sue@UXG.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Sue Greenberg) (08/29/88)
... Looking for volunteers to help get the proteon users group started. We need three or four people to serve as temporary committee members. The tasks are 1) serve on a nominating committee to come up with a slate of officers and 2) begin thinking about by-laws. This can be fun; it will not be time-consuming! Who will help? cheers!
RAF@NIHCU.BITNET ("Roger Fajman") (08/30/88)
Are there any plans for a Proteon Users BOF at INTEROP 88? Time and travel money for a separate users group meeting would be questionable for me, but I plan to be at INTEROP 88 anyway. If a BOF isn't long enough, perhaps a User's Group meeting could be help the Sunday before or the Saturday after. This sort of scheduling has worked out pretty well for the BITNET Technical Meetings, which are held just prior to SHARE and DECUS.
kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England)) (08/30/88)
In article <8808291902.AA16068@devvax.TN.CORNELL.EDU> >RAF@NIHCU.BITNET ("Roger Fajman") writes: >Are there any plans for a Proteon Users BOF at INTEROP 88? I haven't heard of one, but it sounds like a great idea. Who do we talk to about arranging a BOF? Dan Lynch? I think a lot of p4200 and Pronet-10/80 users will be there. >perhaps a User's Group meeting could be help the Sunday before >or the Saturday after. This sort of scheduling has worked out pretty >well for the BITNET Technical Meetings, which are held just prior to >SHARE and DECUS. I would expect the main problem with this is getting Proteon to send people to InterOp this late. Maybe someone at Proteon could run this idea up the pole internally and see if a contingent from Proteon could go/is going. Of course, we don't need marketing, et al to talk among ourselves, but that is one feature of a User Group that we could expect to see. Your idea of timing the User Group annual meeting with an event like InterOp is also good. Any other suggestions for conferences to tag with? I think InterOp is probably better than SIGCOMM and way better than a trade show like LocalNet. I'm not into DECUS. How about comments from others? Are there any commercial organizations out there interested in this User Group, or are we all academics? As I understand it, a significant amount of Proteon sales are into the IBM-PC LAN market, but I know next to nothing about this area of LANs. Kent England, Boston U
dlw@VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU (David Wasley) (08/31/88)
I "third" the suggestion for a BOF at InterOP. I understand there will be significant representation from Proteon there. Sue, Should you make the request of ACE? David
kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England)) (09/01/88)
I took the liberty of calling ACE myself and the person who answered the phone said she would accept my request. I expect if anyone else called about the same BOF they would know. It's the "Proteon Users BOF" [unusual, yes?] and my understanding is that ACE will provide us meeting space (tentatively located in the janitor closet under the stairs behind the kitchen next to the dumpster :-) and will try to get it in the program guide and will post notice on boards and other signs. I think that is all there is to it. Looks like there will be at least three users :-) and I know several Proteon reps will be there, including the friendly, knowledgeable, witty and perceptive p4200 product manager who will spill the beans on all the marvelous new boards and products Proteon will be coming out with soon to blow away cisco. (just kidding Mick!) Kent England, BU Disclaimer: Mick Scully is not responsible for my actions.
sue@UXG.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Sue Greenberg) (09/01/88)
david... will you request a bof, please?
suesue@UXG.CSO.UIUC.EDU (Sue Greenberg) (10/19/88)
Here's the most recent copy of the Proteon Users Group agenda:
__________________________________________________________
USERS GROUP AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, OCT 26:
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Registration/Reception
"The Flying Cloud" Suite
THURSDAY, OCT. 27:
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Registration/Continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Introduction: Patrick Courtin
Sue Greenberg
8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Keynote: "Update on Network
Management for Internetworks": Jeff
Case
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Update on FDDI: Howard Salwen
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. User Case History: Univ. of IL:
Ed Krol
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch: Discussion on Formal Proteon
Users Group
Formation of Special Interest
Groups (SIGs)
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. User Panel: ProNET-80 Backbones:
- Chrysler: Bob Adams
- Contel (McDonnel Douglas):
Ed Martin
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Proteon Q&A Panel
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Internetworking Protocols:
The Emerging OSPFIGP
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Internetworking: Proteon's Systems
Approach
THURSDAY CONT.
5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Hands-on demo
6:30 p.m. Cocktails
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Dinner: "Proteon Today and
Tomorrow": Patrick Courtin
FRIDAY, OCT. 28:
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Keynote: "Measuring
Performance":Dr. David Clark, MIT
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Update on Fiber Optics
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. ProNET-10: A Solution that Keeps
on Growing!
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. SIGs Break-out
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch: Formal Users Group Business;
Next Step Discussion
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Conclusion/Evaluation