MJUS Agenda--August 12, 1997

[Mike Mosher]

The next MJUS meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 12 at the MSU
Union in E. Lansing.  Merit hopes that you have this date on your
calendar and plan to attend.  We have some exciting guest presenters for
this day.  Pre-registration is preferred (see below.)

Guest speakers in the morning sessions include:
  + Virginia Rezmierski, noted policy expert from U-M, on developing and
    implementing ethical use and computer security policies.
  + Howard Simon, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties
    Union (ACLU), on First Amendment issues, the Internet, and the
    recent landmark ruling by the Supreme Court.

An extended lunch period with break-out sessions will allow us to
further explore these topics and others, including a session on the
Universal Service Fund led by Jeff Ogden.

Afternoon sessions will include reports on site activities, break-out
sessions, and Merit/MichNet network and dial-in news.

The meeting agenda, maps, parking information, and an online
registration form are available at:

   http://www.merit.edu/michnet/mjus/next.meeting.html

Please register by Thursday, August 7 by submitting the online
registration form. You may also register via e-mail by sending a
message to:
  mjus-registration@merit.edu

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                               MJUS AGENDA

                         Tuesday, August 12, 1997
                            9:30 AM to 3:30 PM

                        Michigan State University
                         MSU Union, Gold Room B
                          E. Lansing, Michigan


 9:30 AM     COFFEE AND DONUTS  -- Meet n' Greet

10:00 AM     ETHICAL USE & COMPUTER SECURITY: Evolving Working Policies
             --Virginia Rezmierski, Director of Policy Development
               and Education, U-M Information Technology Division
             Ms. Rezmierski shares strategies for shaping and
             implementing effective policy for electronic media.

11:00 AM     FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES AND THE INTERNET
             --Howard Simon, Executive Director,
               American Civil Liberties Union
             On 26 June 1997, the Supreme Court ruled in Reno v. ACLU
             that the censorship provisions of the federal
             Communications Decency Act were an unconstitutional
             restriction on free speech. Mr. Simon discusses the ACLU
             lawsuit and why electronic data should now be treated like
             print media.

11:45 AM     BROWN BAG BREAK-OUT SESSIONS

             Grab a lunch at one the eateries in the MSU Union and join
             in one of the break-out sessions back at the Gold Room:

             + Policy issues--working models (Virginia Rezmierski)
             + After the CDA: free speech & the Internet (Howard Simon)
             + USF funding update (Jeff Ogden)
             + State of the Hack (Richard Conto)
             + Dial-in issues (Scott Gerstenberger)

1:00 PM      ROUNDTABLE INTRODUCTIONS AND SITE REPORTS
               Your chance to share news from you site, such as your
             plans for participating in the USF program, changes in
             your network, staff changes, etc.

1:30 PM      REPORT BACK ON BREAK-OUT SESSIONS

2:30 PM      DIAL-IN UPDATE/ "FUTURES AND FEATURES"
             --Scott Gerstenberger and John Vollbrecht, Merit
             Scott will cover new developments in the Merit/MichNet
             dial-in world. John introduces the new release of Merit's
             AAA software in his talk, "Futures and Features."

3:00 PM      STATE OF THE NETWORK
             --Mike Mosher, Merit
             Mike will provide updates on the vbns link and other
             network changes and Merit activities.

3:30 PM      ADJOURN MEETING