Editor's Note: Minutes received 11/25/92 CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_ Reported by Joyce K. Reynolds/ISI Minutes of the User Services Working Group (USWG) At this IETF session announcements included working groups coming to closure (DISI (will be revised with a new charter and co-chair), IAFA, NOCTOOL2, and User-Gloss) and new working groups starting up (WNILS, NIR, URL, IIIR). The four new working groups will be a joint effort of the Applications and User Services areas. New FYI RFC publications, current user services related Internet-Drafts postings include: Internet-Drafts o draft-malkin-newcomers-guide-00.txt o draft-ietf-noctool2-debug-tcpip-00.txt o draft-ietf-userdoc2-fyi-novice-01.txt o draft-ietf-userglos-glossary-00.txt FYI RFCs o FYI 16 ``Connecting to the Internet: What Connecting Institutions Should Anticipate'', (Also RFC 1359), August 1992. o FYI 15 ``Privacy and Accuracy Issues in Network Information Center Databases'', (Also RFC 1355), August 1992. Jill Foster provided an update on RARE ISUS activities. Joyce Reynolds provided reports on RIPE activities, and on NETF activities. Steve Coya led a discussion on the Internet-Draft, ``draft-malkin-newcomers-guide-00.txt'' and requested comments from the USWG. This document is specifically for the new IETF attendee. It has been estimated that as many as 40% of the IETF now comprises first time participants. The User Services area is assisting the IETF Secretariat in this documentation. Peter Deutsch led a discussion on a USWG project in development called, ``Internet Quick and Dirty''. It is intended to be a short document on descriptions of each network service with pointers on where to obtain additional information. A draft was posted to the US-WG mailing list. It is currently eight pages and broken into sections, including a basic introduction and useful collections of data. But, is it too long?? Gary Malkin requested new volunteers to help update the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questionis) for New Internet Users and the FAQ for Experienced Internet Users. 1 FYI16/RFC1359 was discussed, primarily focusing on expanding and updating the document. General comments were that this document is too US centric, focusing specifically at the University level. The USWG intends to work with Martyne Hallgren and ACM SIGUCCS to take apart this document, restart, and expand to make it as global as possible. Attendees Jules Aronson aronson@nlm.nih.gov Jodi-Ann Chu jodi@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu Naomi Courter naomi@concert.net Stephen Coya scoya@cnri.reston.va.us Michael Davis mad@spirit.clearpoint.com Peter Deutsch peterd@bunyip.com Susan Estrada estradas@cerf.net Sallie Fellows sallie%ed@psc.plymouth.edu Jill Foster jill.foster@newcastle.ac.uk Jim Fullton jim_fullton@unc.edu Joan Gargano jcgargano@ucdavis.edu James Geddes wk05020@worldlink.com Jack Hahn hahn@sura.net Deborah Hamilton debbie@qsun.att.com Alisa Hata hata@cac.washington.edu Masaki Hirabaru hi@nic.ad.jp Ellen Hoffman ellen_hoffman@um.cc.umich.edu Laura Kelleher lak@merit.edu Mark Kosters markk@nic.ddn.mil Edward Krol e-krol@uiuc.edu Tracy LaQuey Parker tracy@utexas.edu Gary Malkin gmalkin@xylogics.com Janet Marcisak jlm@ftp.com Charlotte Mooers mooers@nnsc.nsf.net Joyce K. Reynolds jkrey@isi.edu Jane Smith jds@jazz.concert.net Patricia Smith psmith@merit.edu Simon Spero simon_spero@unc.edu Paul Tsuchiya tsuchiya@thumper.bellcore.com Janet Vratny janet@apple.com Peter Will will@isi.edu Scott Williamson scottw@nic.ddn.mil Yung-Chao Yu yy@qsun.att.com William Yurcik yurcik@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov John Zalubski zalubski@nic.ddn.mil 2