Process question

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To: ccn-board@chebucto.ns.ca
Cc: Jeff Warnica <jwarnica@ns.sympatico.ca>, Christopher Majka <nextug@is.dal.ca>, CCN Board of Directors <ccn-board@chebucto.ns.ca>,
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Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 01:07:30 -0300
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Hi

Response follows.....


Quoting Jeff  Warnica <jwarnica@ns.sympatico.ca>:

> > > ***
> > > At the same time, the office stopped notifying editors about the
> > > receipt of IP agreements.
> > > ***
> 
> The office has not explicitly done that. Since there are no new IPs, there
> are no new IP agreements and there has been no need to make any
> notifications. New entities walking in the door are given/sold/rented
> 'normal' accounts (with associated privilages).
> 
> This was mandated at the bord level by the IP chair, and in fact was
> initialy oppopsed by the lower half of the office staff (at least (?)).
> 
> 
> There is no more IP process. There are no new IPs. Talk to you committee
> chair.
> 


Hi

I've been following the thread on the IP process and some points are 
clarification are required.

1) The issue brought forth last year was that the IP process was too 
complicated for prospective Information Providers. The process appeared to be a 
barrier to the success of an IP signing up with CCN.

2) It was suggested that prospective IP's couldn't determine what their cost 
(membership, services) would be.

3) It was suggested that many IP's only required an FTP function to update 
their sites.  Thus extensive training was unnecessary.

Note: The emphasis was on the difficulties experienced by the INFORMATION 
PROVIDER.

In September an Information Provider Membership and Services fee schedule was 
adopted.  In the fall (or there abouts) a FTP process was put in place so that 
those with relatively simple requirements could maintain their sites.


The current 'IP Process' is an initiative of CCN Administration. In brief, a 
new membership and services fee schedule were recently presented to the board.

What was agreed to, at the board level, was that membership fees and process be 
separated from the user account process, that CCN membership be consulted on 
this change.  User account services and fees, as presented, were approved on an 
interim basis, until further consultation with the various CCN committees could 
be pursued.

I wish to emphasis, that the IP Chair (or the IP Committee) has not mandated or 
approved a change in the IP Process that would impact updates to the various 
databases, forms to be processed, account setup procedures or other IP 
processes.

Doug McCann
Chair, Information Provider Committee 


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