NorthWestNet--A Proposal for Continued Support (renewal)

西北网络最初是为超级计算机用户提供的六州网络。在三年内，它已从10个连接站点增加到50多个具有不同连接水平的站点。在最初的奖励的第三年，西北学术计算联盟的董事们进行了一个战略规划过程来评估西北网络，并为未来5年设定了一个方向。该计划是将西北网扩展到更广泛的用户社区，包括各级高等教育、小学和中学学区、商业和非营利世界的研究人员以及一般的教育社区。继续提供资金将使西北网络能够扩大会员数量；向增值服务型网络迈进；在现有会员中添加新用户；并聘请专业的行政管理人员。西北网将聘请一名专业的执行董事来协助实施战略计划，其中包括产生五倍于上一财政年度的会费收入

NorthWestNet originated as a six state network for supercomputer users. In three years it has increased from 10 connected sites to over 50 sites with varying levels of connectivity. In the third year of the orginal award, the directors of the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium undertook a strategic planning process to evaluate NorthWestNet and set a course for the next 5 years. The plan is to extend NorthWestNet to a much wider user community to include all levels of higher education, primary and secondary school districts, researchers in the business and non-profit world, and the education comunity in general. Continued funding will enable NorthWestNet to expand membership; move toward becoming a value-added service-oriented network; add new users within the current membership; and hire professional executive management. NorthWestNet will hire a professional executive director to assist in implementing the strategic plan which includes the generation of five times the dues revenue of the immediate past fiscal year.***//