6bone at ISI

[bound@zk3.dec.com]

Mike,

>In another message, Jim Bound asks:
>
>> What about the U.S?  How do we get this started?  Do we need to 
>> request money for ISI or Lawerence at Berkeley?  ????   How do we do
>> that?  
>> 
>> How about if we send mail to V.P. Al Gore and Senator Patrick Lehaey? I am
>> not kidding?????????????
>> 
>> Mike Carlton?  Whats the word at ISI???????????
>
>I've spoken with Jon Postel and he is willing to have ISI manage
>(or whatever the right term is) the US portion of the 6bone.

Great.  Jon should be added to this list now I think.  If he is not on
already.

>For now, I'm willing (and able) to take on the role here, but as the
>6bone becomes more widespread (and the time required goes up) we will
>need to check into obtaining funding and explicitly allocating someone
>to support the network.  I've spoken with Steve Casner about his
>experience with the Mbone and he indicated that it required a fair
>amount of effort as it grew.

True.  I am nervous just to think about the mail to begin.

>On a different note, new or interested subscribers to the 6bone list are
>sent a short blurb describing the list.  Currently it reads:
>	The 6bone list is for the discussion of the development of the
>	initial IPv6 network.

>Before widely advertising the list, we probably want to update that.
>Maybe we can abstract the charter documents?

We need to determine what else we need besides our present charter
document????  

What do you and others think we need before we announce it????

thanks,
/jim