who can use MichNet

[Jeff.Ogden]

Back in November Mary Jac Reed at GVSU asked me a question that
I thought others might be interested in as well.  Attached is
the original message and my reply.
   -Jeff Ogden
    Merit/MichNet
 
 Date: Fri, 01 Nov 91 08:50:30 EST
 From: Mary Jac Reed <reedm@GVSU.EDU>
 To: jeff.ogden@merit.edu, reedm@GVSU.EDU
 Subject: MERIT membership fees/privileges
 
   Jeff - 
   At yesterday's meeting, I spoke to Sarah and she said I 
   should direct this request to you. 
 
   I have been asked to write a policy for GVSU regarding 
   Internet access/sign-ons.  I would like to have a current, 
   up-to-date understanding of what our Merit affiliate status 
   allows us to do and what it doesn't allow us to do, in the 
   way of offering Internet access to GVSU spouses, K-12 area 
   teachers, business contacts, and general community access. 
 
   . . .
 
   Thanks.  Enjoyed the meeting yesterday. 
   Mary Jac Reed 
 
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 Message: 10003843 (modified), Reply to: 10003026, 53 lines
 Posted: 10:17am EST, Sat Nov 2/91
 Subject: Returned mail: User unknown
 To: reedm@GVSU.EDU
 Cc: Sarah Gray, Sandra S. Waite
 From: Jeff Ogden
 
 . . .
 
 As an affiliate there really aren't many restrictions on what you
 can do.  You can provide service to people who are associated with
 GVSU (students, faculty and staff). Spouses would be OK too. You
 shouldn't provide direct network access to people who are not
 directly associated with GVSU unless they are obtaining computer
 services from GVSU. It is OK for someone not associated with GVSU
 to use MichNet to get access to a computer system at GVSU assuming
 that it is OK with GVSU.  This might be access that requires an
 ID and password or it might be such as access to a BBS or 
 library that doesn't. You shouldn't give access to people who
 aren't directly associated with GVSU to use the network to access
 resources at other non-GVSU non-MichNet sites.
 
 So K-12, business contacts and community access to resources at
 GVSU is fine.  K-12, business or community access to other
 resources at MichNet members and affiliates is OK too.  Access to
 sites outside of MichNet by K-12, business contacts and community
 access is not allowed unless those folks buy a Merit authorization
 account (one-time $40 setup fee, $10/month for K-12 and $35/month
 for everyone else) or become affiliates themselves.
 
 There is a gray area here (probably several).  If someone in the
 community not directly associated with GVSU accesses a computer
 system at GVSU and then from that system goes out into the
 Internet, is that allowed or not?  I've been telling people that
 as long as they login with an ID and password to a GVSU system
 then it is OK. Dial-in or other access from GVSU to non-MichNet
 sites that doesn't require an ID and password should not be allowed.
 
 The rules for members and affiliates are the same with the
 exception of participating members (CMU and SVSU are the only
 participating members now, all of the other member schools are
 either full members or associate members on their way to becoming
 full members). Participating members may not sell computing 
 services over the network to outsiders.
 
 Hope this is more or less clear.  If not, feel free to ask for
 more information.
 
 In the K-12 area Merit has offered to waive the affiliate fee
 for a few schools for a year or two (some period that makes
 sense given the K-12 school term) to let the schools and Merit
 try out these connections and both learn what use makes sense
 for K-12.  Merit also has $20,000 in this year's budget that
 can be used to help K-12 schools get started on network related
 projects. Contact Dana or me for more information about this.
 
   -Jeff
 
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