CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_ Reported by April Marine/NASA NAIC Minutes of the Network Information Services Infrastructure Working Group (NISI) Thanks to Marsha Perrot for the notes from which these minutes are derived. The ``NIC Guidelines'' Document The ``NIC Guidelines'' document still needs to be issued as an Internet-Draft so that wider comments can be gathered in preparation for issuing the document as an update to RFC 1302. The document has been updated from the version distributed in Seattle, but that new version has not yet been made available on the net for feedback. The document will be formatted and issued as an Internet-Draft. It is the formatting step that has held this up. ``Outreach'' Project Also pending is an informal ``outreach'' project designed to get some feedback on the needs of NIC personnel. This has been re-connected to updating the NIC profiles templates, as described next. Basically, as part of the update or related to letting people know about it, volunteers would call two or three sites and ask them three or four questions. The questions would be along the lines of ``are you familiar with IETF/NISI?'', ``have you considered participating in the IETF?'', ``if not, why not?'', ``does your NIC have any needs that a group such as IETF/USV/NISI could help address?'' The aim is to find out real information rather than just guessing what ``customer requirements'' are for a group like NISI. The NIC Profiles Templates Susan Calcari of the InterNIC reported on progress made in transferring the NIC profiles templates, which contain contact information for various net information centers, from Merit to the DS InterNIC, on progress they have made in updating the information, and on next steps needed for that project. More than half of the 59 current templates have been updated by the InterNIC, leaving only about 23 to be updated. The templates are available via Gopher, FTP, and the Web. There is also the question of trolling for new additions to the information once the current stuff has been verified. Discussion took place on how to do that, and general agreement was that a good starting place would be the usual mailing lists (e.g., net-happenings) to let people know about the collection and how they could contribute. Susan noted especially a dearth of NICs related to universities/colleges and said she could do some outreach there. The InterNIC has agreed to host this information for the time being on their server in a central manner. After the service is a little more robust, we can explore the need to distribute the upkeep load, possibly via something like their RWHOIS server. InterNIC Starter Kit Susan also discussed the InterNIC starter kit being developed by the IS InterNIC and which will be made available for use and customization by other NICs. The starter kit is designed to be a hard copy document to be sent to those people who are just considering joining the Internet, but who probably do not yet really understand what the net is. It will have 1-2 pages each on several topics, including an Internet definition, Internet resources, getting connected FAQ, network tools, and such. Other Topics Other topics discussed were the USV Web page (a reprise discussion from USWG), and the idea that a well-known place for net diagrams/maps/presentation materials would be useful.