[Oneac] OneNet Mission Statement Draft

[Snodgrass, Kurt]

Good afternoon.  In an effort to move forward in the development of the
OneNet mission statement, I have attached the working draft that was
presented last week at the OneNet Advisory Council meeting.  In addition, I
am providing you with the recommendations from the Mingle/Hess report in
both the text and Microsoft Word formats.  

Those in attendance did not recommend any changes.  Nevertheless, I
encourage you to carefully review the draft and make comments.  This
statement will be the cornerstone of OneNet's strategic planning process and
we sincerely desire to obtain your insight.

Best regards,

Kurt


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MISSION STATEMENT (WORKING DRAFT)

The mission of OneNet is to provide reliable, seamless network and
telecommunications services statewide to its stakeholders and constituent
groups while advocating, supporting and facilitating the integration of
advanced technologies within Oklahoma's educational, governmental, medical
and economic development systems.  



		Excerpt from 
		A Review of OneNet Operations:  Moving Toward a
Collaborative Network for Oklahoma: A report and recommendations presented
to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education by Stephen H. Hess and
James R. Mingle (January 29, 1999).

		4.   	OneNet needs to develop a widely-shared vision of
the scope, capacity, and applications of digital networks in Oklahoma.
		While important strides have been made in recent months in
articulating such a vision, we found significant differences in perspective
among Oklahoma State Regents staff and the variety of users. Some view
OneNet primarily as a communications infrastructure - a backbone which stops
at the user's front door; others want it to be a complete "turnkey"
operation and support local area network development; still others want more
emphasis on applications and educational quality issues.  Each user has a
different perspective as to the priorities that should be established.  Some
users want greater support for interactive video, others for Internet and
data services, others for high-speed research networks and more connections
to the economic development goals of the state. 

After our interviews, we were persuaded that the uniqueness and strategic
advantage of OneNet lies in its broad scope as a single state network.  Not
only does this scope allow for valuable "interconnections" between sectors
in Oklahoma, it gains important economies of scale and equity of pricing
that does not exist in other states.

We believe a mission statement for OneNet should include the following
components:


*	The need to deliver educational and government services over a
seamless reliable network

*	Emphasis on serving the major user groups in the state:  school
districts, vocational technical schools, government agencies, hospitals,
public libraries, and institutions of higher education

*	A primary responsibility for developing the statewide backbone and
keeping OneNet at the cutting edge of network developments

*	A secondary responsibility for advocating, supporting and
facilitating important educational and governmental applications of network
technology

*	Assistance and incentives to institutions and agencies in developing
local infrastructure, technical support, and user training, especially in
schools and colleges which are not fully utilizing the potential of networks
and information.








Kurt A. Snodgrass
Director of Marketing and Communications
OneNet
800 Research Parkway, Suite 350
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Toll Free: 888.566.3638
Phone: 405.271.2244
Fax: 405.271.2255

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