[ih] Public archive of early IXP establishment primary sources

[Barbara Denny]

 I think ican help with getting an email address for Bob.  He is no longer at ISI.
Small chance I might be able to get some info for anything happening around Panama.  Not clear though. 
barbara
    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 10:03:34 AM PDT, Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net> wrote:  
 
 Funny coincidence, that…  :-)

I’ll have a chat with Allison.  I don’t know Bob.  I should check in with Celeste Anderson…  she helped us quite a bit in getting the LA-area exchanges up and running.

                                -Bill



> On May 11, 2023, at 6:25 PM, Barbara Denny <b_a_denny at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Do you know if you have had any contact with Allison Mankin, perhaps Bob Lindall, or any of the other folks on Dartnet, especially from ISI? I was on DARTnet but ISI was responsible for the testbed infrastructure. There also may have had some interaction with PSInet but that thought is low probability.  I think that is when I first heard about the formation of mae east and west, etc. 
> 
> barbara
> 
>> On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 12:41:36 AM PDT, Bill Woodcock via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote: 
>> 
>> Hi.  PCH has been supporting a couple of historian-of-technology / archivist folks to build an indexed public archive of primary sources relating to the establishment of early IXPs.  It’s all going into the Internet Archive, and a couple of other public archives, so anyone will be able to refer to it in the future.
>> 
>> We’ve had quite a bit of help from other folks who were participating at the time, but more sources and participation always makes for a better result, so I’m soliciting all of you who may have old emails or meeting transcripts or other documents, or know where there are public records or press clippings that pertain to early IXPs.  They are, of course, focusing principally on the 1992-1996 timeframe, but there are “early IXPs” in every region…  for instance, IXPs started reaching the Caribbean mostly in 2011-2015.  Eventually we’d like to see documentation of the establishment of every IXP, if interest in the project continues.
>> 
>> So, if any of you are able to help, please contact me, and I’ll put you in touch, or you can contact Sharon Healy, the project lead, directly at <schealy.ire at gmail.com>.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>>                                -Bill