asp@UUNET.UU.NET (Andrew Partan) (09/20/90)
The United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment is undertaking a study of the National Research and Education Network. The completion of the study will be in the spring of next year. Gordon Cook, the study Director, would like to use the network to collect ideas from the people in network land who will be affected by the NREN. He would be especially interested in feedback on NREN governance and the apportionment of funds between the various stakeholders, on access (should there be an institutional affiliation required), cost apportionment for users, and issues of commercialization privatization. These of course are not ALL the issues and are not meant to circumscribe input. He will credit the idaes of anyone cited from the net discussion unless they specifically ask to remain anonymous in their posting. Please reply directly to Gordon Cook (cook%tmn@uunet.uu.net), not to me. [The address will probably be cook@ota.gov w/in the next 2 weeks.] --asp@uunet.uu.net (Andrew Partan)