NEON in Process

The National Network Design Committee met October 17-21, 2005 in Washington, DC, to discuss ongoing NEON planning. On October 18, the NNDC briefed the NEON Advisory Board, and received input from the Board on a range of design issues.

Two NEON milestones are about to be passed:

• NEON, Inc. will soon be incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. NEON, Inc. is designed as a participatory entity with institutional membership. In addition to refining bylaws and articles, the NNDC agreed that the NEON Senior Management Team will serve as the initial Board of Directors, and that Board rotation will begin one year after the start of NEON construction. Full NEON, Inc. details will be posted at www.neoninc.org after incorporation.

• Drafts of two key NEON planning documents--the Integrated Science and Education Plan (ISEP) and the Network and Informatics Baseline Design (NIBD)--have been circulated to the NEON Board and submitted to NSF. Versions of both documents will be available in the coming months.

Posted by djohnson on Wednesday October 26, at 10AM.