Being the person responsible for the agenda for the September meeting, I hereby ask for agenda items, and general input. As we all know, the DNS wg has been not as focused as would be expected by a wg at RIPE. The new chairs want to change that. As you can see on http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/dns/index.html, the charter is extremely limited, and on top of that wrong:
The Domain Name System working group discusses current BIND versions. It is also concerned with potential pollution of the DNS and with domain name related issues.
The DNS working group has the last couple of meetings had two goals: - Discussion forum for "current DNS operational issues" - Presentations on status for various project/initiatives elsewhere, such as the DNS related topics in the IETF If it is the case this wg feel there is space for both of the above (something I personally hope), the next step is to focus each one of them a bit more. Especially the first one. The meta-discussion I would like to see in Amsterdam, with a conclusion at the end, is what current DNS operational issues include. The answer should be in the form of a list of potential deliverables, results from discussions on this mailing list and at the meetings. I want a designated individual responsible for each item, and further, a small group of dedicated people which has as main task of moving the discussion forward. The topics are to be synchronised with what happens in DNR Forum, and because of this, you see DN* on the agenda for the next RIPE meeting. The division of labour between the two groups (if we will still have two groups in the future) must be more clear. CENTR today exists as a separate organisation just like anyone else, so maybe the DNR activities should be rolled into the DNS wg (i.e. the two groups should be merged). One of the topics could of course be report from CENTR what is happening, just like other bodies can do it. Proposed agenda for the meeting is because of this: Part 1: Initial discussion about the charter of the DNS wg - What are we doing here? - If we should talk about "operational issues/experiences with DNS", what can be the deliverables? + Topic: Deliverable: Topic-master: Group-members: - What bodies are interesting to have reports by, part from the Topic-masters? Part 2: Reports from DNS-related organisations (2 minutes each): [This is only a list I create from the top of my head...no one has confirmed or even asked to be on the agenda] - IETF: DNSOP - IETF: DNS - Root-server operators - CENTR technical committee - ccTLD registries - Registrars Conclusion: - What is the new wording of the charter? Comments are appreciated. This is _your_ wg, and we are to work together to reach some goal which is of benefit for all of us. paf