NorthWestNet--A Proposal for Continued Support (renewal)

NorthWestNet最初是一个超级计算机用户的六州网络。在三年内，它已从10个互联站点增加到50多个具有不同连接水平的站点。在最初获奖的第三年，西北学术计算联盟的董事们进行了一项战略规划过程，以评估NorthWestNet并为未来5年设定路线。该计划是将NorthWestNet扩展到更广泛的用户社区，包括所有级别的高等教育、小学和中学学区、商业和非营利性世界的研究人员，以及整个教育界。持续的资金将使NorthWestNet能够扩大会员规模，朝着成为一个以增值服务为导向的网络迈进，在现有会员中增加新用户，并聘请专业的执行管理人员。NorthWestNet将聘请一名专业执行董事协助实施战略计划，该计划包括产生五倍于上一财年会费收入的收入。*/

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.***//