[comp.org.usenix] UUNET

peter@usenix.UUCP (11/20/87)

At the October meeting of the Board of Directors 
of the USENIX Association, there was a good deal 
of discussion concerning the UUNET experiment.

The general opinion was that the experiment 
had worked extremely well and that the USENIX
Association was happy to have sponsored UUNET
initially and would continue to act as a
guarantor for the service.

A subcommittee of the Board was appointed 
to set up firm procedures to establish UUNET
as an independent entity in the future.

The Association's lawyers were requested to
ascertain the status of UUNET as a carrier and 
to report to the Board as to the procedures for 
getting UUNET classified as a common carrier.

Despite a few technical problems in the past few weeks
(caused in part by a major power outage in Virginia 
and a concommitant failure on the part of Tymnet),
UUNET is florishing.

Peter H. Salus
Executive Director