Call for Proposals: Networking Workshop

[Elizabeth Zwicky <erg.sri.com">zwicky]

SAGE is seeking proposals from people interested in chairing the first
ever USENIX workshop on network administration, tentatively entitled
"Administering Networks on the Fringe". Proposals must be submitted by
Wednesday, September 30th. This workshop is expected to
focus on real life experiences with and tools for administering
networks that are not simple and well understood. Some particular
areas of interest are:

1) High speed networking; how well are FDDI and higher-speed protocols
working in the real world? 

2) Low speed networking; now that you can buy dial-up IP, what do you
do to administer it?

3) Large scale networks; what do you do when your network is an order
of magnitude larger than the ones your vendors use?

4) Multi-protocol networks; so you've got IP, OSI, DECnet, Appletalk,
Novell, and Chaosnet on your network, now how do you make sense of it?

5) Young networks and old networks; building networks from scratch and
rebuilding old networks that have reached the end of their
extensibility. 

We are seeking an energetic person with the following qualifications:
* Good administrative and planning skills
* Experience in the administration of large installations 
* Good public speaking skills
* Knowledge of timely and appropriate topics in the field 
* Ability to solicit good panel members and appropriate speakers
* Attendance at previous LISA workshops/conferences
* Time to invest to insure success of the conference

Proposals should be brief (1 page) and should include the following:

Statement of Purpose (e.g., why you think this would be a good idea.)	
Form of submissions  (e.g., abstracts, extended abstracts or full papers?)
Format (e.g., 2 or 3 days of technical sessions, panel sessions, etc.)
List of topics to be addressed (as in the call for papers)
Special features (such as having tutorials, BOFs, vendor demos)
List of potential program committee members and/or a co-chair* 
Biography and references

*  While most USENIX conferences have had an individual chair,
proposals requesting a co-chair and/or small program committee are
welcome.   

Please address all inquiries and proposals to the Association's
executive director, Ellie Young (ellieusenix.org) .