Minutes
IAB Teleconference
7 November 2007
PRESENT
Joe Abley (IAB Executive Director)
Loa Andersson
Leslie Daigle
Elwyn Davies
Aaron Falk (IRTF Chair)
Kevin Fall
Russ Housley (IETF Chair)
Olaf Kolkman (IAB Chair)
Barry Leiba
Kurtis Lindqvist
Danny McPherson
Eric Rescorla
Lynn St Amour (ISOC Liaison)
Dave Thaler
Mark Townsley (IESG Liaison)
Lixia Zhang
APOLOGIES
David Oran
Sandy Ginoza (RFC Editor Liaison)
Fresh copies of the minutes of business meetings on 2007-10-03 and 2007-10-17 to be circulated, with suggested changes incorporated. Comments on 2007-10-03 to be received by COB Monday, otherwise presumed approved. Minutes of 2007-10-17’s meeting to be approved at the following meeting.
Loa reported that the T-MPLS Design Team had held its first meeting, and that there is a good level of enthusiasm within the team about the work which is to be done.
It was observed by several of those present that the appropriate structure for the design team to be incorporated within was probably that of an IAB ad-hoc committee. There were no objections to this.
Joe to document the existence and composition of the committee in the appropriate place on the IAB web page.
There was considerable discussion about whether the IAB had a continuing role to play in work relating to emergency services.
It was noted that there is active work in this area being carried out by the ecrit working group. It was also noted that the general subject area of emergency services is very broad, and encompasses more than just telephony. There was some agreement that a taxonomy of emergency services would be useful to have, but no consensus that this was a suitable work item for the IAB.
It was concluded that there was no clearly identified architectural aspects of emergency services that required attention from the IAB at that time.
Barry gave an update on the IETF liaison to the OMA. In previous discussions Dean Willis had expressed a question about his ability to continue as OMA Liaison Relationship Manager. However, the role is not currently taking up a lot of Dean Willis’ time, and the IESG have indicated that they are happy with the interaction between the IETF and the OMA, and that there are no current areas of concern.
It was decided to convene a face-to-face meeting between Dean Willis, as the current liaison, Barry and the four affected Area Directors in Vancouver in order to identify a path forward.
The IAB’s meeting schedule for IETF 70 was discussed, as well as a provisional programme for the technical plenary.
It was decided to schedule two technical presentations at the technical plenary — “What Makes for a Successful Protocol?” by Dave Thaler, and “Energy Engineering for Protocols and Networks” by Bruce Nordman and Elwyn Davies. A third proposal for a presentation relating to Emergency Services was not accepted.
Joe will create a BOF sign-up area on the wiki in order to ensure that BOFs get appropriate coverage by the IAB.
Design team formed as IAB ad-hoc committee. Action closed.
To be discussed in Vancouver.
As discussed earlier in the meeting, no action required by IAB. Action closed.
As discussed earlier in the meeting, face-to-face meetings to take place in Vancouver.
Appointment made. Action closed.
No progress to report.
No progress to report.
Olaf reported that this is still with the ADs.
Assigned to Olaf.
Olaf reported that the mail had been sent. Action closed.
Olaf to follow up with Rob Austein.
No progress to report.
No progress to report. It is hoped that progress will be made before Vancouver.
No progress to report.
Dave reported that draft-iab-ip-config-00 needs some changes to its Security Considerations section.
Action closed.
There was no other business.
The IAB went into executive session to discuss the role of Executive Director.
These minutes were prepared by Joe Abley and Dow Street. Any comments should be sent to execd@iab.org. An online copy of these and other minutes is available at: http://www.iab.org/documents/iabmins/