Last modification: 2006-06-04

The Second Silk Board meeting

Hotel Merit Antique, Laleli, Istanbul, February 21/22, 2003

The minutes of the meeting are documented in: SB2-minutes (English) and SB2-minutes (Russian)

Photos of Silk Board 2: SB2 photos

List of Sessions for SILK Board and Exco:

Friday, February 21

11.00 - 13.00: SILK Board Executive Committee (Members Only)

13.30- 15.45 : Silk Board Meetings Session 1 Current Status and Plans

1. Welcome to SILK Board Members, and papers for copying

2. Acceptance of, or changes to, the Agenda [Kirstein, SB2-2]

3. Introduction of Members

4. Acceptance of the membership of the Board [Kirstein, SB2-4]

5. Minutes of the previous meeting of the SILK Board in Zagreb [Kirstein, SB2-5]

6. Actions Arising from SB1 [Kirstein, SB2-6]

7. Status Report on current installations

• Actual installations [Frese, SB2-7-1]
• Report on current operations (SB members)
• Presentation of bandwidth and load statistics [Berezhnev, SB2-7-2]
• Example of RTT improvement due to Silk [Janz, SB2-7-3]

8. Proposed Schedule of Future Installations

• SEC proposals and status of sites
• SB members views

9. Proposed bandwidth plans without additional outside funds [Frese, SB2-9]

15.45: Break

16.00 - 18.30: Session 2 External Interactions

10. The World Bank

• Here several guests will be in attendance: Devrin Weiss (World Bank - Washington, David Mikosz (World Bank - Almaty), Aslan Sarinzhipov, (World Bank - Almaty), and Terry Mackey (Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton/CA)

11. NATO International Military Staff - here Jean d'Andurain and Gokay Sursal will brief the Board and demonstrate their Advanced Distributed Learning project

12. The Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation [Ilya Mafter]

13. The European Commission, Framework 6 and INTAS [Kirstein, SB2-13]

14. The Organisations providing the Satellite Network

• EurasiaSat [Christophe Lanovsky, EurasiaSat]
• The Kalitel Earth Stations [Hugh Miracle, Kalitel]

20.00: Dinner

Saturday, February 22

9.00 - 11.00: Session 3 Current and Future Operations

15. Status Report on SILK Installations

• Current status [Berezhnev, SB2-15-1]
• Planned schedule for future Installations [Frese, SB2-15-2]

16. Status Report from NREN partners

• Current installation " Status of Earth Station approvals
• Acceptable Use Policies - [Janz, SB2-16]

17. Monitoring and statistics

• Network Operations Centre [Berezhnev, SB2-17-1]
• Current statistics [Berezhnev, SB2-17-2]
• Future needs

18. Fault Reporting and Technical Support

• Fault reporting experience and needs " Technical Support - Earth station equipment
• Technical Support - Cisco equipment [Butler]
• Back-up arrangements [Frese, SB2-18]

19. SILK Bandwidth

• Possible new applications and outside requirements
• Costs of upgrades from outside funds [Frese, SB2-19]
• Current estimates of support for national upgrades

11.00: Break

11.15 - 13.00: Session 4 Documentation, Training and Communications

20. Progress on the SPONGE Project

• Current Status [Kirstein, SB2-20-1]
• The SILK Web store [Janz, SB2-20-2]
• The SILK Bulletin [Janz, SB2-20-3]
• Requirements for Help Documentation [SB2-20-4]
• Progress in Voice/IP [Kirstein]

21. Training and Dissemination

• Cisco Academy [Butler]
• Workshops and other training [Wenzel]
• Publications and Talks

13.00 - 14.30: Lunch

14.30 - 15.45: Session 5 Working Groups and Wrap-up

22. Working Groups

• Technical working groups [Frese]
• User working groups [Wenzel]

23. Extending the SILK Network [Kirstein]

24. Future Meetings

25. The activities of the SILK Board [Wenzel]

• Terms of Reference [Wenzel, SB2-25]

26. Any Other Business

27. Wrap-up Summary

15.45: Close of Silk Board Meeting

16.00 - 17.30: SILK Board Executive Committee (Members Only)