DRAFT Minutes RIPE 32 TLD WG

I am now able to circulate draft minutes of the RIPE 32 TLD WG.
This draft is for comment until 10 October 1999.  In default
of comment by then, this draft will become the official record 
of the meeting.

Special thanks to Hans Niklasson, who took the notes.

Niall O'Reilly



		DRAFT Minutes RIPE 32 TLD WG

1. Administrivia 
        1.1 Scribe: Hans Niklasson
        1.2 Agenda: as drafted

2. Matters arising from RIPE 31 TLD-WG meeting

	2.1 adoption of minutes RIPE 29
                Only a summary was available.
                Wilfred Woeber proposed adoption of this as
		formal record; Mike Norris seconded.

	2.2 adoption of minutes RIPE 30
                Adoption of the minutes was proposed by
                Fay Howard

	2.3 adoption of minutes RIPE 31
                Adoption of the minutes was proposed by
                Daniel Karrenberg, seconded by Eva Froelich

	2.3 review of action list

		TLD-31-1: Niall O'Reilly
		Finalise the minutes from the RIPE 29 meeting
		Completed (2.1 above)

		TLD-31-2: Niall O'Reilly
		Finalise the minutes from the RIPE 30 meeting
		Completed (2.2 above)

		TLD-31-3: Niall O'Reilly
		Obtain information on status of referral mechanism.
		Completed (4 below)

3. Review Workplan 

	The group's workplan was found to need reorganisation,
	with merging if some sections. Chair agreed to prepare
	new draft for next meeting (Action: TLD-32.1).

	Activity relevant to the following particular work areas 
	was noted.

	TLD Coordination Project Activity
		CENTR was expected to contines this as the
		successor to the RIPE CENTR project.

	Documentation and alignment of practices
		NIC-FR had developed a directory system. 
		Philippe Renaud offered to demonstrate this at RIPE 33
		(Action: TLD-32.4).
	
	DNS Infrastructure Resources
		DNS-WG was reported to be working on BCP document.

		Explicit reference to liaison with DNS-WG was
		needed in Workplan.

		DNSsec was expected in next version of BIND.
		Daniel Karrenberg offered to invite ISC presentation
		at next meeting if interest was sufficient.  Chair
		undertook to make soundings on list (Action: TLD-32.2).

4. Whois referral feature
	Joao Luis Silva Damas gave a report on the database 
	referral feature for domain names. Two ways to go, 
	either leave it the way it is or another way to display. 
	Four registries were believed to be using the RIPE
	whois and database code.  Chair undertook to obtain
	firmer information (Action: TLD-32.3).  It was agreed 
	that the current implementation was just what was needed.  

5. RIPE-CENTR Progress 
	Fay Howard gave a report on current status of the RIPE CENTR 
	Project.  The creation of an independent CENTR organisation
	was under way, with an Executive Committee elected and
	incorporation expected shortly.  This would allow the
	RIPE CENTR project to come to an end by 30 June 1999.

6. ICANN/DNSO Update
	Fay Howard reported developments to date in shaping of
	ICANN's Domain Names Supporting Organisation (DNSO), and
	described CENTR's position in this regard.

	CENTR was supporting ICANN, and was concerned to have 
	continuity for ccTLD's and formalization of relationship 
	between ccTLD's and ICANN.

	CENTR was participating in initative to form DNSO.
	A number of draft DNSO definitions had been proposed,
	including a draft from Ireland which had broad support from
	CENTR, but no consensus had yet emerged.  Negotiations were 
	continuing, most recently at and around a public meeting in 
	Washington on 22 January and a closed meeting the day before.
		
	Negotiations were expected to continue in the near future,
	with ICANN pressing for conclusion by 5 February to allow
	a one-month notice period in advance of the Singapore
	ICANN meeting early in March.

	It was hoped to find ways for TLD-WG and CENTR to work
	together after resolution of the ICANN/DNSO issues and to 
	maintain liason until then.

7. AOB 
	Mike Norris suggested that it was timely to review
	the cocument RIPE-152, especially with regard to 
	TLD registries, and agreed to co-ordinate this 
	activity (Action: TLD-32.5).

8. Conclusions 

	8.1 revisit workplan priorities

	8.2 summarize action list

		TLD-32.1 [Chair]
                Update Workplan

		TLD-32.2 [Chair]
                Determine DNS-SEC plans and need for support from
                DNS-WG

		TLD-32.3 [Chair]
                Advise DB-WG of number of registries planning to use
                RIPE whois code

		TLD-32.4 [Philippe Renaut]
                Present NIC-FR directory work at Vienna
		
		TLD-32.5 [Mike Norris]
                Co-ordinate review of RIPE-152

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