The management of VSIX is implemented through three bodies:
- Technical-Scientifical Committee of the University of Padua Centro di Calcolo (CTS)
- Operators Committee
- Executory group
Technical-scientifical committee (CTS) of the University of Padua Centro di Calcolo (CCA)
Tasks and functions:
- To provide guidelines for the activity of NAP-NET, and to supervise the activities performed by the Operators Committee and the Executory group
- To approve and/or modify the technical regulations of VSIX, including all related dispositions; to verify their coherence with the Inspiring Principles, working with with the Operators Committee
- To define, once a year, the participants' dues; to suitably update all related dispositions, after having consulted the Operators Committee
- To review membership applications and to authorize the activation of service, after checking compliance of requests to entry requirements
- To settle any internal controversies
The Operators Committee is composed by a representative of all operators within NAP, a representative of the CCA (appointed by the CTS), and a technician of the Veneto Region Information Systems Unit (within the framework agreement between the University of Padua and the Veneto Region).
Once a year the Operators Committee appoints a coordinator and meets upon his request or of at least one third of its members, with a week’s notice. Its tasks include:
- NAP service auditing
- Annual verification of Executory Group
The Executory Group is the operational structure of the CCA that support the NAP service. Its aims are:
- To manage the data-center rooms
- To operate on technical infrastructure
- To operatively manage the activation of new adherents
- To troubleshoot network configuration errors
- To monitor and report on NAP activities
- To manage helpdesk and secretarial activities for the whole structure