IETF User Services Area

                             USWG and NISI


USWG:

   Status on new InterNIC IS services 
   Work on USV-Web 
   Status on NIC Templates 
   Introduce InterNIC Starter Kit 


NISI:

   Status on new InterNIC IS services 
   Status on USV-Web 
   Work on NIC Templates 
   Introduce and work on Starter Kit 

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                     InterNIC Information Services

InfoGuide

   Organized with beginners in mind
   Manual indexing for efficient document searching
   http://www.internic.net/infoguide.html

Scout Report

   Weekly summary of Net resources, other announcements
   R & E community is the primary audience

   Resources: Web, gopher, FTP, telnet, email 
   National Information Infrastructure 
   Net Bytes
   Weekend Scouting

   Commercial Services

   HTML version for local posting

   mail to: majordomo@is.internic.net
   subscribe scout-report
   subscribe scout-report-html

Newsletter

   Overview articles: NSFNET Transition
   Web Version: maps, calendar, NII legislation chart
   Requests to mirror:
        newsletter-request@is.internic.net

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                             NIC Templates


Status:

   IS requested updates, received 36 of 59
   DS posted on gopher, WAIS, X.500 servers
   RS posted on a RWhois server


Plans:

   IS sends a second query to the remaining 13
   DS will update the remaining, as necessary
   RS will update


What's Next?

   Outreach to more NICs?
   Continue to use all servers?
   Distributed RWhois servers?

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                        InterNIC Starter Kit


Status:

   Produced by IS 
   Made available to other NIC organizations
   Late August - early September
   Hard copy in limited quantities
   Ascii, desk-top publishing format
   Can customize for specific needs 


Plans:

   Input from IETF USWG, NISI for Version 1.
   Input this Fall from college, university, K12
   Will be updated, improved as appropriate

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                        InterNIC Starter Kit


What is the Internet 1 p. 
What is the InterNIC 1 p. 
Getting Connected 2 pp. 
Internet Resources 1 p. 
Internet Tools 2 pp. 
Starter Glossary 1 p. 
Starter Bibliography 1 p. 
Issues in Becoming a Service Provider 1 p.


Providers Lists: 

   Recently updated Leased-Line Providers - USA 
   Updated Dial-up Providers - USA 
   Recently updated International Providers - Worldwide 

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                               USV-Web


Status:

   Homepage - JK Reynolds, USV Summary
   Links to IETF FTP site WG directories: charter and
   minutes


What's next?

   Homepage graphics
   Forms to join mailing lists
   Links to IETF, IESG, IAB
   Links to FYIs, RFCs
   Links to all docs produced by each group
   Related documents
   Photos?