1. Welcome and apologiesApologies were received from Dany

Vandromme (Renater), Lajos Bálint (HUNGARNET), Siavash Shashahani (IPM), Jan Weglarz and Stanislaw Starzak (PCSS), Stefano Zatti (ESA), Yves Poppe (BCI/Teleglobe), ………..

Proxies:• Slawomir Niwinski represents PCSS

with proxy

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 17th GA meeting (Limerick, 5-6 June 2002)

4a. Admission of new members

4b. Changes in membership

• The GA is asked to note that the TERENA membership of FRCU/EUN (Egypt) has been terminated from 1 September 2002

4c. New representatives

4d. Outstanding Membership Fees

Member ctry 2000 2001 2002 total

GRNET GR 28,20028,200

IPM IR 28,20028,200

ANSTI/RNC RO 20,29820,298

SURIS IS 4,477 5,208 9,685

MARNET MK 5,384 5,384KPNQwest/EUnet 2,350

2,350BCI/Teleglobe 2,614

2,614------- ------- -------

--------TOTAL 0 4,477 92,254

96,731

5. SERENATE update

SERENATE basics

Strategic study into the evolution of research & education networking in Europe over the next 5-10 years. Looking into the technical, organisational and financial aspects, the market conditions and the regulatory environment. Will provide inputs to the policy-making of the EC, national governments and funding bodies, research institutions and research & education networks.

May 2002 – September 2003 Project partners: TERENA, DANTE, CTI, Academia

Europaea, ESF. With strong involvement of national research & education networks.

Needs active participation from all stakeholders!

SERENATE’s 14 work items

a. Initial Workshopb. Transport Infrastructurec. Regulatory Situationd. Operators Workshope. Infrastructure Forecastf. NREN Modelsg. Infrastructure Scenariosh. Equipmenti. User Needsj. Overall Strategic Scenariosk. Extensions of Research Networksl. Geographic Coveragem. Final Workshopn. Final Report

Where are we today?

M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S Initial Workshop (a)

Operators Workshop (d) Final Workshop (m)

Regulatory Situation (c) InfrastructureForecast (e)

NREN Models (f) Transport Infrastructure (b)

Equipment (h) User Needs (i) Extension of RNs (k)

Geographic Coverage (l) Infrastr. Scenarios (g)

Overall Stategic Scenarios (j) Final Report (n)

Initial Workshop (1)

took place at La Hulpe from 17-18 September 2002

94 participants from: national research & education networks, researchers, government and funding bodies, telecom operators, equipment manufacturers

interesting plenary presentations: researcher’s, educationalist’s and librarian’s view policies/politics (EP, EC, ENPG) the view from the campus (FR, UK) the continental view (GÉANT, Internet2) optical networking problems in real life

breakout discussion sessions on Technology, Economics, Geography, Researchers’ Needs, Other Users’ Needs

Initial Workshop (2)

breakout discussion sessions on five questions:1. Security inhibits user-to-user connectivity. Discuss.

2. Is geographically ubiquitous connectivity for European researchers (a) sustainable? (b) extensible?

3. What should Europe do about connectivity to “neighbouring areas”?

4. How should the national research & education networks community transfer their experience and/or expertise to other communities?

5. Can (should) we recommend a minimum/average/acceptable level of service for each European researcher?

plenary session, including preliminary impressions

Initial Workshop (3)

Some preliminary impressions (1): From hardware to services:

Research networking is evolving fast. It is not so much just getting “hardware connectivity” to the researcher’s desk, but it is increasingly about delivering a set of services needed by researchers (and others). The user wants information access, collaborative tools, “disciplinary Grids”. AAA and Web/Grid services will be part of the delivery mechanism.

Research & education networks are a resource:Lots of expertise. Growing understanding by government of

the importance of ICT as a driver for economic prosperity. Growing understanding by governments of the value of their research & education network’s expertise. Increasing requests to capitalise on that expertise.

Initial Workshop (4)

Some preliminary impressions (2): Technology:

The “optical wave” is a powerful one. We need to find a coherent approach to the “steadily increasing amplitude” of optical networking.

Economics:We need a clear understanding of any regulatory barriers that we

could face in deploying pan-European fibre. Does it matter whether you actually own fibre, or lease it on a long-term basis, or maybe even lease wavelengths?

Geography:There is a conflict between two fundamental EU-policy concepts:

equal opportunities for researchers wherever they are (ERA) subsidiarity.

• Researcher-User Needs:As much as they can get (and afford). AAA, Grids etc.

Initial Workshop (5)

Some preliminary impressions (3): Other Users’ Needs:

Could one develop benchmarks for schools, libraries, hospitals etc.?

Policy and funding:Dialogue with governments and politicians (national and European

level) needed.

www.serenate.org/workshop1.html

Transport Infrastructure

fact-finding on the transport and infrastructure market – deployment and trends, incl. pricing and availability and market development as well as global connectivity issues

carried out by DANTE and CTI started in June 2002 material GÉANT procurements as one of the inputs confidential interviews with European-level

operators study to be completed in November 2002 taking into account results of Operators Workshop report in December 2002

Regulatory situation

study into the status of regulatory development in: each of the EU Accession States Portugal, Greece the other EU Member States as a whole

carried out by CTI and Antelope Consulting started in May 2002 (one month before schedule) lot of information already gathered study to be completed in November 2002

report in December 2002

Operators Workshop (1)

will take place in Amsterdam on 8 November 2002

organised by TERENA and DANTE directed at traditional and “alternative”

operators: new pan-European operators traditional operators that have developed pan-European

capabilities unreconstructured monopolists regional operators

Operators Workshop (2)

discussion sessions on: technology: “Protocol Wars: Return of the Circuit Switch” pricing and geography: “How to close the Digital Price

Divide in Europe?” stability of the industry: “Will we see more operators

getting into serious problems?” relations between operators and research networks:

“Business relationship or partnership?”

www.serenate.org/workshop2.html

NREN Models

case studies on novel infrastructure acquisition initiatives

analytic report carried out by CTI results to be discussed in workshop aimed at

NRENs, organised by TERENA on 5 February 2003 in Noordwijkerhout (NL)

started in August 2002 study to be completed in February 2003 end-report in March 2003

Equipment

study into the availability and characteristics of equipment for next-generation networks

carried out by DANTE and TERENA contributions from technical experts from TF-NGN started in July 2002 questionnaire developed; interviews with

equipment manufacturers to take place between 20 October and 30 November 2002

study to be completed in December 2002 report in January 2003

Researchers’ Needs

study of the networking needs of users in the European research community

carried out by Academia Europaea and ESF started in August 2002 Web questionnaire developed and large number

of researchers invited to respond draft report to be discussed in workshop in

Montpellier from 17-19 January 2003 study to be completed in February 2003 end-report in February 2003

8. TERENA Activity Plan 2003

TERENA Activity Plan 2003Introduction

• The Activity Plan 2003 is a document of the TERENA Executive Committee, describing its plans for TERENA for the next year

TERENA Activity Plan 2003“State of the Union”

• Europe has established itself as a very major player in research and education networking

• Some milestones:• GÉANT• IPv6 experimental rollout• Major player in Grids• Other technical development work (QoS, middleware,

etc.) is also at the forefront

• Now the time to look at strategic issues for the future: SERENATE

• How to achieve the ERA’s goals of equal opportunities for researchers throughout Europe: need to narrow this digital divide

TERENA Activity Plan 2003TERENA’s mission

• Fostering new activities• among others, investigating feasibility of ideas and

developing and piloting new services

• Technical Programme• support to joint European work in developing,

evaluating, testing, integrating and promoting new networking, middleware and application technologies

• workshops and ad-hoc meetings to exchange experiences and to plan for joint activities

• Knowledge Transfer• conferences, workshops and seminars• knowledge transfer to less-advanced networks

• Promoting members’ interests• political, policy and industrial contacts, and liaison

with other continents

TERENA Activity Plan 2003“State of TERENA”

• Facilitator for joint technical work. Increased visibility of the organisation.

• TERENA has a small Secretariat to support and facilitate activities carried out by the community

• Increased participation of the Secretariat in Framework Programme projects, co-funded by the EC. Creates challenges for the available staff and for management and financial administration.

• New projects co-funded by the EC have positive effect on TERENA’s finances

• Need to consider carefully balance between EU-funded activities and other work. Need to ensure continuity.

TERENA Activity Plan 2003Priorities for 2003

• Provide inputs to policies of many stakeholders. SERENATE and its follow-up.

• Promote participation of the community in FP6. TERENA itself also to participate in FP6 project proposals whenever appropriate.

• Continue support to successful task forces and projects. Develop new activities in Technical Programme.

• Take initiatives to support research networking in underserved countries.

TERENA Activity Plan 2003Representation of members’ interests

• SERENATE

• TERENA Compendium of National Research & Education Networks

• Continue liaison with EC, ENPG, ICANN

• Continue intensive collaboration with Internet2

• Continue to arrange European representation in CCIRN meetings

• Information dissemination via the TERENA website

TERENA Activity Plan 2003Technical Programme (1)

• TF-AACE successful and continuing

• TF-CSIRT successful and growing

• TF-LSD to be limited to tasks related to ongoing projects

• TF-NGN successful and continuing with new list of activities

• New task force on Mobility to be established

• Initiative for IP Telephony Cookbook project

TERENA Activity Plan 2003Technical Programme (2)

• Follow Grids developments. Support exchange of information between Grids and research-networking communities.

• Promote discussions on how to organise and structure the interaction with the campus level

• Discuss role of NRENs and TERENA in content delivery and the integration of content and networking services

• Ongoing major projects: “Adding Certificate Retrieval to OpenLDAP” and “Directory Schema Registry”

• New edition of the GNRT to be published

TERENA Activity Plan 2003Technical Programme (3)

Projects (co-)funded by the EC in which TERENA participates:

• 6NET

• 6LINK

• SCAMPI

• TRANSITS

• SEEREN

TERENA Activity Plan 2003Conferences and knowledge transfer

• Organise support to research networking in underserved countries

• Funding for participation from “poorer” countries obtained in SERENATE and TRANSITS

• Provide more support on a bilateral basis.

• Collaborate with CEENet on NATO workshop

• Establish “help-desk” function

• Organise TERENA Networking Conference 2003• Zagreb, 19-22 May 2003• Together with CARNet Users’ Conference 2003• Possibly combined with Cisco and/or Juniper events

• Organise mini-symposium at October GA meeting

TERENA Activity Plan 2003Services

• Continue function as clearinghouse for Trusted Introducer service, now established on a permanent basis

Memberships

• Review TERENA’s membership of the Internet Society

Information dissemination and publicity

• Establish group of PR officers of TERENA member organisations

9b. Contribution categories of National

Members

• The GA is asked to decide that all TERENA National Members will be in the same membership category in 2003 as they are in 2002.

9c. Projected outlook 2002(kEUR) 2001 2002 2002

result budget outlookEXPENDITUREpersonnel costs 733 854 860accommodation 106 125 128office running costs 154 192 186travel & meetings 52 59 54membership 6 6 5financial expenses 6 11 16representation interests 3 2 2technical meetings 20 29 39technical travel 32 35 22minor projects funding 32 62 44 depreciation debtors 0 0 55

----------------------------------------TOTAL 1144 1375 1411

INCOMEcontributions 918 964 966interest 54 45 47charged hours + other income 80 414 594depletion Special Project Fund 6 39 1

----------------------------------------TOTAL 1058 1462 1608

OPERATING RESULT -87 87 197project results -1 -209 -197

NET RESULT -86 -122 0

9c. Projected outlook 2002(kEUR) 2001 result 2002 budget 2002 outlookINCOMEcontributions 918 964 966project income 158 350 652other income 17 45 14

----------------------------------------TOTAL 1093 1359 1632

DIRECT EXPENDITUREproject costs -159 -559 -849Technical Programme -84 -126 -105

----------------------------------------TOTAL -243 -685 -954

INCOME LESS DIRECT EXP. +850 +674 +678INDIRECT EXPENDITUREpersonnel costs -662 -446 -279other administrative costs -321 -384 -375

----------------------------------------TOTAL -984 -830 -654

OPERATING RESULT -134 -156 +24interest received 54 45 47financial expenses -6 -11 -71

----------------------------------------TOTAL 48 34 -24

INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE -86 -122 0

RESERVES AT YEAR START 951 865 865RESERVES AT YEAR END 865 743 865

9d. Proposed budget 2003(kEUR) 2002 2002 2003 proposed

budget outlook budget EXPENDITUREpersonnel costs 854 860 939 accommodation 125 128 131 office running costs 192 186 191

travel & meetings 59 54 64 membership 6 5 6 financial expenses 11 16 14

representation interests 2 2 2

technical meetings 29 39 40 technical travel 35 22 25 minor projects funding 62 44 50 depreciation debtors 0 55 0

------------------------------------------TOTAL 1375 1411 1462

INCOMEcontributions 964 966 942 interest 45 47 45 charged hours + other income 414 594 693 depletion Special Project Fund 39 1 26

------------------------------------------TOTAL 1462 1608 1706

OPERATING RESULT 87 197 244 project results -209 -197 -538

NET RESULT -122 0 -294

9d. Proposed budget 2003(kEUR) 2002 budget 2002 outlook 2003 prop.budgetINCOMEcontributions 964 966 942

project income 350 652 557other income 45 14 29

----------------------------------------TOTAL 1359 1632 1528

DIRECT EXPENDITUREproject costs -559 -849 -1095Technical Programme -126 -105 -115

----------------------------------------TOTAL -685 -954 -1210

INCOME LESS DIRECT EXP. +674 +678 +318INDIRECT EXPENDITUREpersonnel costs -446 -279 -249other administrative costs -384 -375 -394

----------------------------------------TOTAL -830 -654 -643

OPERATING RESULT -156 +24 -325interest received 45 47 45financial expenses -11 -71 -14

----------------------------------------TOTAL 34 -24 31

INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE -122 0 -294

RESERVES AT YEAR START 865 865 865RESERVES AT YEAR END 743 865 571

9d. Budget 2003 and membership fees 2003

• The GA is asked to adopt the TERENA budget for 2003 as shown in document GA(02)022 and to determine that the membership fee for 2003 will remain unchanged at EUR 4700 per unit.

12. Secretariat matters

TERENA Secretariat staffper October 2002

Karel Vietsch Secretary General

John Dyer Chief Technical OfficerYuri Demchenko Project Development Officer (leaves 31 Oct)Valentino Cavalli Project Development OfficerKevin Meynell Project Development OfficerLicia Florio Project Development OfficerAlex de Joode Senior IT Support Officer (20/39)Dick Visser System/Network Manager (30/39)Jeroen Houben Webmaster

Bert van Pinxteren Chief Administrative Officer Carol de Groot PR & Conference Officer Wilma Overdevest Financial Administrator (24/39)Raquel Corredoira Workshop Organiser (24/39)Roos Stouthamer Secretary