Message-ID: <George.Sadowsky-1810950814590001@gs2.acf.nyu.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 08:14:59 -0500 From: George Sadowsky <mailto:George.Sadowsky@NYU.EDU> Subject: French speakers needed to organize, staff INET '96 Workshop track To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
The 1996 Internet Society Workshop on Network Technology for Developing Countries will be held in Montreal, Canada in June 1996 during the week prior to INET '96, the annual conference of the Internet Society.In past years, this workshop has been effective in training a total of about 500 network specialists from about 100 countries. The training has been conducted in English, although many of the staff have had additional language proficiency which has been used in workshop activities.
This year we plan to offer one of the workshop tracks to be conducted in French. We expect tht this track will appeal to and be useful for students from all Francophone countries.
We are searching for an individual who can organize this track and run it at the workshop, as well as for several persons who can serve as instructors. Qualifications consist of some effective mixture of the following:
1. Reasonable technical knowledge of TCP/IP networking
2. Some experience working in a developing country environment
3. Organizational and training experience
4. Ability to work in both French and English
5. A hands-on, practical attitude and approach to teaching and working
The workshop will pay travel expenses to and from Montreal, living expenses during 12-29 June 1996 in Montreal, and will provide a registration for the INET '96 Conference. The track organizer will be expected to attend workshop organizing meetings in early December in Dallas (coinciding with IETF) and in early March in Montreal. Expenses will be paid for these trips.
In past years, workshop staff have not received compensation for their efforts. That policy is now under review, and it is _possible_ that an honorarium may be paid.
Persons interested in this opportunity should communicate with:
M. Herbert Manseau CRIM (Centre de recherche informatique de Montreal) 1801, McGill College Avenue, Suite 800 Montreal, Quebec H3A 2N4 CANADA
Telephone: (514) 398-1234 Telecopie: (514) 398-1244 E-mail: mailto:hmanseau@crim.ca
with a copy to:
mailto:George.Sadowsky@nyu.edu
We strongly prefer that you use e-mail to respond, and that you send all material in ASCII text in the body of the message.
Please provide sufficient information so that we may understand your preferences, your background, the nature and level of your skills, and your experience in networking and in developing country environments.
Additional information describing the workshop and its past programs follows.
BACKGROUND ----------
In conjunction with the INET '96 Conference, the Internet Society will again, as in 1993, 1994 and 1995, sponsor a Network Technology Workshop prior to the conference itself. The workshop will be held in Montreal, Canada, on the McGill University campus, during June 16-22, 1996. The focus of the workshop will be upon assisting countries that are either not yet connected to the Internet or are in the process of developing and enhancing an initial national Internet.
This workshop is an outgrowth of and builds upon the experiences of three similar workshops, held at Stanford University, U.S.A. in August 1993, at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic in June 1994, and at the University of Hawaii in June 1995 in conjunction with the INET '93, '94 and '95 conferences.
GOALS -----
The goals of the workshop are:
1. To train a critical mass of trainer/professionals in network infrastructure, transport, services, and management to be able to support an extension of meaningful Internet-related activities within the countries represented.
2. To identify and share individual and institutional contacts as well as information sources that will assist the process of national development, using international Internet connections.
3. To build robust professional linkages between all participants in the programs so that the mentor-student and colleague-colleague relationships formed during the workshop and conferences will remain strong and of continuing usefulness well beyond the workshop and conference.
4. To increase the level of cooperation among existing projects and activities for establishing data networks in developing countries.
5. To train small groups of trainers from the same country or region who can and will replicate and extend such training in their own country or region.
The workshop is specifically directed toward the needs of people from developing countries who are playing or will play an important part in introducing and extending networking in their countries and regions. Attendees should be involved in planning to establish or in establishing the Internet's presence in their countries and regions, in institutionalizing its operation, and in assisting the country's schools and universities, governmental agencies, local firms, and residents in learning about and exploiting the range of services available through the net. By the Internet, we mean the publicly accessible Internet, with unrestricted access for educational institutions and the not-for-profit community.
PROGRAM -------
An intensive program of instruction is planned for the workshop. All participants will engage in extensive hands-on training, either setting up a prototype network or using actual Internet resources or both, as appropriate, using facilities at McGill University.
In past years, the structure of the workshop has fit into the four tracks described below. This year, the workshop program is undergoing intensive review during this fall, and the structure of the new program will not be known for several months. These limited track descriptions are provided to give you some idea of the organization of past workshops:
1. DIAL-UP NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY - For network technicians and technical staff with some experience using personal computers (networking experience preferable but not required), focusing upon the establishment and operation of an initial Internet presence in a country and possibly initiating the deployment of a basic national network infrastructure in the country. Topics will include dial-up use of TCP/IP and UUCP under UNIX and DOS/Windows.
2. TCP/IP NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY - For network technicians and technical staff, focusing upon the extension, management and operation of an initial national network infrastructure and its integration with the global Internet, based principally on dedicated line connection.
3. NETWORK NAVIGATION AND SERVICES - For network information specialists and other user support staff, focusing upon how to use Internet connectivity to access network resources and information content and how to implement the network and client-server tool set for obtaining such access. Techniques for both TCP/IP and dial-up systems will be offered.
4. NATIONAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT - For technical and administrative managers of national networks, focusing on current legal, economic, organizational, technical, and policy issues of national network establishment and management.
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-- George Sadowsky Director, Academic Computing Facility New York University