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[Steve Olshansky <>]

For discussion, and someone (Niels? Heather? Ken?) to reply to him...

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> From: "simon Fenton- jones" 
> <>
> Date: January 6, 2011 3:32:20 PM MST
> To: "'Steve Olshansky'" 
> <>
> Subject: RE: Aggregating Global Groups
> 
> Thanks Steveo,
> 
> Yes, I did this on purpose. 
> 
> I'm having this discussion about aggregating global groups with a few people
> in apan and terena (the NREN associations for Asia Pacific and Europe). I
> was hoping my email would be passed on to the people within
> Internet2/surfnet who are across the co-manage and COIN initiatives, as they
> are part the global group which I'm trying to encourage to share the same
> (in the first instance) email list (and add to = wiki, etc). 
> 
> The aim is to have the discussion about how we create a directory that can
> be hosted on each member's site, and which will point a shared (co-managed)
> space. 
> 
> So if you could pass this one to the relevant person, that would be good.
> I'm not about to try and attempt to sign up on lots of different sites. 
>       
> Regards,
> simonfj 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Olshansky 
> [mailto:]
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> Sent: Friday, 7 January 2011 5:37 AM
> To: simon Fenton- jones
> Subject: Re: Aggregating Global Groups
> 
> Hi Simon-
> We appreciate your interest in COmanage. You actually sent this to the list
> owners and not to the list itself, which is 
> <>.
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> Cheers-
>       Steve
> 
> 
> On Jan 5, 2011, at 6:59 PM, simon Fenton- jones wrote:
> 
>> Happy New year Guys,
>> 
>> My name is Simon Fenton- Jones. I'm a member of a few NREN communities
> like terena.
>> If your ears are burning it's because we're talking about you on the
> terena elists.
>> Thanks so much for the co-manage graphic. It's made it so much easier to
> explain to the less technical minds.
>> 
>> My primary interest, and the one which effects all of us, is the
> development of the "Directory for external groups".
>> All of us, in our global groups, are 'external'. The aim, this year we
> might hope, is to have our National institutions share this directory.
>> 
>> What combination of tools these global may prefer to use is up to them of
> course. That said, Moodle users are a feeling a bit left out of the
> domesticated application list at the moment.
>> 
>> So before you start moving things along, could we look at which
> elist/forum you are going to be using, sharing, and collaborating on,
> globally. And agree on where it might be hosted. And what directory might be
> used to point to it.
>> 
>> If we can get that far we might have a chance of bringing together and
> Aggregating Global Groups' content and unifying their communications.
>> 
>> All the best for a prosperous 2011.
>> Regards,
>> simonfj
> 
> --
> Steve Olshansky
> Internet2 Middleware & Security Flywheel
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