TERENA General Assembly meeting

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1 TERENA General Assembly meeting Brussels, October 2011

2 1. Welcome and Apologies (1/2) Apologies have been received from: Ulf Busch and Christian Panigl (ACOnet) Baiba Kaškina and Katrina Sataki (IMCS UL, SigmaNet) Enzo Valente (GARR) Jan Węglarz and Stanislaw Starzak (PSNC) Hans Wallberg (SUNET) Jean-Marc Uzé (Juniper Networks) Robert van Beurden and Enrique Arevalo (Level 3 Communications) Ole Kjærgaard (UNI C) Cem Saraç and Serkan Orcan (ULAKBIM) Eli Peleg and Asher Rotkop (IUCC) Yves Poppe (Tata Communications) Robert Sultana (University of Malta) Petter Kongshaug (UNINETT).. Slide 2

3 1. Welcome and Apologies (2/2) Proxies: Aurelija Gefenienė represents SigmaNet with proxy René Buch represents SUNET with proxy Robert Pękal represents PSNC with proxy. Slide 3

4 2. "A budget for Europe 2020" Presentation by Kostas Glinos (European Commission) on "A budget for Europe 2020", with a focus on Commission ideas for a Public Transeuropean Backbone Discussion Slide 4

5 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Minutes of the 35 th meeting The GA is asked to approve the agenda The GA is asked to approve the minutes of the 35 th GA meeting (Prague, May 2011) Slide 5

6 5a. Admission of new members The GA is asked to admit Ciena Corporation as an Associate Member, effective from receipt of the membership fee for the first year Slide 6

7 5b. Changes in membership None Slide 7

8 5c. Changes in representative New representatives: Ciena Corporation: Rodney Wilson (representative), John-Paul Hemingway (substitute representative) DANTE: Niels Hersoug (representative) CSC/Funet: Janne Kanner (representative), Harri Kuusisto (substitute representative) Cisco Systems: Andy Vallely (substitute representative) RENATER: Patrick Donath (representative).. Slide 8

9 6a. Outstanding membership fees Organisation Ctry fee 2009 fee 2010 fee 2011 total BREN BG 4,022 4,022 MARNET MK 2,345 2,345 Nortel Networks 2,514 2,514 Huawei Technologies 2,514 2,514 TOTAL 2,514 8,881 11,395 Slide 9

10 6b. Projected outlook 2011 (k ) 2011 budget 2011 outlook INCOME contributions project income interest received late-payment charges and other income 1 3 TOTAL DIRECT EXPENDITURE project costs Technical Programme TOTAL INCOME LESS DIRECT EXPENDITURE INDIRECT EXPENDITURE personnel costs other administrative costs TOTAL OPERATING RESULT financial expenditure bad debts written off -3-3 Slide 10 INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE

11 7a. Activities and strategic directions Presentation ti by Pierre Bruyère on A Strategy for TERENA Slide 11

12 7b. Activity Plan 2012 (1/5) Rapidly changing environment of European research and education networking requires new strategies TEC formulated in A Strategy for TERENA four strategic goals and a number of actions that the TERENA Secretariat will undertake to meet those goals Short-term, t these translate t into specific activities iti in the TEC s Activity Plan for 2012 Slide 12

13 7b. Activity Plan 2012 (2/5) TERENA has a good reputation Growing number of requests to take on new activities iti (but resources are limited) it Mid-term financial future is uncertain New strategies lead to new initiatives: budget of k 50 in TERENA budget proposal p 2012 to help get new joint European initiatives off the ground Slide 13

14 7b. Activity Plan 2012 (3/5) TERENA Secretariat to be more pro-active TERENA catalyst to aggregate community demand e.g. European cloud initiative Strengthen relations with members stakeholder survey and bilateral contacts e.g. advice, consultancy, training Long-term sustainability of TERENA organisation Slide 14

15 7b. Activity Plan 2012 (4/5) Specific highlights: Outreach: Publication of four ASPIRE studies Social media added to TERENA website New stakeholder survey Bilateral contacts of TERENA Secretariat with TERENA members Technical Programme: Budget of k 50 to start new initiatives (not necessarily technical) Possibly yparticipate p in new EU-funded studies/projects to prepare new TERENA initiatives New programme of activities on end-to-end lightpath services Slide 15

16 7b. Activity Plan 2012 (5/5) Specific highlights: Services: Investigate creation of new TERENA services Extend TERENA Certificate Service after June 2012 Growth of Trusted Introducer service Conferences and workshops: TERENA Networking Conference 2012 in Reykjavik Investments in updating TRANSITS training materials Memberships and liaisons: Intensify contacts with policy makers and policy bodies Pursue more intercontinental collaboration Slide 16

17 7c. Rolling financial plan (k ) 2012 budget proposal INCOME prognosis 2013 scenario 1 prognosis 2014 scenario 1 prognosis 2013 scenario 2 prognosis 2014 scenario 2 contributions project income interest received other income DIRECT EXPENDITURE TOTAL project costs Technical Programme TOTAL INCOME LESS DIRECT EXPENDITURE INDIRECT EXPENDITURE personnel costs other administrative costs TOTAL OPERATING RESULT financial expenses and bad debts written off INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE Slide 17

18 7c. Rolling financial plan target reserves year end Slide 18

19 8a. Contribution categories of National Members The GA is asked to decide that HEAnet (Ireland) will be in category 4 from 1 January 2012 with a membership fee of 4 units The GA is asked to decide that IUCC (Israel) will be in category 5 from 1 January 2012, and, as a phase-in, shall pay 5 units as their membership fee in 2012 The GA is asked to decide that t ANAS (Azerbaijan) will pay 0.8 units as its membership fee in 2012 Slide 19

20 8b. Budget proposal 2012 (k ) 2011 budget 2011 outlook 2012 budget proposal INCOME contributions project income interest received other income and late-payment charges DIRECT EXPENDITURE TOTAL project costs Technical Programme TOTAL INCOME LESS DIRECT EXPENDITURE INDIRECT EXPENDITURE personnel costs other administrative costs TOTAL OPERATING RESULT financial expenses and bad debts written off INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE Slide 20

21 8b. Budget proposal unit membership fee corrected for inflation (in euro of 2011) Slide 21

22 8b. Budget proposal 2012 The GA is asked to set the membership fee unit for 2012 at 5,117 euro to adopt the budget for the year 2012 as in document GA(11)023 Slide 22

23 8b. Budget proposal 2012 Amendment from RENATER Keep unit membership fee at 5027 euro Reduce budget for new initiatives from 50 k to 32 k If during year new income is found then the TEC can use that to increase budget for new initiatives Slide 23

24 9. Discussion on the report of the GÉANT Expert Group Introduction by Žiga Turk, chairman of the GÉANT Expert Group Discussion Slide 24

25 10. TERENA Technical Programme Update presentation ti on the Technical Programme by Christoph Graf / Valentino Cavalli Slide 25

26 11. Conferences and Workshops Update presentation ti by Miroslav Milinović ić Slide 26

27 12. ASPIRE studies update Update on the ASPIRE foresight study by John Dyer (ASPIRE Task Leader) Slide 27

28 13. TF-CPR Update presentation ti on the work of TF-CPR by Alberto Pérez Slide 28

29 14. TF-MSP Update presentation ti on the work of MSP Presentation by Paul van Dijk (SURFnet) on SURFconext Slide 29

30 Slide Liaisons

31 Karel Vietsch John Dyer Valentino Cavalli Kevin Meynell Licia Florio Péter Szegedi Brook Schofield Dick Visser Christian Gijtenbeek Bert van Pinxteren 16. Secretariat Matters Secretary General Business and Technology Strategist Chief Technical Officer Project Development Officer Project Development Officer Project Development Officer Project Development Officer Senior System Engineer Senior Software Engineer Chief Administrative Officer Wilma Overdevest Financial Administrator 26/39 Gyöngyi Horváth Conference and Workshop Organiser Jim Buddin Workshop Organiser Hanna Cherigui Secretary Mirko Ampt Assistant Bookkeeper 12/39 Harman Korte Data Analyst (until mid November) 20/39 Laura Durnford Senior Communications Officer 36/39 Anthony Hodge Communications Officer Slide 31

32 17. Next meetings Reykjavik, May 2012 hosted by RHnet October 2012 to be decided Slide 32

33 Slide Any Other Business and Close