FORCES Project - Management Committee Minutes 06/09/99

• Gordon Blair (GB), Lancaster (Secretary)
• John Derrick (JD), Kent
• John Evans (JE), Marconi Communications
• Richard Kett (RK), BT Adastral Park
• Evan Magill (EM), Strathclyde
• Stephan Reiff (SR), Glasgow
• Ken Turner (KT), Stirling (Chairman)

Action points arising from meetings are identified as AP/meeting/action/owner. This meeting was number 3.

1. Appointment of Secretary

   G. Blair agreed to act as secretary for this meeting.

2. Apologies for Absence

   M. Calder was unable to attend due holidays, but was represented by S. Reiff.

3. Approval of Agenda

   The agenda was approved.

4. Approval of Minutes and Matters Arising

   The minutes of Meeting 2, 04/02/99, were approved with no matters arising.

5. Review of Outstanding Action Points

   AP/2/0/DM KT agreed to take over this task, becoming action:

   AP/3/0/KT K. Turner will organise the production of an A4/A3 publicity poster (as appropriate). Ongoing

   AP/2/1/MC This was done, but the article seems to have disappeared into a publishing void.

   AP/2/2/ALL The status of company contacts is as follows:

   • D. Marples did make enquiries about new SME partners, but did not find any suitable organisations.
   • E. Magill has contacted Atlantech and Mitel but has so far not had a reply. Ongoing
   • J. Evans has contacted Scottish Telecom, who seem keen to join the project following attendance at the November colloquium.
   • K. Turner has contacted Lucent but there has been no definite progress. Ongoing
   • M. Calder's contact with Graham Technology was unknown at the time of the meeting. Ongoing

   AP/1/6/KT K. Turner has organised the colloquium to be on 26th November - see (8) below.

   AP/2/2/KT,MC,JE K. Turner, M. Calder and J. Evans have largely completed the organisation of the colloquium - see (8) below.

6. Participation of CITEL and D. Marples

   D. Marples has now left CITEL for Telcordia. He is still keen to participate, so it was agreed to include him as a personal member of the project. CITEL have not formally withdrawn, and hence will remain as part of the consortium for the time being.

   (Chairman's Afternote: From discussion with D. Marples it appears unlikely that CITEL will have the resources to continue participation in the project. Until/unless CITEL formally withdraw they will appear as a member of the consortium.)

7. Arrangements for EPSRC `Networks' Meeting

   EPSRC have invited all networks to attend a meeting in Blackpool on 9th/10th November. It was agreed that K. Turner would attend along with (possibly) J. Evans. There is a need to prepare two items for this meeting: a SWOT analysis for the area, and a statement of best practice for networks.

   AP/3/1/KT K. Turner will circulate these to the Management Committee prior to sending them to EPSRC. Ongoing

8. Colloquium Arrangements

   After some initial difficulties, the programme is now almost finalised. Some comments were made on the draft programme, including the need for a more explicit theme, more exciting titles for some of the talks, and perhaps a new title. The following was suggested as an alternative title: `Telecommunications Services: The Next Generation'.

   K. Turner reported on financing the event. There is £1,600 in the central budget to subsidise the event, cover the costs of speakers, etc. The intention is to charge a nominal fee of £25, which should enable the colloquium to break even with 15 fee-paying attendees.

   For publicity, the IEE will circulate a brief description with a link to the web page for the colloquium.

   AP/3/2/KT K. Turner will produce a flier based directly on the web page, for circulation at other events and possibly via IEE.

   AP/3/3/ALL
   AP/3/4/KT All partners were asked to inform K. Turner of suitable mailing lists and events for publicity to be distributed by him.

   It was suggested that publicity for the colloquium encourage people to register in advance. Registrations will also be accepted on the day.

   AP/3/5/KT K. Turner will organise name badges for participants.

   AP/3/6/KT K. Turner was asked to ensure that receipts be given for registration fees, and to investigate payment by credit card.

9. Next Project Workshop

   AP/3/7/JE J. Evans agreed to host the next project workshop at Marconi premises in London on Tuesday 11th or Wednesday 12th April 1999. There may be a limit of ten people for the room.

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