26th meeting of the TERENA General Assembly

St. Julian’s, 20 October 2006

1. Welcome and Apologies (1/2)

Apologies have been received from:– Pierre Bruyère (BELNET)– Ole Kjærgaard (UNI•C)– Dany Vandromme (RENATER)– John Boland and Michael Nowlan (HEAnet)– Kees Neggers and Boudewijn Nederkoorn (SURFnet)– Pedro Veiga (FCCN)– Arne Sundström and Hans Wallberg (SUNET) – Shirley Wood and Jeremy Sharp (UKERNA)– Johan Paardekooper and Graça Carvalho (Cisco)– Brian Carpenter and David Martin (IBM)– Jean-Marc Uzé and Eddie Minshull (Juniper)– Yves Poppe (Teleglobe)

1. Welcome and Apologies (2/2)

Proxies:– Erik-Jan Bos represents SURFnet with proxy– René Buch represents SUNET with proxy – René Buch represents UNINETT with proxy– Sabine Jaume-Rajaonia represents UKERNA with proxy

2. Approval of Agenda3. Minutes and Action list

• The GA is asked to approve the agenda

• The GA is asked to approve the minutes of the 25th GA meeting (Catania, 18 May 2006)

4a. Admission of new members4b. Changes in membership

• The GA is asked to note the resignation of the University of Belgrade as the National Member for Serbia and Montenegro. The GA is asked to admit the University of Belgrade as the National Member for Serbia, in category 2 with a membership fee of 0.6 units and 6 votes in the TERENA General Assembly.

• The GA is asked to admit MREN as the National Member for Montenegro, in category 1 with a membership fee of 0.3 units (with the usual phase-in discount for new National Members) and 3 votes in the TERENA General Assembly.

4c. Changes in representative

• Božo Krstajić (representative of MREN) and Dejan Abazović (substitute representative of MREN)

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• Vlado Pribolšan (substitute representative of CARNet)

4d. Outstanding membership fees

organisation ctry debt

2004

debt

2005

debt

2006

total

ANSTI/RNC RO 19,316 19,316

MARNET MK 1,461 1,461

3Com 2,547 2,547

total 23,324 23,324

5. Technical Programme

6. TERENA Activity Plan 2007 (1/5)

Introduction:

– 2006: successful celebration of 20th anniversary

– 2007: a year of looking-ahead, with the completion of the EARNEST study

– Some of the trends that EARNEST may identify:• Increasing importance of the local (campus) level of research

networking (e.g. end-to-end services, authentication & authorisation)

• Increased attention for applications that need special network-related services (“big sciences”, but also e.g. arts & humanities, education, libraries, healthcare)

6. TERENA Activity Plan 2007 (2/5)

TERENA’s mission and status:

– (strategic vision:) TERENA is first and foremost a collaborative organisation

– TERENA Secretariat in good shape• Involved in fewer but bigger EU-funded projects, in particular

GN2

– Financial status of TERENA satisfactory• But strongly dependent on funding from GN2 project (ends in

2008)

6. TERENA Activity Plan 2007 (3/5)

Highlights for 2007:

– Need to raise awareness about research networking• Support from national governments and EU cannot be taken

for granted• Positioning of research networks ↔ commercial ISPs• Relation research networks ↔ network researchers

– EARNEST results to be published in Q4 of 2007• Follow-up will involve strengthening ties with local (campus)

networkers and with different kinds of users

– PR can help in awareness raising• Collaboration between TERENA and NRENs• TERENA will implement its PR strategy

6. TERENA Activity Plan 2007 (4/5)

Highlights for 2007 (cont.):

– Digital Divide continues to require much attention• To be addressed in EARNEST• GN2/NA4 Development Support activity led by TERENA

– Large number of specific events• EuroCAMPs, CSIRT training courses, “NRENs and Grids”

workshops, schools, arts & humanities, repositories

– TF-VSS will try to solve the issues surrounding the creation of a Europe-wide videoconferencing service

– TERENA as a clearinghouse for services such as Trusted Introducer and Server Certificate Service

6. TERENA Activity Plan 2007 (5/5)

A few of the new things among the specific plans for 2007:– Completion of EARNEST– Adoption of new logo and house style in all TERENA

communications– Book on the history of European research networking– Expanding GN2/NA4 Development Support activity– TF-VSS to complete attempt to solve issues in creating a

pan-European videconference service– New, updated parts of GNRT to be published– Server Certificate Service to be continued on multi-annual

basis– In collaboration with other bodies, try to get research

networking higher on the European political agenda

7a. Projected outlook 2006

(kEUR) 2005 result 2006 budget 2006 outlook

INCOME

contributions 956 948 969

project income 1167 1872 1356

other income 4 1 1

TOTAL 2127 2821 2326

DIRECT EXPENDITURE

project costs -1387 -1948 -1456

Technical Programme -36 -81 -48

TOTAL -1423 -2029 -1504

INCOME LESS DIRECT EXPENDITURE 704 792 822

INDIRECT EXPENDITURE

personnel costs -429 -459 -548

other administrative costs -165 -191 -227

TOTAL -593 -650 -775

OPERATING RESULT 111 142 47

interest received 52 40 58

financial expenses -120 -28 -20

TOTAL -67 12 38

INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE 43 154 85

RESERVES AT YEAR START 1028 1071 1071

RESERVES AT YEAR END 1071 1225 1156

7b. Contribution categories of National Members

• The GA is asked to decide that all TERENA National Members will be in the same membership category in 2007 as they were in 2006

7c. Proposed budget 2007 (1/2)

(kEUR) 2006 budget 2006 outlook 2007 proposed budget

INCOME

contributions 948 969 991

project income 1872 1356 2052

other income 1 1 1

TOTAL 2821 2326 3044

DIRECT EXPENDITURE

project costs -1948 -1456 -2114

Technical Programme -81 -48 -58

TOTAL -2029 -1504 -2172

INCOME LESS DIRECT EXPENDITURE 792 822 872

INDIRECT EXPENDITURE

personnel costs -459 -548 -589

other administrative costs -191 -227 -256

TOTAL -650 -775 -845

OPERATING RESULT 142 47 27

interest received 40 58 55

financial expenses -28 -20 -22

TOTAL 12 38 33

INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE 154 85 60

RESERVES AT YEAR START 1071 1071 1156

RESERVES AT YEAR END 1225 1156 1216

7c. Budget 2007 and membership fees 2007 (2/2)

The GA is asked– to set the membership fee unit for 2007 at 4,943 euro– to adopt the budget for the year 2007 as in document

GA(06)021

8. Organisation of the Server Certificate Service (1/2)

• See detailed presentation by John Dyer in previous GA meeting (www.terena.nl/about/ga/ga25/200605-JD-TAC-GA-SCS.ppt)

• Initially 8 Participating NRENs – ACOnet, CARNet, CESNET, UNI•C, RENATER, SURFnet,

RedIRIS, SWITCH

– BELNET, UKERNA and UNINETT joined in Oct. 2006

• Current contract expires 8 January 2007– negotiations for 3-year extension are ongoing (to be reported

verbally)

8. Organisation of the Server Certificate Service (2/2)

• Following suggestion from SWITCH, the TEC plans to set up the organisational structure for SCS on the basis of the TI model:– Regular meetings of all Participating NRENs– Performance of SCS monitored by SCS Review Board:

• Three persons elected by the Participating NRENs

• Chairman of TF-EMC2 (ex officio)

• Representative of TERENA appointed by TEC

9. Discussion on budgets in 7th Framework Programme

10. Presentation of the new TERENA logo

11. Conferences and Workshops

12. Liaisons

13. Secretariat Matters

Karel Vietsch Secretary General

John Dyer Chief Technical Officer

Valentino Cavalli Deputy Chief Technical Officer

Kevin Meynell Project Development Officer

Licia Florio Project Development Officer

Cătălin Meiroşu Project Development Officer

Guy Van Den Bergh Project Development Officer

Dick Visser IT Support Officer

Christian Gijtenbeek Webmaster

Bert van Pinxteren Chief Administrative Officer

Joanne Barnett External Relations Officer

Wilma Overdevest Financial Administrator 28/39

Carol de Groot PR & Conference Officer

Jim Buddin Workshop Organiser / Project Management Assistant

Aukje Bakker Secretary

Esther Kleijne Snuverink Assistant Bookkeeper 16/39

14. Next meetings

GA 27, Lyngby, 24 May 2007– Hosted by UNI•C– Immediately after TNC2007– It is proposed not to continue on Friday morning, but to

make this a long half-day meeting (afternoon / early evening)

GA 28, ?? October 2007– Again co-located with NREN PC meeting the previous day?– Consulting with NREN PC chair on suitable date and venue

15. Any Other Business and Close