24th meeting of the TERENA General Assembly

Budapest, 21 October 2005

1. Welcome and Apologies (1/2)

Apologies have been received from:– Jan Gruntorád (CESNET)– Leif Laaksonen and Klaus Lindberg (CSC)– Dany Vandromme (Renater)– Kees Neggers and Boudewijn Nederkoorn (SURFnet)– Pedro Veiga (FCCN)– Brian Carpenter and David Martin (IBM)– Jean-Marc Uzé (Juniper)– Yves Poppe (Teleglobe)

1. Welcome and Apologies (2/2)

Proxies:– René Buch represents SURFnet 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 23rd GA meeting (Poznań, 9-10 June 2005)

4a. Admission of new members

• No applications for TERENA membership have been received

4b. Changes in membership

• None

4c. Changes in representative

• Panayiotis Tsanakas (representative of GRNET)• José Fernandes (substitute representative of

FCCN)• Serkan Orcan (substitute representative of

ULAKBIM)• René Buch (representative of NORDUnet)

4d. Outstanding membership fees (1/2)

organisation ctry debt

2003

debt

2004

debt

2005

total

ANSTI/RNC RO 21,031 21,031

MARNET MK 1,091 3,397 4,488

IBM 2,400 2,400

Juniper 2,400 2,400

total 1,091 29,228 30,318

4d. Outstanding membership fees (2/2)

• The GA is asked to annul the remaining debt of MARNET to TERENA (4,488 euro)

5. Technical Programme

6. TERENA Activity Plan 2006 (1/4)

Current challenges for research networking in Europe:– Substantial progress in many areas in the past

few years– In many aspects, Europe now has a leading

position worldwide– But even in the areas where Europe is ahead,

there is more work to do and there are new challenges

– “Where do we go from here?” is the question to be answered in the next two years

6. TERENA Activity Plan 2006 (2/4)

TERENA’s mission and status:– (strategic vision from previous Activity Plan:) TERENA is first and

foremost a collaborative organisation– TERENA Secretariat in good shape

• Balance to be found between TERENA Secretariat’s involvement in EU-funded projects and Secretariat support to collaborative TERENA activities

– Financial status of TERENA satisfactory• But dependent on funding from GN2 project (ends in 2008)

• GN2 funding for TERENA Compendium and for support to TERENA task forces will run out early 2007

6. TERENA Activity Plan 2006 (3/4)

Highlights for 2006:

– Foresight Study funded by GN2 project (March 2006 – August 2007)

– More practical support to development of research networking in “underserved” regions (thanks to GN2 / NA4)

– 2006 edition of TERENA Compendium of NRENs (more analyses of differences and trends)

– In Technical Programme, work devoted to new technical challenges (e.g. control-plane and middleware issues)

– More workshops on specific topics (e.g. NREN-Grids, EuroCAMP, CSIRT training, connecting schools (?))

– Research networking community at the campus level to be a focus of TERENA activities

6. TERENA Activity Plan 2006 (4/4)

A few of the new things among the specific plans for 2006:– Foresight Study– Overhaul of TERENA website– PR Strategy Plan, increase of PR activities.– More concrete actions for “underserved” countries via GN2 / NA4– Advanced EuroCAMP in addition to “base CAMP”– 2 CSIRT training courses (jointly with FIRST)– 2 NREN-Grids workshops– RTIR project– Updates to GNRT to be commissioned– Server Certificate Service to start early in 2006– Organise IPv6 training workshop in South America (funded by

6DISS project)

7a. Contribution categories of National Members

• The GA is asked to decide that ULAKBIM (Turkey) will be in category 6 from 1 January 2006 and, as a phase-in, shall pay 7 units as its membership fee in 2006.

7b. Projected outlook 2005(kEUR) 2004 result 2005 budget 2005 outlook

INCOME

contributions 946 959 956

project income 886 792 1099

other income 56 4 4

TOTAL 1889 1755 2059

DIRECT EXPENDITURE

project costs -937 -1128 -1498

Technical Programme -49 -68 -55

TOTAL -986 -1196 -1553

INCOME LESS DIRECT EXPENDITURE 903 559 506

INDIRECT EXPENDITURE

personnel costs -441 -409 -339

other administrative costs -248 -202 -162

TOTAL -689 -611 -501

OPERATING RESULT 214 -52 5

interest received 38 45 45

financial expenses -4 -152 -120

TOTAL 34 -107 -75

INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE 248 -159 -70

RESERVES AT YEAR START 780 1028 1028

RESERVES AT YEAR END 1028 869 958

7c. Proposed budget 2006 (1/2)

(kEUR) 2005 budget 2005 outlook 2006 proposed budget

INCOME

contributions 959 956 948

project income 792 1099 1872

other income 4 4 1

TOTAL 1755 2059 2821

DIRECT EXPENDITURE

project costs -1128 -1498 -1948

Technical Programme -68 -55 -81

TOTAL -1196 -1553 -2029

INCOME LESS DIRECT EXPENDITURE 559 506 792

INDIRECT EXPENDITURE

personnel costs -409 -339 -459

other administrative costs -202 -162 -191

TOTAL -611 -501 -650

OPERATING RESULT -52 5 142

interest received 45 45 40

financial expenses -152 -120 -28

TOTAL -107 -75 12

INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE -159 -70 154

RESERVES AT YEAR START 1028 1028 958

RESERVES AT YEAR END 869 958 1112

7c. Budget 2006 and membership fees 2006 (2/2)

The GA is asked– to set the membership fee unit for 2006 at 4,870

euro– to adopt the budget for the year 2006 as in

document GA(05)019

8. GN2 Foresight Study PreparationsGN2 contract text (1/5)

• The Foresight Study will provide inputs for initiatives that could help to keep the evolution of European research networking at the forefront of worldwide developments, and enhance the competitiveness of the ERA. It will prepare the ground for the planning of the development of research and education networking infrastructure and services after the completion of GN2, at the local, national, European and intercontinental level. (…)

• (…) a study into the strategic aspects of the most advanced development of networks and services. The Foresight Study will start in March 2006 and will run for 18 months. It will look into the technical, organisational and financial aspects, the user requirements, the market conditions and the policy environment. It will also provide evidence of the impact on research in various disciplines of the development of research and education networking infrastructure and services in recent years.

8. GN2 Foresight Study PreparationsGN2 contract text (2/5)

• The study will need the active involvement of all stakeholders: national government authorities and the EC, other funding bodies, NRENs, management of universities, research institutes and educational institutions, equipment vendors and telecom providers, and last but not least the users of research and education networking facilities and services. The collaboration with industry, building on the successful contacts established during the SERENATE project, will be particularly important.

• The organisation of the Foresight Study will build on the experiences gained in the SERENATE project. The work will be led by a Foresight Study Panel composed of senior representatives of each of the organisations that have a major role in the execution of the study. They will act as a quality control panel for the final report on the Foresight Study and the preliminary reports on specific aspects.

• (…..)

8. GN2 Foresight Study PreparationsGN2 contract text (3/5)

Milestones:– April 2006: Initial Workshop of the Foresight Study– ………

Deliverables:– June 2006: Workplan for the Foresight Study

Based on the results of the Initial Workshop and other consultations, this deliverable will describe the sub-studies, workshops and other actions to be undertaken within the Foresight Study, the main actors to be involved in each of them, the planned sub-reports and the overall time schedule

– December 2006, March 2007: Sub-reports on specific aspectsThese deliverables will contain the preliminary results of the sub-studies and other

sub-activities within the Foresight Study to investigate specific aspects of the expected future development of research and education networking in Europe, such as, e.g., technological developments, developments in user needs, policy developments etc.

– ….......

8. GN2 Foresight Study PreparationsGN2 contract text (4/5)

Participants:The work on the Foresight Study will be led by TERENA. DANTE will make

large contributions to the work, bringing in particularly its financial and technical expertise and knowledge of market conditions. Besides the general involvement that is expected from all NRENs, several GN2 participants will make specific contributions to the Foresight Study by making available their experts in specific areas. Which GN2 participants this will be and which contributions they will make, will be sketched in the Workplan for the Foresight Study (June 2006). This will depend on the issues that will be identified in this Workplan as being in the focus of interest, and on the expertise available. In addition, other organisations are expected to contribute to the various sub-activities of the Foresight Study, as GN2 project participants, subcontractors or third parties, e.g., one or more organisations representative of the user community.

8. GN2 Foresight Study PreparationsGN2 contract text (5/5)

Budget:– TERENA manpower 470 kEUR– Manpower of NRENs 135 kEUR– Other direct costs for TERENA (workshops etc.) 170 kEUR– Costs of other organisations (see previous slide) 275 kEUR– Travel costs 40 kEUR

total 1090 kEUR

(Total budget of SERENATE project was 960 kEUR)

8. GN2 Foresight Study Preparations

The GA is asked to discuss which topics the Foresight Study should focus on, and which organisations could be invited to participate in the Study.

Topics mentioned earlier:– The technical challenges of “dark fibre” networks (control plane etc.)– Needs of network users in the European research community– Extension of the user group of research networks to schools and other public-sector institutions– The “Digital Divide”– Authentication and authorisation– Cross-border connections between NRENs– Campus issues– Wireless networks– Applications driving the network– Relations with industry– ………– ……...

9. GN2 project – NA4

(a) Key findings from the Compendium 2006

(b) Assistance to research and education networking in less-advanced regions

10. Conferences and workshops

11. Liaisons

12. 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

Baiba Kaškina Project Development Officer till Feb ‘06

Dick Visser IT Support Officer

Jeroen Houben Webmaster

Christian Gijtenbeek Webmaster 20/39

Bert van Pinxteren Chief Administrative Officer

Joanne Barnett External Relations Officer EGEE

Wilma Overdevest Financial Administrator 28/39

Carol de Groot PR & Conference Officer

Jim Buddin Workshop Organiser / Project Management Assistant

EGEE

Aukje Bakker Workshop Organiser till Dec ’05, then back as Secretary

Pilar Mayorga Secretary 31/39, till Dec ‘05

13. Next meetings

GA 25, Catania, 18-19 May 2006

GA 26, 20 October 2006– University of Malta has offered to host the meeting– Preceded by NREN PC meeting on 19 October 2006 at

same location

14. Any Other Business and Close