Mintues of the SC-cc on Thursday, July 16th
participating:
Javier Sola (AUI)
Tamar Frankel (BU)
Jim Dixon (EuroISPA)
David Fares (US-Council)
Mark McFadden (CIX)
Roberto Gaetano (ETSI)
Leni Mayo (ISOC-AU)
Amadey Abril i Abril (FCR)
John Wood (CSSA, CBI, ICC)
Marty Burack (ISOC)
Izumi Aizu (APIA)
Eric Lee (CIX)
John Englund (ITAA)
Michael Schneider (EuroISPA)
Anne-Kathrin Orth
apologies:
Don Heath (ISOC)
Laina Raveendran Green (APIA)
Siegfried Langenbach (DENIC)

1. Following the agenda provided by Michael Schneider, the first topic of the conference call was funding. So far, John Wood commited "his" associations to the funding of 10K ecu, DENIC, EuroISPA and IBM each sponsored 2K, ISOC (or rather the companies that are contributing through ISOC) 8K and NSI also 2K. The APIA contribution of 2K will be used for the Singapor conference.

It was agreed upon that NSI should feel free to sponsor 3rd parties if they wish, but that the contributed 2K are the upper limit for funding as decided in earlier ccs. It was generally agreed to John Woods statement that it is to be seen as a positive sign that NSI could now be included in the process. Most likely, they will be sending 7 people to attend.

Consent was reached that all contributions as well as all expenses should be posted as a figure and in a breakdown on the Website so as to continue the openness and transparency of the process. ISOC will be paying the locations in advance until the money can be reimbursed by IFWP. It was also decided to split the finances into three regional pots. The surplus of each conference should flow into an additional central fund to ensure financial flexibility and to enable redeployment in case of shortages on the Reston (still to be seen after CIX checks what bills are still open or were lent by them) or the Asia-Pacific conference. It was also considered spending this surplus money to the new entity, though this would be decided if there was really money left after all conferences have been held.

2. As to the position of the Steering Committee within the IFWP, it was agreed upon that no legal status should be assumed, as that might include taking over legal responsibility. The Steering Committee exists on an ad hoc basis, cannot decide what goals the IFWP may have nor who will set up the new IANA. It is unincorporated, rather a process than a policy body, therefore it cannot have a "charter", only goals or objectives. These were formulated approximately as follows: it is the Steering Committee's aim to provide and organise an open, neutral and transparent process, including the organisation of 3 regional conferences and presumably a 4th wrap up conference, where people converge to find consensus. The SC will thereafter be dissolved. It was decided that a statement along these lines should be made publicly available as well.

As someone pointed out, DNRC has shown interest in joining the SC. As there are presumably other interested parties as well, the conditions and some sort of contact address will also be posted on the Web.

3. A discussion commenced on whether it would be possible to agree on a final agenda for the Geneva conference, if not, then how detailed it could already be and whether the seperate sessions should receive agendas as well. No real consens could be reached so far. Relating to Laina's questions, it was agreed that

To the question whether the CC-minutes or the consent points should also be published, it was agreed that all minutes be commented to decide what should be revised or adjusted for public and will then be placed along with the undrafted minutes that are up at the moment.

Please note that the deadline for comments is 24 hours.

4. No one had the slightest wish to decide for a list of proposed candidates for the interim Board. It was rather considered to be a big mistake to address candidate matters at this point in time.

5. APIA reported on the progress that has been made for the Asia-Pacific meeting so far: several associations including APNIC and APPLe have agreed to join in the process, a hotel has also been chosen. All data on that will be published or circled within the next few days.