TERENA Technical Committee Meeting, by video-conference 3 December 2013 Michael Nowlan. Agenda

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1 Page 1/5 - TTC MEETING / TSEC(13) 034 TERENA Technical Committee Meeting, by video-conference Michael Nowlan Agenda 1. Welcome and apologies 2. Agreement of agenda 3. Approval of minutes 4. Review of outstanding action points 5. Special Interest Groups, present ideas 6. Task Force discussion a. Terms of Reference for the TTC. b. How should Task Forces be positioned in the future? This is an initial discussion, to be continued in the February meeting. 7. Task Force Day at GN3plus Symposium & possible OpenSpace session at TNC 8. Report on NREN CISO meeting 9. User compendium, identified at the TAC in Reykjavik 10. TERENA activity reporting a. NRENum.net update (PS) b. owncloud update (PS) 11. TCS update 12. Dates of future meetings 13. Any Other Business Participants Valentino Cavalli (VC), Acting Secretary General Vincente Goyanes (VG) David Groep (DG) Yannis Mitsos (YM) Valter Nordh (VN), VP Technical Programme & TTC chairman Michael Nowlan (MN), CTO Esther Robles (ER) Peter Schober (SP) TERENA Staff Laura Durnford (LD) John Dyer (JD) Licia Florio (LF) Nicole Harris (NH) Brook Schofield (BS) Peter Szegedi (PS) Nadia Sluer (NS)

2 Page 2/5 1. Welcome and apologies Valter Nordh welcomed the participants and opened the meeting. 2. Agenda The agenda was approved. 3. Approval of minutes The minutes of the TTC meeting of 19 September 2013 were approved. 4. Review of outstanding action points Reference Who Action Status NH Create and clarify the role of a CSO and organize them together as a group (Follow up from TAC /TNC) MN The TERENA secretariat to take up the idea for a Task Force Weeks Summit (Follow up from TAC /TNC PS Take a leading role in owncloud discussion VN Appoint 2 new TTC members as terms of Office of 2 members expired Closed MN TERENA Secretariat to develop a highlevel proposal to support less formal communities such as special interest groups MN TERENA secretariat review the activities of the TTC in relation to the non-technical task forces VN VN was asked to contact Cathrin Stöver to mention the task force stream at the open Closed of the GÉANT symposium NH Share TCS Strategy Recommendations with the TTC Closed Additional comments on closed/outstanding actions Notes of the CISO meeting held in conjunction with TF-CSIRT along with the CISO job description were circulated ahead of the TTC meeting The joint meeting was held at the GN3plus symposium and the outcome discussed at the TTC meeting The proposal for a framework agreement for the OwnCloud product was circulated ahead of the TTC meeting Two new members were appointed by the TEC A draft proposal was circulated for discussion and approval at the meeting The role of the non-technical task forces to be raised during the Task Force discussion VN arranged this for the GN3plus symposium NH circulate the TCS Strategy Recommendations shortly after the last TTC meeting

3 Page 3/5 5. Special Interest Groups, present ideas The draft proposal to introduce a new form of community involvement under the TERENA umbrella was discussed. The idea is to create a relatively lightweight structure that would be self-sustaining and require less formal commitments to deliverables. The concept of Special Interest Groups would not replace Task Forces but would coexist with the present format. Subject to a number of typographical changes, the proposal was agreed by the TTC with a request that it be forwarded to the TEC for approval. Action: MN: Special Interest Groups proposal: Make typographical changes requested and pass to TEC for approval 6. Task Force Discussion a. Terms of Reference of the TERENA Technical Programme The title of the agenda item was corrected and the Terms of Reference of the TERENA Technical programme were described. No discussion was held on this topic except that the concept of the Task Force structure was not on the agenda of the meeting for discussion. b. How should Task Forces be positioned in the future? Task Forces are at the core of the TERENA Technical Programme and are highly regarded both within the community and from outside. The TTC should explore how the work of the Task Forces can be enhanced and nurtured to capitalise on their reputation. The next TTC will discuss mechanisms to enhance the activities of Task Forces in a changing environment noting that the newly introduced SIGs would coexist with the existing Task Force structures. Action: VN: Continue Task Force positioning discussion by and schedule a deeper discussion for the February TTC meeting. 7. Task Force Day at GN3plus Symposium & possible OpenSpace session at TN VC summarised the events of the Task Force Day at the GN3plus Symposium in Vienna following a comprehensive debriefing session in the TERENA Secretariat. In general it was not deemed to be a great success and the goal of cross-pollination of Task Forces as suggested by the TAC was not achieved. Most TERENA Task Forces will be holding meetings in February, either in Zurich or Vienna. These collocated meetings have been arranged by the secretaries of the Task Forces with a view of having some cross over between the groups but each Task Force will have its normal agenda and meeting format and will be open to all. The lack of success of the day at the GN3plus Symposium will be reported to the TAC at the May meeting.

4 Page 4/5 VN felt that the OpenSpace session at the Maastricht TNC was very beneficial and requested that it be repeated at the next TNC. Unfortunately, the programme for the Dublin TNC does not permit such an event in Action: MN: Formulate a response on the joint Task Force day at the GN3plus Symposium for the TAC in May Report on NREN CISO meeting Responding to the TAC request from June 2013, the CISO group reconvened as a side session at the TF-CSIRT meeting in London in September. Due to conflicting meetings, there were relatively few attendees at the session. The task of defining the role and profile of the Chief Information Security Officer was agreed and subsequently circulated on the mailing list. It was pointed out at the CISO meeting that there was a general lack of awareness and commitment to the concept of security by NRENs and this awareness should be heightened, especially at the management level. Action: MN: Validate the CISO profile and role as formulated by the NREN CISO group and report this validation to the GA in Dublin 9. User compendium, identified at the TAC in Reykjavik The Reykjavik TAC meeting in 2012 suggested that there was a requirement to collect user information from major groups like the e-science community, the research community and end user institutions like universities. The term used was a demand compendium. This was reported at the GA meeting rather than in the minutes of the TAC meeting. There are challenges in identifying these demands because of the diversity of the community. Also, some pan-european groups are not represented by individual NRENs and so have little voice at the NREN tables. It was agreed to take up this topic by and add it to the agenda of a future TTC meeting. Action: All: Discuss the User compendium by and revert to a future TTC meeting 10. TERENA activity reporting a. NRENum.net update PS reported that the NRENum.net Global Governance Committee was up and running. b. owncloud update Negotiations between TERENA, a number of NRENs and owncloud had resulted in a Framework Agreement that would facilitate NRENs purchasing owncloud licenses at a preferential rate by aggregating numbers across all TERENA members. The terms of the agreement do not impose any responsibilities on TERENA and NRENs would have to conform to standard purchasing rules once thresholds were reached.

5 Page 5/5 A number of NRENs had already made commitments to purchase owncloud licenses and this agreement would enhance the purchase price for them and others. The Framework Agreement was circulated to TTC members for information. 11. TCS update NH reported that the TCS procurement process was on schedule and the call for tenders is expected to be issued in January. The market survey had recently closed and generated seven responses from the expected companies. The market survey will be circulated to the tender committee shortly and should prove to be a useful exercise in the tendering process. 12. Date of Next Meeting Face to face meeting in the TERENA Secretariat, Amsterdam on the 19 th of February 2014 from 09:30 to 16: AoB There being no other business, VN closed the meeting. New Actions Points from 3 rd December 2013 Reference Who Action Status MN MN VN Special Interest Groups proposal: Make typographical changes requested and pass to TEC for approval Continue Task Force positioning discussion by and schedule a deeper discussion for the February TTC meeting Formulate a response on the joint Task Force day at the GN3plus Symposium for the TAC in May MN Validate the CISO profile and role as formulated by the NREN CISO group and report this validation to the GA in Dublin All Discuss the User compendium by and revert to a future TTC meeting