home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Internet Info 1997 December
/
Internet_Info_CD-ROM_Walnut_Creek_December_1997.iso
/
isoc
/
bodies
/
council
/
documents
/
95-011.txt
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1996-01-26
|
6KB
|
128 lines
Title: Dec 95 Council Meeting Report - Part 1 of 2
Author: C.Joe PASQUARIELLO
Date: 1996.01.25
Body: Advisory Council
Document: 95-011
Revision: basic
Supersedes:
Status: For information and comment as appropriate
Reference: 95-009; 1995.12.4; ISOC Advisory Council Agenda-07 December 95
===================================================================
GREETINGS to the Advisory Council, et al -
NOTE: IF YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE, AND ARE NOT YOUR ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY
REPRESENTATIVE OR ALTERNATE TO ISOC - PLEASE ADVISE - SO WE CAN TAKE
ACTION TO KEEP OUR COUNCIL MAILING LIST CURRENT [TRUSTEE RECIPIENTS
EXCEPTED]. THANX!
First let me apologize for the delay in getting this report to you. I
have several excuses - none of them real good. But the holidays, the
blizzard of the century' in the US Northeast, two unprecedented US
Government shutdowns, a touch of the flu, turnover in the ISOC staff, and
now major flooding in the Washington DC area have been some of the
contributing factors. Not a really good way to start the new year - but I
promise to try harder to improve the timeliness of our future
communications.
I hope you have all had a chance to view the minutes of the Board of
Trustee meetings of 8,9 December which WERE posted promptly to the ISOC
server - in HTML yet! [Geoff Huston is not only the world's BEST recording
secretary, but apparently the climate - political and otherwise - has been
a bit more stable in Australia than here in the US in recent weeks]. The
three subjects reported below are those that the Council has previously
expressed a strong view on, and also were part of the Trustees agenda. I
believe that the Trustees' disposition of these items should be satisfying
to you.
The following is a summary of our discussion of these items which are
coupled to Board of Trustee actions - ie, representation on Board, ISOC
role in DNS, and ISOC/IETF roles. Other matters taken up at the meeting
which are Advisory Council only' will be reported separately as part 2 of
2 of this report [election to fill the current officer vacancy, various
membership matters, and revisions to the Council charter].
|==================================================================|
Report of ISOC Advisory Council Meting
[Part 1 of 2]
7 December 1995
Dallas, Texas, USA
Summary of Major Trustee-Related Decisions & Actions
1. Representation of the Council on the ISOC Board of Trustees
===========================================================
By way of backround - the Council has been seeking membership for the four
Council Officers, with voting privileges, on the ISOC Board. It has also
strongly recommended the disestablishment of the three Charter Members of
the Board. ISOC President Landweber reported to the Council that the
sentiments of a majority of the Board members concerning the Charter
Members were in agreement with the Council views, and that he expected the
Board to formally act on this at their Dallas meeting. After discussion,
it was agreed that the Council would "back off" on on it's previous
request for voting rights so as not to complicate the Board's
consideration of the various by-laws changes to be dealt with at their
Dallas meeting. This does not prejudice our raising the voting rights
[for Council Officers] issue again in the future - should the Council wish
to re-address it. The Council Officers now participate in the Board
discussions and are invited to sit in on Board Meetings but without voting
rights. [Two Council members, UUNET/Adams & MCI/Conn participated in the
committee of the Board which developed the reorganization proposals
considered by the Board at the December meetings].
ACTION: What are your views on the matter of Voting Rights for Council
Officers? Should we reopen this subject with the Board? Or, are
you satisfied with the current position - an ISOC Board with all
members elected by the ISOC general membership. Please address
your comments to the Advisory Council List.
2. ISOC Role in DNS Evolution
==========================
A discussion was led by Nick Trio, Council Co-Chair, and who is also one
of the authors of the ISOC Draft document on a proposed role for the ISOC
in the DNS (draft-isoc-dns-role-00.txt). Brian Carpenter, Chair of IAB;
Paul Mockapetris, Chair IETF; and others participated - as did President
Landweber. Several other papers extant on the subject were also discussed.
It was agreed to prepare a new joint draft document with additional
authorship - to include IAB/Carpenter,IETF/Mockapetris, and CIX/Collet.
As a step in that direction, Bob Collet [CIX/Sprint] offered to host a
workshop on the subject in the Wash DC area on 2 Feb, with wide community
representation. Invitations and other particulars on the workshop have
since been widely disseminated by President Landweber, the US Federal
Networking Council and others. Nick Trio will continue to be active in
this effort on behalf of the Advisory Council.
ACTION: Express your views on this subject to Nick, or at the workshop if
you attend, or later after the revised joint I-D is surfaced for
comment.
3. POISED & The ISOC & IETF Roles & Relationships
==============================================
Erik Huizer, Chair of the IETF POISED Group, along with ISOC VP Scott
Bradner reported and led a discussion of the status of the POISED
activity, and the ISOC/IETF relationship in particular. He mentioned that
there was a considerable majority of the POISED group that endorsed the
ISOC position on this subject as previously articulated by Vint and
others. Later - at the IETF Plenary - Eric took a straw poll on this
question, and there was an overwhelming expression for IETF to remain
affiliated with ISOC. This was most gratifying, and consistent with
previous Council views on the subject!
ACTION: Be alert to the next POISED Group I-D which will propose a
complete revision of RFC1602 setting forth the IETF standards
process - for your comments as appropriate.
Best regards,
C.Joe PASQUARIELLO
Council Chair