Dear Council members,
Please find attached the minutes of the PSO-PC teleconference of 1st
February 2001, for your review.
I count on your comments and suggestions before say, 15 February, so that I
can publish them on the PSO web-site.
Many thanks in advance,
Livia Rosu
PSO-PC Secretary
Internet Business Development Officer
ETSI - The place for standards
Sophia Antipolis Cedex, F-06921 France
http://www.etsi.org/
Mailto: livia.rosu@etsi.fr
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<<PSO-Minutes-01February2001.txt>>
ICANN Protocol Standards Organization (PSO)
February 01, 2001 Teleconference
Reported by: Livia Rosu, PSO Secretary
PARTICIPANTS
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Steve Bellovin / IETF Representative
Fabio Bigi / ITU Representative
Leslie Daigle / IETF Representative
Gerry Lawrence / ETSI Representative
Brian Moore / ITU Representative
APOLOGIES
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Bridget Cosgrave / ETSI Representative
Philipp Hoschka / W3C Representative
Daniel Weitzner / W3C Representative
Minutes
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1. The PSO Council members have analyzed the impact of the newly selected
Top-Level Domains (.aero, .biz, .coop, .info, .museum, .name and .pro).
The issue of increasing traffic going to roots has been considered as paramount.
It has been agreed that there are no other critical protocol-based matters related
to the new TLDs.
As ICANN is still in the process of finalizing its recommendations for the
practical implementation of the new TLDs, the PSO-PC has identified a need to
reconsider again this agenda item at a later stage.
2. The voting mechanism for 2001 nomination to the ICANN Board has been discussed.
Prior to October 1, 2001, the Protocol Supporting Organization shall select its
representative for the two-year term to the ICANN Board, according to the
PSO MoU and procedures specified by the Article VI-C of the ICANN Bylaws
(as amended July 16, 2000).
3. The issue of the PSO nomination to the Nominating Committee for the Independent
Review Committee has been analyzed. As agreed time ago, ETSI and ITU shall have
a combined unique choice, while IETF and W3C shall have theirs. ETSI and ITU have
already chosen the Director of the ITU-TSB Houlin Zhao.
Leslie and Steve shall co-ordinate with Philipp and Daniel to come up shortly
with a name for the IETF/W3C nomination to IRC, and shall inform the Council on
their decission.
4. The PSO-PC has thoughtfully discussed the organization of the PSO General Assembly
2001, to be hosted by ETSI. According to the PSO MoU, "each annual General Assembly
will be hosted by a signing SDO in conjunction with one of its major meetings".
It has been decided to host the PSO GA 2001 in ETSI, during the ETSI Project (EP)
TIPHON Meeting #23, which is to be held the whole week of 9-13 July 2001. It has
also been highlighted the importance of inviting the management of ETSI Technical
Committee SPAN to attend the PSO GA and share their experience.
In its quality of Chairman of the ETSI Operational Co-ordination Group (OCG),
Gerry Lawrence explained that EP TIPHON (Telecommunications and Internet Protocol
Harmonization over Networks) and TC SPAN (Services and Protocol for Advanced
Networks) work closely together and are interested in the work of the PSO. In this
light, it will prove to be very beneficial to have TIPHON and SPAN participants
attending the PSO GA.
Livia has reported some progress in organizing related administrative details and
communicated the availability of 2 Vice-Chairmen of TC SPAN to come and join the
PSO GA attendees.
It has been decided that Livia shall continue to make all the necessary arrangements
for the good organization of the PSO GA and shall co-ordinate with the EP TIPHON
Chairman and the PSO ICANN Director Helmut Schink the accommodation of the PSO GA
by one of the EP TIPHON sessions, for 2-3 hours. Livia shall report back to the PSO
Council on the progress made as soon as possible.
The issue of content and speakers has been analyzed as well. Gerry has underlined that
ITU-T is organizing a workshop on "IP Networking and MEDIACOM-2004"
(http://www.itu.int/itudoc/itu-t/com13/circ/01-04/013.html) on 24-27 April 20001 in
Geneva and this event will provide valuable additional material to import into PSO GA
on topics related on IP networking. This workshop is convened at the request of ITU-T
Study Groups 13 (Multi-protocol and IP-based networks and their internetworking) and
16 (Multimedia services, systems and terminals). Fabio has invited Gerry and Daniel as
speakers to the ITU-T workshop.
In this light, it has been suggested that Fabio shall give a short presentation to
PSO GA on protocol related activities of ITU.
It has been agreed to invite Scott Bradner to give a presentation on IETF issues and
invite ICANN staff to offer an updated overview on ICANN structure and development.
It is also hoped that at least a few ICANN Board members will be available to attend the
PSO GA. It is of a particular importance that the three PSO ICANN Directors (Helmut Schink,
Vint Cerf and Philip Davidson) will share their experience with the Internet community
present at the GA.
Livia shall draft the agenda and the invitation for the PSO GA, as soon as she can fix the
date together with EP TIPHON management. Futher suggestions on content and speakers for the
GA were invited by e-mail.