1. Welcome and apologies

1. 1. Welcome and apologies Apologies were received from: + Jasenka Gojsic (CARNet) + Dorte Olesen (UNI•C) + Dany Vandromme (RENATER) + Siavash Shashahani (IPM) + Enzo Valente (INFN-GARR) + Tugrul Yilmaz (ULAKBIM) + Olivier Martin (CERN) + Brian Carpenter (IBM) + Peter Villemoes (NORDUnet) + Mario Campolargo (EC) + Pierre Bruyère and Jan Torreele (BELNET) + Vytautas Reklaitis and Rimantas Kavaliunas (LITNET) + Antoine Barthel and Theo Duhautpas (RESTENA) + Kees Neggers and Boudewijn Nederkoorn (SURFnet) Proxies: • Mauro Campanella represents INFN-GARR with proxy • Petras Sulcas represents LITNET with proxy • Hadi Dilek represents ULAKBIM with proxy • Ton Verschuren represents SURFnet with proxy

2. 2. Approval of Agenda3. Minutes and Actions List • The GA is asked to approve the agenda • The GA is asked to approve the minutes of the 16th GA meeting (Zürich, 25-26 October 2001)

3. 4a. Admission of new members • The GA decides to admit Juniper Networks as an Associate Member of TERENA. • The GA decides to admit Level 3 Communications bv as an Associate Member of TERENA.

4. 4b. Changes in membership • The GA decides to admit CSC – Scientific Computing ltd. as the new National Member for Finland, replacing the Ministry of Education. • The GA notes that the name of the Associate Member EUnet CS has changed to KPNQwest NV.

5. 4c. New representatives • Juniper Networks: Jean Marc Uzé (representative), Eddie Minshull (substitute) • Level 3 Communications bv: Geert-Jan Spelde (representative), Remco Frijling (substitute) • CSC – Scientific Computing ltd: Markus Sadeniemi (representative), Juha Oinonen (substitute) • KPNQwest NV: Benno Mensing (representative), Jochen Hagen (substitute) • CARNet: Jasenka Gojsic (repesentative), Vesna Vrga (substitute) • SUN Microsystems: Philippe Trautmann (representative)

6. 4d. Outstanding Membership Fees Member ctry 2000 2001 2002 total RENATER FR 77,414 77,414 GRNET GR 28,200 28,200 IPM IR 28,200 28,200 FRCU EG 17,908 19,357 22,564 59,829 ANSTI/RNC RO 20,298 20,298 SURIS IS 4,477 5,208 9,685 MARNET MK 5,384 5,384 EMBL 2,350 2,350 KPNQwest 2,350 2,350 Teleglobe 2,614 2,614 ------- ------- ------- -------- TOTAL 17,908 23,834 194,582 236,324 117,168 158,910

7. 5a. Adoption of TERENA Financial Accounts 2001 The GA is asked to adopt the TERENA Financial Accounts 2001.

8. 5b. Annual Report (1) According to the TERENA Statutes, the President submits in the Spring GA meeting the TEC’s Annual Report. This report includes a report on the Secretariat.

9. 5b. Annual Report (2) Highlights from the Annual Report 2001 Policy matters: • European research networking is in many aspects at the forefront of developments worldwide • All organisations involved are to be congratulated on the smooth roll-out of GÉANT in autumn 2001 • Many new challenges result in the need for strategic studies into the future of European research networking (SERENATE project) • More activity is needed to support the development of research networking in countries outside the economic heart of Europe • TERENA is approached increasingly with suggestions for new activities • From 2002, TERENA will increasingly be involved in EU-funded projects

10. 5b. Annual Report (3) Highlights from the Annual Report 2001 Information Sharing: • The first official edition of the “TERENA Compendium of National Research and Education Networks in Europe” was published • Technical and managerial advice was provided to TERENA member organisations • TERENA assisted in the development of plans under the UNESCO banner to support the development of research networking in South-East Europe

11. 5b. Annual Report (4) Highlights from the Annual Report 2001 Conferences and Workshops: • The TERENA Networking Conference 2001 was held in Antalya in May • A NATO Advanced Networking Workshop was held in Ljubljana in September 2001 • The First International Lambda Workshop was held in Amsterdam in September 2001, organised jointly with STAR TAP/ Starlight, CANARIE, Internet2 and SURFnet

12. 5b. Annual Report (5) Highlights from the Annual Report 2001 Technical Programme: • The TAC recommended to hold a workshop on Mobility early in 2002 • The series of informal meetings of TERENA members’ experts on PKI/CA initiatives was continued and the establishment of a Task Force was prepared (TF-AACE) • The series of informal meetings of TERENA members’ experts on Portal initiatives was continued

13. 5b. Annual Report (6) Highlights from the Annual Report 2001 Technical Programme (cont.): • TF-CSIRT continued to grow and deployed a large number of successful activities involving collaboration between CSIRTs • TF-LSD (LDAP deployment issues) continued and produced a number of project proposals • TF-NGN continued successfully and produced a large number of results (including GÉANT deliverables) • TF-STREAM officially ended in June 2001; a Final Report was prepared

14. 5b. Annual Report (7) Highlights from the Annual Report 2001 Technical Programme (cont.): • The latest version of the Guide to Network Resource Tools was published as a book • The minor project “Pilot Implementation of IODEF-based Incident Handling” was started and the minor project “Support for Decisions by E-mail” was completed • The major project “Adding Certificate Retrieval to OpenLDAP” was started, co-funded by 5 TERENA members • The EU-funded project TEQUILA continued successfully

15. 5b. Annual Report (8) The GA is asked to approve the TEC’s Annual Report 2001, including the report on the Secretariat.

16. 5c. Re-appointment of the Auditors5d. Notice of Termination of TERENA membership • The GA decides to appoint Horlings, Brouwer & Horlings as the auditors for the TERENA accounts for 2002 and 2003. • The GA decides that the TERENA membership of FRCU-EUN (Egypt) will be terminated on 1 September 2002 unless payment of at least one year of the outstanding membership fees has taken place before that date.

17. 6. TEC Elections Valid nominations: Treasurer: • ……………….. • ……………….. • ………………..

18. 7a. Mission and Objectives Statement • The GA is asked to approve the “TERENA Mission and Objectives” statement (GA(02)008), replacing document GA(94)002 of March 1995.

19. 7b. Statement on Relations with Industry7c. Root Server in core of GÉANT8. SERENATE update

20. 10. Member Development Programme11a. Brainstorming discussion on a new financial structure for TERENA • The GA is invited to discuss the discussion note GA(02)011

21. 11b. Projected membership categories 2003

22. 12a. TNC 200212b. TNC – CUC 2003 Zagreb, Croatia 19-22 May 2003 Joint TERENA Networking Conference 2003 and CARNet User Conference 2003 Programme Committee co-chaired by Miroslav Milinovic (CARNet) and Shirley Wood (TERENA)

23. 13. TERENA Compendium

24. 14. TERENA Secretariat matters TERENA Secretariat staffper 24 June 2002 Karel Vietsch Secretary General John Dyer Chief Technical Officer Yuri Demchenko Project Development Officer Valentino Cavalli Project Development Officer Kevin Meynell Project Development Officer Licia Florio Project Development Officer Alex de Joode Senior IT Support Officer (20/39) Dick Visser System/Network Manager (24/39) Jeroen Houben Webmaster Bert van Pinxteren Chief Administrative Officer Wilma Overdevest Financial Administrator (24/39) Carol de Groot PR & Conference Officer Raquel Corredoira Workshop Organiser (24/39) starts 24 June Roos Stouthamer Secretary

25. 15. Liaisons: CCIRN Next CCIRN meeting: Washington DC, Saturday 22 June 2002 Organised by NSF (George Strawn, Grant Miller) European delegation max. 7 people, to be appointed by TERENA Executive Committee Who is available?

26. 16. Next meetings Prague, 24-25 October 2002 Zagreb, 22-23 May 2003