Janet National User Group

South East Regional JANET User Group

Terms of Reference

Issued: Updated 10 November 2010

  1. The remit of the South East JANET Regional User Group is to consider and comment on the nature, scope and effectiveness of the services provided on JANET and its feeder networks, including those services which support access to other wide area networks. It is understood that before an item is raised at the User Group meeting it will have been discussed with local Network Support staff.
  2. The South East JANET Regional User Group acts as one forum via which information may be disseminated on present use and actual or proposed changes and improvements in the services offered by and though the network, and also receive feedback from the users.
  3. Any comments on or areas of concern with JANET services can be reported to the UCISA Networking Group for consideration and escalation when appropriate. The UCISA Networking Group are represented on the JISC Committee for Networking.
  4. The Regional User Group shall represent all those institutions connected to JANET within the Region and to other connected institutions not covered by other regional groups.
  5. The membership of the Regional User Group may have one or more representatives of each institution (normally one will be nominated by the Director of Computing Services, and others may be from among the technical and user communities at that institution). The group will also invite other guests in relation to specific discussions and presentations when they arise.
  6. It is expected that representatives will report back to their institutions about the JANET User Group meetings and will provide input from users to the meeting.
  7. JANET (UK) will be invited to send a representative to the meeting.
  8. The members shall elect a Chair, Deputy Chair and Secretary, and these appointments shall be reviewed every two years.

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