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[James Werle <>]

A number of you have responded with additional questions regarding our effort to “fill out the bench” with additional state specific representation from community anchors across the country.

 

Below is a bit more information about what I had in mind. 

 

In addition to having a main r&e network representative in the state, I would like to work together in each state to identify sector specific leaders from K12, libraries, higher ed, etc. who can become active and full members of our national US UCAN community as well.   I’ve created a quick diagram below to hopefully better illustrate one way it might work in a given state.  I’m envisioning a central r&e network representative who coordinates the UCAN effort in the state.  By “coordinate” I mean they help identify sector specific leaders and invite them to join the national UCAN community as a K12, library, higher ed, museums, etc. representative in their state.  Each of these sector leaders will be invited and encouraged to participate in quarterly calls, attend our retreat or the I2 Global Summit (perhaps there are opportunities for scholarships we can explore to offset the considerable expense of coming to this gathering), lead and participate in various UCAN working groups and projects with other sector leaders from across the country, subscribe to the appropriate communications channels so they get notifications of any projects or programs that might benefit their sector in the state so they can share them with colleagues (or if desired, dissemination could be done centrally by the r&E rep, whatever works in each state), and bring forth examples of state/region specific advanced network enabled or enhanced projects to share with the national community. 

 

 

If we can get this going at scale across the majority of UCAN states we’ll have created a more viable and active collaboration community focused on our shared mission of promoting innovative use of advanced network enabled and enhanced applications and content, network services, trust and identity services all put into the service of teaching and learning across the formal and informal .edu spectrum at the local, state, regional, and national level.

 

Would something like this work in your state? Any concerns?

 

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with questions or comments!  Finally, feel free to use the following spreadsheet to add the names of sector representatives you’d like to nominate from your state.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zBxwR_CpmgP0e4TmWQ7Z5jPYyznS2LokYTdPIrYYhVE/edit?usp=sharing

 

Best,

James

 

 

 

From: <> on behalf of James Werle <>
Date: Monday, March 12, 2018 at 10:14 AM
To: "" <>
Subject: updating our directory of UCAN network representatives and community partners

 

All,

 

In an effort to revitalize and broaden collaboration across our US UCAN program, I’d like to ask each of us to please take a moment to review the following spreadsheet listing state/regional r&e network representatives from each state and update as needed.  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zBxwR_CpmgP0e4TmWQ7Z5jPYyznS2LokYTdPIrYYhVE/edit?usp=sharing

 

Additionally, in order to deepen our engagement with practitioners across the various community anchor sectors, I would like to ask each state/regional r&e network representative to help identify innovative leaders from the K-12, public library, higher education, and museum/cultural/performing arts sectors in your state. 

 

Below are a few thoughts on the roles and responsibilities for network representatives and community partners to help identity the most qualified and best positioned individuals in your organization and communities.

 

• Provide input, ideas, and feedback to help shape, guide, and inspire the UCAN effort in its goals to identify, stimulate, engage, and leverage innovators and innovations in advanced applications, network services, trust and identity, and content across the formal and informal .edu spectrum.
• Identify and engage innovators within their state -- among the K12, higher education, library and museum communities -- in Internet2 UCAN projects; bringing forward projects for multi-state participation; encouraging participation in existing Internet2 working groups where appropriate; and serve as an information conduit between local/regional/state efforts and the national UCAN program.
• Our group will, typically, meet twice a year, in conjunction with the Internet2 Global Summit and our own US UCAN working retreat. Between these meetings we will establish quarterly telephone or video conference and working group calls.

 

With a diverse range of active and engaged representatives in each state, moving in the same direction toward mutually beneficial goals, we will be in a great position to super charge our work together!  Let me know if you have any questions and thanks for your help with this important exercise.

 

Best,

James

 

James Werle

Executive Director, US UCAN

Internet2

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