INTERNET ENGINEERING STEERING GROUP (IESG) January 29, 1998 Reported by: Steve Coya, IETF Executive Director ATTENDEES --------- Alvestrand, Harald / Maxware Baker, Fred / cisco Bradner, Scott / Harvard Carpenter, Brian / IBM (IAB Liaison) Coya, Steve / CNRI Elz, Robert / U of Melbourne (IAB Liaison) Halpern, Joel / Newbridge Networks Moore, Keith / U of Tennessee Narten, Thomas / IBM O'Dell, Mike / UUNET Reynolds, Joyce / ISI Romanow, Allyn / MCI Regrets ------- Burgan, Jeff / @home Curran, John / GTE Internetworking Schiller, Jeff / MIT Minutes ------- 1. The minutes of the January 15 Teleconference were approved. Steve to place in public archives. 2. The IESG approved publication of Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4 as a Proposed Standard with a note to the RFC Editor requesting the following text be appended to Section 7 of the document: Subsequent Address Family Identifiers (other than those reserved for vendor specific use) are assigned only by the IETF consensus process and IESG approval. Steve to send announcement. 3. The IESG tentatively approved publication of IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees as a BCP, pending a new version of the document with text clarifying when the new IESG/IAB members terms begin. 4. The IESG tentatively approved publication of Use of BGP-4 Multiprotocol Extensions for IPv6 Inter-Domain Routing as a Proposed Standard, pending a updated version that incorporates changes requested by Thomas. Thomas will contact the document authors. Once the document addresses his concerns, and he conveys such, Steve to send announcement. 5. The IESG approved publication of Benchmarking Terminology for LAN Switching Devices as an Informational RFC. 6. The IESG felt that The Site Installation Handbook did not provide a material contribution to the community, in view of the existing User Service Area's Site Handbooks. Steve to convey to RFC Editor. 7. The IESG tentatively approved publication of Advanced Sockets API for IPv6 as an Informational RFC, pending Keith's review. When Keith completes the review and reports no problems or concerns, Steve to send announcement. 8. The following documents were withdrawn from IESG consideration as discussions with the authors are underway, and revisions of all are required. o Finding Stuff-(How to discover services) [EXPERIMENTAL] o Introduction to IP Multicast Routing [INFORMATIONAL] o URI Resolution Services Necessary for URN Resolution [INFORMATIONAL] 9. The IESG discussed whether the LA Plenary session should be scheduled for Friday (as is currently the case). Though some were definitively against a Friday Plenary, most were willing to try it once as an experiment (in LA). Fred and Steve to discuss, decide, and announce.