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CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_

Reported by Joyce Reynolds/Information Sciences Institute

Minutes of the Gopher BOF (GOPHER)

This BOF focused on the Gopher protocol and insuring its existence in a
well-defined, standard fashion.  Current implementations/licensing
issues were not discussed at this meeting as it was outside the scope of
involvement of the Chairpersons and the BOF.

Comments on the current Gopher protocol (RFC 1436) were fielded and
discussed.  A game plan was discussed on where this Group would like to
go.  The Gopher protocol is one of various documents which have not come
into the ``standardization'' process.  The intent is to start with this
informational document, make some minor additions to bring it into
agreement with the protocol as it is currently deployed, and place it
into the protocol standardization track of the IETF. Discussion also
focused on a liaison ``reporter'' that could interact between the IETF
participants and the Gopher folks at the University of Minnesota, as
they were unable to attend this IETF.

Discussion and consensus of moving this BOF to the Integration of
Internet Information Resources Working Group (IIIR) for formal actions
was approved.  IIIR will assist by providing integration guidance of the
Gopher protocol with other services, progressing RFC 1436 into the
protocol standardization track, and looking into the next generation of
Gopher protocols.

The GOPHER Chairs, Jim Fullton and Joyce K. Reynolds, and the IIIR
Chair, Chris Weider, will report the results of this BOF to the Gopher
developers at the University of Minnesota.

Formal Declaration to be sent to the Gopher attendees at the Gopher
Conference to be held April 13th:



     The intended collaboration between the IETF and the Gopher
     group is welcomed and necessary.  The Gopher Protocol document
     (RFC 1436) is nearly complete.  The consensus of the attendees
     at the Gopher BOF last week is that minor corrections need to
     be made to the document that will bring the paper into
     compliance with existing working software and thus put it on
     the standardization track in the IETF. Discussion and consensus
     of moving this BOF to the IIIR (Integration of Internet
     Information Resources) Working Group for formal actions was
     approved.  We look forward to working with you.



Attendees

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N. Akiko Aizawa          [e-mail]
Harald Alvestrand        [e-mail]
Jules Aronson            [e-mail]
Robert Beer              [e-mail]
Tim Berners-Lee          [e-mail]
Fred Bohle               [e-mail]
Deborah Boyer            [e-mail]
Sandy Bryant             [e-mail]
Susan Calcari            [e-mail]
Corinne Carroll          [e-mail]
Jodi-Ann Chu             [e-mail]
David Conklin            [e-mail]
Naomi Courter            [e-mail]
Mark Davis-Craig         [e-mail]
Peter Deutsch            [e-mail]
Kishan Dudkikar          [e-mail]
Jill Foster              [e-mail]
Paul Franchois           [e-mail]
Marcello Frutig          [e-mail]
Jim Fullton              [e-mail]
Kevin Gamiel             [e-mail]
Greg Gicale              [e-mail]
Terry Gray               [e-mail]
Deborah Hamilton         [e-mail]
Susan Harris             [e-mail]
Russ Hobby               [e-mail]
Ellen Hoffman            [e-mail]
Susan Horvath            [e-mail]
Lenore Jackson           [e-mail]
Erik Jul                 [e-mail]
Bill Kelly               [e-mail]
Michael Khalandovsky     [e-mail]
Jim Knowles              [e-mail]
Mark Kosters             [e-mail]
John Kunze               [e-mail]
Sylvain Langlois         [e-mail]
Hock-Koon Lim            [e-mail]
Samir Malak              [e-mail]
April Marine             [e-mail]
Michael Mealling         [e-mail]
David Meyer              [e-mail]
Mitra                    [e-mail]
Joe Pagan                [e-mail]
Marsha Perrott           [e-mail]
Robert Reschly           [e-mail]
Joyce K. Reynolds        [e-mail]
Francois Robitaille      [e-mail]
Richard Rodgers          [e-mail]
Steve Romig              [e-mail]
Marshall Rose            [e-mail]
Larry Snodgrass          [e-mail]
Michael St.  Johns       [e-mail]
Craig Todd               [e-mail]
Matt Tuttle              [e-mail]

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Robert Ullmann           [e-mail]
Janet Vratny             [e-mail]
Chris Weider             [e-mail]
Moira West               [e-mail]
Richard Wiggins          [e-mail]



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