukri Wiener (TENET) – South Africa
Should you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to reach out to (one of) the NomCom members.
Kind regards,
Alexander van den Hil
Hi All:
The slides and video recordings of the Q3 2021 GNA-G Community VCs are
all online at (scroll to the end of the page, and click on [slides] or
[video]):
https://www.gna-g.net/attend-a-meeting/community-vcs-q3-2021/
Also, if you have not done so yet, please mark your calendar for the Q4
2021 Community VCs. They are scheduled as follows:
VC #1: Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 4pm – 6pm UTC
(Most suitable for participants from North America, Latin America,
Africa, and Europe)
VC #2: Thursday, 16 December 2021, 7am – 9am UTC
(Most suitable for participants from Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Africa, and Europe)
An agenda and registration links will be distributed closer to the dates
of the Q4 2021 VCs.
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, scheduled to
take place on 14 & 15 September 2021, was uploaded to the meeting page:
https://www.gna-g.net/attend-a-meeting/community-vcs-q3-2021/
This is also a gentle reminder to you that the registration for the Q3
2021 GNA-G Community VCs is still open. The dates and times are as follows:
VC #1: Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 1pm – 3pm UTC
Most suitable for participants from North America, Latin America,
Africa, and Europe. Registration link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5MpcOmtqjMqHtwZa279x0bz7y4gPeDMP…
VC #2: Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 6am – 8am UTC
Most suitable for participants from Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Africa, and Europe. Registration link:
https://nordunet.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5ApcOGvrT4vE90aI2p9sVPJ6QbIsRWJ_…
Please note that participation in the GNA-G Community VCs is free, but
registration is required (you get sent your personal Zoom link after
completing the registration process).
Looking forward to catching up with you next week.
Kind regards, on behalf of the GNA-G Leadership Team,
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Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
