[ca-tf] Certification Task Force Activity Proposal / Contact Person

[Andrew de la Haye andrew@localhost]

Dear Colleagues,

First of all, I would like to introduce myself. I am Andrew de la Haye,
Chief Operations Officer at the RIPE NCC.  I am the new senior manager
at the RIPE NCC responsible for the Registration Services and Customer
Services departments.

I will take up the role of main contact for the CA-TF (Certification
Task Force).  Paul Rendek will support me.  Henk Uijterwaal will focus
on internal developments, most importantly the development of a
prototype certification system.

In order to get the CA-TF started, we would like to invite you for a
one day workshop at Schiphol airport late January or early February. 
Possible dates are:
     - Tuesday 23 January
     - Tuesday 30 January
     - Tuesday 13 February

Please let us know your preferred dates.  We will schedule the workshop
such that most of you can fly to Amsterdam in the morning and return
the same evening.  As this is a workshop organized by the RIPE NCC, we
will pay for airfare and, if necessary, a hotel.  Goals for this
workshop are:

 * Discuss and define the workplan of the CA-TF.

 * Align the schedules of the CA-TF and the internal RIPE NCC
   project team.

 * Defining success factors & key requirements and processes of 
   the members that need to be supported by RIPE NCC.
 * Discuss requirements and schedule for the delivery of a 
   prototype system by the RIPE NCC to the CA-TF.
Please let us know if you have any other topics that you would
like to discuss during this workshop.


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Certification Task Force Planning & Activity Proposal:
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Prototype delivery (RIPE NCC project team)
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- Kick-off technical prototype project: December (DONE)
- Detailed planning for the prototype: 19 January 2007
- Set requirements: mid February with a dependency on the CA-TF 
workshop (purpose and dates outlined below)
- Send draft business process service description (developed by RIPE NCC project team and send
to TF: 2 weeks prior to the workshop)
- Deliver the prototype on a test environment to the TF: late February


Task Force requirements setting (CA-TF)
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- Determine chair: December (DONE)
- Set date for TF Workshop: mid January - mid February


Prototype testing (CA-TF and RIPE NCC project team)
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- Testing of the prototype by the CA-TF: March - September 2007
- Testing of the prototype by the involved RIPE NCC departments:
March - September 2007


CA-TF Interim report (CA-TF)
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- Presentations and materials to be published: 2 weeks before RIPE 54
- Request EOF session from RIPE WG Chairs
- TF to report & engage RIPE community at RIPE 54


Final report and recommendation (CA-TF)
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- Final report to RIPE community: 4 weeks before RIPE 55
- draft presentation for RIPE 55: 2 weeks before RIPE 55
- Present findings at RIPE 55

- Determine way forward (RIPE Community)


Kind Regards,
Andrew de la Haye & Paul Rendek