Conversations on campus challenges with the pandemic

[Keith Hazelton <>]

Great! Just FYI I see gray, not pink. But maybe I'm just a pessimist.

  --Keith

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From: Ann West <>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 10:59 AM
To: Keith Hazelton <>; <>; <>; <>; Albert Wu <>
Subject: Re: COVID-19 Call to Action - We Need Your Help

 

Thanks Keith.

 

You are correct about the color differences. To best support the request that we received, IdPs must support the REFEDS (green) version of R&S and not the legacy InCommon (pink) version.

Cc’ing Albert to help clarify.

 

Ann

 

From: Keith Hazelton <>
Date: Friday, March 27, 2020 at 9:09 AM
To: "" <>, "" <>, Ann West <>, "" <>
Subject: Re: COVID-19 Call to Action - We Need Your Help

 

Ann et al.,

 

We promoted this on our Software Integration WG call this morning. One thing we noticed is that on the list of R&S-supporting IdPs and SPs, Some sites are listed twice, once in green and once in gray.  Green is explained but gray is not. We're guessing it's about InCommon vs Refeds R&S categories, but might be good to add a note about that to the wiki page.

 

         --Keith

 

https://www.incommon.org/federation/research-scholarship-adopters

Research & Scholarship Adopters - InCommon

Research & Scholarship Adopters

www.incommon.org

 

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From: <> on behalf of Ann West <>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 3:39 PM
To: <>; <>; <>
Subject: COVID-19 Call to Action - We Need Your Help

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

If your institution runs an InCommon Identity Provider, please read this urgent message. 

 

The international science community has asked for your help in connecting your researchers and scientists to collaborations that are rapidly forming in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

How can you help them? Make it easier for your researchers, scientists, faculty, and staff to join a collaboration or project by doing the following:

 

1.      Adopt the global REFEDS Research & Scholarship Category to help the collaborations receive the information they need to onboard a new member. Follow the three steps outlined on the wiki.

2.      Once your identity provider is configured, make sure to check the appropriate box in the Federation Manager portal to signal your support. 

 

Every day new clinical trials, grants, contracts, and research engagements are forming in the U.S. and around the world. If these attributes are NOT released, we are preventing researchers from accessing services they need to do their jobs quickly. Taking this action will remove the need for daily IT involvement to enable access and immediate collaboration.

 

To answer questions and provide additional information, InCommon will host an interactive discussion on Monday, March 30, at 3 pm ET (2 pm CT, 1 pm MT, Noon PT).  To connect, use this URL at the proper time: https://internet2.zoom.us/j/268840705. You can also dial in (numbers available here) with the webinar ID 268 840 705.

           

You can also send questions to

 

Regards,

 

Ann

Ann West

AVP, Trust and Identity
ED, InCommon

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