Jun

8

TF-PR Meeting 7 June 2009 Malaga

June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The TF-PR meetings are generally getting better and better as the group stabilises and starts sharing experiences and knowledge. But the meeting that usually accompanies the TNC conference frequently feels ‘flat’ I guess because more is expected of the main conference and we don’t really put enough energy into our own side meeting.This one felt […]

Mar

2

Geant 3rd Generation

March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

   Geant/TF-PR Meeting, Dublin, 25-27 February 2009.The afternoon of 25 and morning of 26 were devoted to presentations and discussions by Dante around the forthconing third generation of Geant. Clearly this time around there is going to be more attention to working with and through partners, perhaps in recognition to perceived failings in earlier generations. John Chevers is to take […]

Mar

2

Terena PR Task Force

March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

TF-PR 25-27 February 2009, DublinHosted by HEA Net in Dublin, this set of meetings followed on directly from the Geant gathering. Much of the first afternoon was taken up in a workshop centred around the issues on internal communications at an NREN level -  first describing how internal communications is currently carried out and then how it should […]

May

18

MarketingNREN Services - SURFNet and ARNES

May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

TNC 2008
SURFNET - Netherlands
Currently product managers are responsible for marketing their services including marketing mix, budgets, encouraging take up etc. Have more recently coordinated comms and marketing work to help consolidate calendars of activity and scheduling.
They are trying to address questions of when in the life cycle comms should be included and what sort […]

May

18

Marketing NREN Services - JANET UK

May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

TNC 2008
JANET – Russell Nelson
There are three stages of how marketing takes place in an NREN – one person does it, a team does it, everyone does it. There are also two stages on the sales path - either simply providing the information – shouting at the customer, and secondly trying to persuade people […]

May

18

Making the Case for NREN’s

May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

TNC 2008
John Dyer of Terena prepared a discussion document to help answer the question -”What Have NREN’s Done for Us” - or something similar…
Document was started to try and pre-empt any questions about why NREN’s should not exist. In essence the current document covers the following areas:
Historically in 70’s not much was going in, 80’s […]

May

18

Joint TF-FR and TF-MSP Meeting

May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

TNC 2008 - Bruges
At risk of sounding like a grumpy old git I am far from convinced that the idea of a joint TF (tasks force) meeting is likely to yield much of substance or consequence. The PR group has taken a long time to get going itself and so the prospect of lining […]

Feb

26

Mmm ?… Zagreb

February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments

Well a set of meetings in a ski lodge high in the mountain above Zagreb in high ski season sounded like it would be temptation too far (for some but not for me - a non-skier type) but as it was nothing but green grass and swooshing through leaves many were disappointed. The only snow […]

Feb

22

Renater to Host Events in Paris

February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

TF-PR Meeting – 21 February 2008
France will be hosting the European Research and Innovation Exhibition between 5 and 7 June 2008 at Porte de Versailles in Paris www.European-research-exhibition.com and the ‘European City of Science’ again in Paris in the Grand Palais between 14-16 November 2008. The European City of Science is being held to […]

Feb

21

TF-PR Image Repository

February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

TF-PR Meeting - 21 February 2008
Terena have developed, following a previous TF-PR meeting suggestion, an archive for photos and this platform could be used to build an album for TF-PR images. The platform can only accommodate photographs but not for logos or graphical materials. There was a wider discussion about why existing platforms shouldn’t […]

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