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- PREPnet Acceptable Use Policy
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- The intent of this policy is to clarify certain cases which are
- consistent with the purposes of PREPnet, not to exhaustively enumerate
- such possible uses. For a particular use of PREPnet to be acceptable,
- all of the following conditions must be met:
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- 1. All use must be consistent with the purposes of PREPnet as stated in
- the Pennsylvania Research and Economic Partnership Network Consortium
- Charter.
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- 2. All data on PREPnet must originate or terminate at a member or
- affiliate institution in Pennsylvania.
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- Pennsylvania Research Partnership Network Consortium Charter
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- The Pennsylvania Research Partnership Network Consortium [the
- Consortium] is an organization of research institutions within
- Pennsylvania whose goals are to enhance and support research activities
- within the State by providing and promoting high-speed data
- communications facilities and services for these institutions, and thus
- foster economic development within Pennsylvania.
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- Purposes of the Consortium
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- The purposes of the Consortium include the following:
- ~ To increase the opportunities for collaboration in academic research
- between colleagues at the various research institutions throughout the
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- ~ To make it feasible for research colleagues in the state to exchange
- not only simple messages and texts, but also significant amounts of
- data, including graphics images, experimental data, etc.
- ~ To provide better access throughout the Commonwealth to research
- resources at the universities and in the industrial firms which are
- their research partners. (Examples of such resources would include the
- computing facilities of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, catalogs
- of library holdings of the major universities, and, possibly,
- specialized data bases of industrial partners.)
- ~ To contribute to the economic development of the Commonwealth by
- facilitating the transfer of new technologies from laboratories and
- research centers to businesses and industries.
- ~ To provide interconnection of the statewide network with similar
- regional and national networks, such as the National Science Foundation
- backbone network, to extend these opportunities on a national scale.
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- Definitions
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- PRPnet refers to the high speed data communication network to be
- established among the Consortium members in pursuit of the
- above-mentioned purposes.
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- The PRPnet Unit of the the MPC Corporation consists of the people
- under its auspices who have responsibility for the on-going coordinating
- and operational activities of PRPnet.
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- The MPC Corporation is a joint-venture of Carnegie Mellon University
- and the University of Pittsburgh, formed as a vehicle for cooperative
- work between those universities.
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- Activities
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- The initial activity by which the Consortium will pursue these ends is
- PRPnet itself, the Pennsylvania Research Partnership Network. PRPnet is
- established as a cooperative effort of the Consortium members,
- government, and industry.
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- Structure
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- The charter institutions of the Consortium, a mix of public and
- private institutions, are:
- ~ Carnegie Mellon University
- ~ Drexel University
- ~ Lehigh University
- ~ Pennsylvania State University
- ~ Temple University
- ~ University of Pennsylvania
- ~ University of Pittsburgh
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- The Consortium is governed by a Steering Committee comprised of
- representatives of its charter institutions and the Co-Directors of the
- PRPnet unit of the MPC Corporation.
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- The PRPnet unit of the MPC Corporation, located in Pittsburgh,
- acts to coordinate the activities of the Consortium with its business
- and governmental associates, to serve as business agent for the
- Consortium, and to implement PRPnet.
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- The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center assists the Consortium by
- supporting the PRPnet unit of the MPC Corporation by providing
- technical and administrative staff support for the Consortium and
- network gateway functions for PRPnet.
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- Acceptance
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- By signing below, the institution hereby expresses its commitment
- to participate as a charter member of the Pennsylvania Research
- Partnership Network Consortium, as defined in this document and in
- Attachments A,B,C, and D, accepting the duties and responsibilities
- as well as the benefits of such membership.
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- Signed:__________________________________________
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- Title:____________________________________________
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- Representing:_____________________________________
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- Date:____________________________________________
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