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[Vladimir Vrabec]

Vazeni,
z RARE a EARN nam vznikla TERENA.
Vladimir Vrabec

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TERENA Press Release (URL: http://www.rare.nl/terena-press.html)
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                                                           TERENA Press Release
                                    TERENA


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   Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association
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Press Release, Amsterdam 21 October 1994

   A new initiative to promote a Global Information Society

   Europe has recently launched the concept of the Global Information Society.
   According to the Bangemann Report: 'Preparing Europeans for the advent of
   the information society is a priority task. Education, training and
   promotion will necessarily play a central role'

   The concept of the 'Electronic Superhighway', has spread all over the globe.
   Increasingly the European public at large has been informed, and is becoming
   more and more interested. Individuals want to become actively involved in
   this new electronic world called the Internet.

   Building on this trend, two European organizations - RARE (Riseaux Associis
   pour la Recherche Europienne) and EARN (European Academic and Research
   Network) - have been working towards this ideal. For ten years, these two
   organisations have been actively promoting networking standardization,
   organizing technical working groups, providing network services,
   coordinating international projects and promoting the interests of all
   European service providers for the Academic and Research community.

   Now, RARE and EARN have decided to merge in one new organization: TERENA.

   TERENA's aim is to

       promote and participate in the development of a high quality intern
     ational  information and telecommunications infrastructure for the be
     nefit of research and education

   To achieve this goal, TERENA will:

      work towards the elimination of technical barriers by the co-ordination
      of standards and operational procedures and the free exchange of
      technical information

      provide education, documentation and support services for  users of
      international networks

      coordinate improvements of international communications traffic

      organize conferences, meetings, and workshops  to promote and improve
      international networking

      provide round table discussions with governments, standard bodies,
      telecommunications operators and industry

      undertake projects to develop new pan-European services  required by the
      membership

   Already, RARE and EARN individually have strong track records in these
   areas. TERENA has been established to expand these activities further and to
   increase participation in European networking. Together, RARE and EARN can
   develop a high-speed networking infrastructure that links Europe
   effortlessly to the information world.

   TERENA's membership at its inception on 20 October consists of
   representative organizations from 38 countries and two International Treaty
   organizations (CERN and ECMWF).

   The combined strengths of RARE and EARN will be augmented by well-known
   international corporations, for instance IBM and Digital Equipment
   Corporation have agreed to join TERENA as Associate Members to help make
   TERENA the powerhouse for development of European research networking.

   On October 21 TERENA elected its Executive Committee:

      Frode Greisen, President (Denmark)

      Bernhard Plattner, Vice-President Conferences (Switzerland)

      Sven Tafvelin, Vice-President Technical Programme (Sweden)

      Steve Druck, Vice-President Services (Israel)

      Marco Sommani, Treasurer (Italy)

      Peter Bakonyi, member (Hungary)

      Brian Gilmore, member (U.K.)

      Paul Van Binst, member (Belgium)

      Peter Rastl, member (Austria)
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