Dear All:
The GNA-G Leadership Team received a number of questions on preparedness
of R&E Networks to deal with the increased usage of online services in
the area of Research and Education, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We created a survey to harvest information on what you are doing in your
own service area, with respect to the network and its operations. The
aim is to collect this information to discover trends and best current
practices, so we can learn from each other.
While universities and schools worldwide are closing their doors for
physical classes, many state that their core business of teaching and
learning will continue online. The R&E Networks of the world have a
crucial role to play, more than ever, in supporting the universities and
schools in ensuring continuity.
This survey is focusing on the network and its operations, although we
acknowledge of course that the breadth of services that an NREN provides
is usually much broader than the network. This is GNA-G, hence the focus
on the network.
Please take a moment to fill out the survey. The Leadership Team will
summarize and make input available to the GNA-G Community, as of next
week when we expect to have a first critical mass of useful answers.
The survey can be found at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GNA-G-COVID-19-Readiness
Thank you, and be safe.
Kind regards,
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Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
Dear Members of the GNA-G Community:
Yesterday, Internet2 sent out the note that the upcoming Global Summit
2020, scheduled to take place in Indianapolis, IN, USA, was canceled.
See attached note, in case you had not seen it yet.
For the avoidance of doubt: This means that our second GNA-G Meeting of
this year, scheduled to take place on 2 April 2020, in Indianapolis, now
also is canceled.
Early next week, the GNA-G Leadership Team will meet and will discuss
how to move forward, after two of our events (APAN49 and I2GS2020) are
canceled. We expect to have more information for you next week.
Kind regards,
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Erik-Jan Bos
Policy & Strategy Officer
NORDUnet A/S - Kastrup, Denmark
Web: https://www.nordu.net/
