==================================================================== Advisory Council of the Internet Society Document: 94-005 Title: Council IETF Meeting Report Author(s): "George H. Clapp" Date: 8 Dec 1994 Committee: ISOC Advisory Council Revision: basic Supersedes: Status: Draft Access: Unrestricted -------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of a Birds of a Feather (BOF) session of the Internet Society Advisory Council (ISOC AC). Monday, Dec. 5, 1994 San Jose, California The group briefly reviewed the statistics on the individual and organizational members of the Internet Society (the information was extracted from an email distributed by Tony Rutkowski). ISOC AC organizational members (as of 2/2/94) 121 members ISOC individual members (as of 12/1/94) 3741 members (from 141 countries) Countries with 1% or more of the total members: Australia 60 Canada 100 Czech Republic 42 France 56 Germany 87 Italy 47 Japan 223 Netherlands 82 Spain 40 Switzerland 45 Thailand 87 United Kingdom 120 USA 1960 The group turned to a discussion of the following recommendations made at a meeting of the ISOC AC officers in Reston, Virginia, on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1994. The participants of the 11/16/94 meeting were... Rick Adams officer George Clapp officer Mike Conn (by phone) officer emeritus C. Joe Pasquariello officer Nicholas Trio officer Tony Rutkowski convener Resolutions: 1. A draft charter for the Advisory Council will be distributed for comment. 2. The ISOC AC officers shall serve for a term of 3 years, after which they are not eligible to serve for a consecutive term. After a hiatus of one term, however, they are eligible to serve again. 3. The officers shall not bear titles (i.e., no Chair, Vice-Chair, etc.). 4. Request the Board of Trustees (BoT) to modify the bylaws to seat the four officers of AC as voting members of the BOT. 5. Recommend that the special status of the Charter ISOC Members be revoked, while recognizing their contribution. 6. Funding for administrative tasks for the Internet presently comes from multiple sources to multiple destinations. For better coordination and to establish the role of the ISOC, this funding should be channeled through the ISOC. 7. Tony Rutkowski will coordinate Birds of a Feather (BOF) session for the ISOC AC at the next IETF. Discussion focused on recommendations 4, 5, and 6. Recommendation 4: There was general agreement; no one voiced opposition. A debate was related within the Board of Trustees over whether the ISOC is an professional association of individuals or of organizations. Recommendation 5: General agreement. Recommendation 6: There was an attempt to clarify the recommendation. The following proposed objective of the ISOC was referenced (source: Tony Rutkowski): "Coordinating and progressively funding all global internet administrative infrastructure, such as naming and addressing, standards secretariat, etc." The following points were made (in no particular order): - We need to know where the funding is going. The benefit of the funded work must have some significance to the organization and to the country in which the organization resides. An illustrative comment was, "As long as it's global, it's fine." - Will the organizational dues increase? - Will the funding organizations (e.g., NSF) consent to have their funds administered by ISOC? - The ISOC should assert that internet addresses are their intellectual property and that they shall administer them. There was debate whether this meant that the ISOC would directly administer or oversee the administration of the addresses. - The role of the ISOC was characterized as the following: - Making sure "it" gets done (e.g., naming and addressing, RFC editorship). - Providing a place for liability. - Acting as the focal organization as administrative responsibility for the Internet shifts away from existing bodies (e.g., US federal agencies). - Acting as a focal point for the general public for information concerning the Internet. This was emphasized as perhaps the *prime* purpose of the ISOC. The following recommendations and decisions were made: - The ISOC should release an Annual Report. - At the beginning of a calendar year, the ISOC should distribute an agenda listing objectives for the year. - The ISOC AC will convene a meeting at every IETF meeting. The following were present: Guy Almes Jon Becker Brian Carpenter John Chang Kilnam Chon George Clapp Steve Cisler David Conrad Lile Elam Gene Hastings Geoff Huston Priscilla Huston Ole Jacobsen Suzanne Johnson Stev Knowles Mark Laubach Bob Lemley Mark Lottor Paul Love Mike O'Dell Dave Sincoskie David Woodgate Respectfully submitted, George Clapp voice: 708-765-2360 fax: 708-765-3350 email: clapp@ameris.ameritech.com ====================================================================