Great Plains Network

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Great Plains Network

• Board Meeting
• Mission
• UMKC 4/01

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Mission Questions

• What is the community we serve?
• Who are we relative to SURA and MIDnet?
• How do we serve this community?
• Are we best described in terms of network
  architecture?
• Can we more actively involve some of the original
  scientists?
• Ted Kuwana
• Fred Limp
• Jim Merchant

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Assets

• Committed membership
• Wealth of Networking skill/Technical Expertise
• Common regional interests
• Good reputation

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Possible things to do

• Get more members (e.g., Associate Membership)
• Get more members (e.g., HPNC)
• Utilize technical skill throughout community
• Vendor Hotel?
• Reasons to become a Not-for-Profit
• Longevity (seen not as part of the university but
  as a real-life entity that has a separate life)
• Fund advanced networking projects
• Public Relations
• Lobbying