INTERNET ENGINEERING STEERING GROUP (IESG) January 9, 1997 Reported by: Steve Coya, IETF Executive Director This report contains IESG meeting notes, positions and action items. These minutes were compiled by the IETF Secretariat which is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NCR-9528103 ATTENDEES --------- Alvestrand, Harald / Uninett Bradner, Scott / Harvard Burgan, Jeff / Baynetworks Carpenter, Brian / CERN (IAB Liaison) Coya, Steve / CNRI Elz, Robert / U of Melbourne (IAB Liaison) Halpern, Joel / Newbridge Networks Kastenholz, Frank / FTP Software Kostick, Deirdre / AT&T Bell Labs Mankin, Allison / Information Sciences Institute O'Dell, Mike / UUNET Reynolds, Joyce / ISI Romanow, Allyn / Sun Schiller, Jeff / MIT Regrets ------- Baker, Fred / cisco Moore, Keith / U of Tennessee Minutes ------- 1. The minutes of the December 19 teleconference were approved. Steve to place in Shadow directories. 2. The IESG had no problem with the publication of Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol - ATMP as an Informational RFC. The IESG felt that an IESG note indicating that similar efforts are underway was needed, and Jeff is to provide the actual text of the note. When received, Steve will send note to RFC Editors. 3. Steve was asked to send note to the IANA asking if republishing the Radius documents with the different port numbers was possible The RFCs contain port numbers that are different from the ones used by various implementations. 4. Allyn lost 5 points for hitting the speed dial button during the telechat. 5. The IESG discussed the lack of interactions with the current NOMCOMM, concluding that it was not a good thing. Scott proposed that he, on behalf of the IESG, draft a note to the Nomcomm conveying this concern. 6. The IESG asked the Secretariat to begin scheduling 8 simultaneous sessions at IETF meetings. Other meeting related directions included: a. ALL requests for BOFs must be accompanied by BOF Description and Agenda, and the relevant Area Directors must be copied. The Secretariat should ONLY schedule complete requests (pending AD approval) b. The Secretariat should give preference to IETF WGs when assigning meeting slots during the day (i.e. BOFs should be scheduled in evening sessions whenever possible). c. As an experiment, Wednesday in Memphis will be made up of hour-long slots (to accommodate short meetings - groups needing long/normal meeting duration will request two contiguous slots. 7. Steve announced that the cut-off for scheduling meeting slots will be strictly enforced, and that no late requests will be considered. The IESG began howling and laughing. Fini