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- Inviting one or two people from NUST/SEECS who have been collaborating on PingER for some years, have set up a PingER archiving site and manage multiple PingER monitors in Pakistan.
- They could make valuable presentations on hands-on experiences (both technical, political and social) with building the archive site, managing multiple monitoring sites, mining the data, engaging customers (monitor sites contacts and decision makers, the network providers PERN (Pakistan Educational and Research Network), the funding agency (Higher Education Commission), preparing reports for the customers, and the benefits ensuing etc.
- Putting together a joint proposal (UNIMAS, NUST/SEECS, SLAC, possibly another Malaysian university such as UM) to a funding source for a joint project to set up a monitoring infrastructure for Malaysia educational sites.
- Arshad is also putting together a letter to the VC of UM.
- We could set up a 3 way Skype meeting to discuss this further, this time of day works for all sites. *
- If NUST funds their people this should be no problem. Otherwise Johari will need to discuss with Nara and engage the VC to see whether UNIMAS can fund them.
- Unfortunately the Pakistani HEC funding for the project has expired and NUST has submitted new proposal which is under review. Till new proposal is approved, funding any travel is not possible. However, NUST shall extend all possible support for this initiative.
- Nara will try to source for funds to bring a speaker from Pakistan. He will let us know the outcome.