1. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 1. Welcome and Apologies Apologies were received from Zvonimir Stanic and Igor Velimirovic (CARNet), Jan Gruntorad (CESNET), Agathoclis Stylianou (CYNET), Enzo Valente and Claudia Battista (GARR), John Boland (HEAnet), Jan Weglarz and Stanislaw Starzak (PSNC), Kees Neggers and Boudewijn Nederkoorn (SURFnet), Dany Vandromme (Renater), Andrea Baldi (ESA), Brian Carpenter and David Martin (IBM), Jean-Marc Uze (Juniper), Karel Vietsch (TERENA) Proxies: Vlado Pribolšan represents CARNet with proxy Kyriakos Maifoshis represents CYNET with proxy Perhaps Claudio Allocchio will represent GARR with proxy Artur Binczewski represents PSNC with proxy Ton Verschuren represents SURFnet with proxy

2. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Minutes and Actions List The GA is asked to approve the agenda The GA is asked to approve the minutes of the 24 th GA meeting (Budapest, 21 October 2005)

3. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 4. Membership Matters 4a. Admission of new members The GA is asked to admit IUCC as National Member for Israel, in membership category 4, with 30 votes The GA is asked to admit Extreme Networks as an Associate Member of TERENA

4. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 4. Membership Matters 4b. Changes in Membership There are no requests for changes of membership

5. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 4. Membership Matters 4c. Changes in Representative IUCC: Eli Peleg (representative), Asher Rotkop (substitute) Extreme Networks: Gerrie de Jongh (representative), Jan Hof (substitute) RED.ES: Tomás de Miguel (representative), Alberto Pérez (substitute) SWITCH: Christoph Graf (representative) HUNGARNET: Tamás Máray (substitute) GRNET: Tryfon Chiotis (substitute) 3Com: David Huggett (representative), ----- (substitute)

6. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 4. Membership Matters 4d. Outstanding Membership Fees Organisationctry200420052006total ANSTI/RNCRO19,316 U. Belgrade/AMREJCS1,461 MARNETMK1,461 3Com2,547 Cisco2,435 IBM2,002 total29,222

7. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 5. TERENA Formal Matters 5a. Adoption TERENA Financial Accounts 2005 The GA is asked to adopt the TERENA Financial Accounts 2005

8. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 5. TERENA Formal Matters 5b. TERENA Annual Report The GA is asked to approve the TERENA Executive Committee’s Annual Report 2005, including the report on the Secretariat

9. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 6. Technical Programme A report on the meeting of the Technical Advisory Council and an update on the TERENA Technical Programme will be presented verbally. A status report on the Server Certificate Service pilot will be given. A presentation will be given on the REFEDS initiative.

10. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 7. Discussion on lifecycle and portfolio management A short presentation will be given about lifecycle and portfolio management. This will be followed by a round-table discussion, in which GA members will be asked to say a few words on how such matters are handled in their own organisation.

11. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 8. Executive Committee Elections Vice-President for Conferences Valid nominations: Miroslav Milinović (nominated by UKERNA, seconded by ARNES) ……… Treasurer Valid nominations: Lajos Bálint (nominated by Renater, seconded by ARNES) ………

12. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 9. Foresight Study status Verbal report on the latest status of the EARNEST study activity

13. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 10. Conferences and Workshops 10a. TNC 2006, Catania Verbal report on the preliminary results from the TERENA Networking Conference 2006

14. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 10. Conferences and Workshops 10b. TNC 2007, Lyngby 21-24 May 2007 Programme Committee: Thomas Schmidt (TU Berlin, DE) chair Hansruedi Born (SWITCH, CH) Andrew Cormack (UKERNA, UK) Felix Kugler (SWITCH, CH) Mikael Linden (CSC, FI) Ingrid Melve (UNINETT, NO) Dan Mønster (UNIC, DK) Michael Nowlan (Trinity College Dublin, IE) Esther Robles (RedIRIS, ES) Koen Schelkens (BELNET, BE) Brian Vinter (University of Copenhagen, DK) Steve Wallace (Indiana University, US) ………..

15. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 11. TERENA Secretariat Matters Karel VietschSecretary General John DyerChief Technical Officer Valentino CavalliDeputy Chief Technical Officer Kevin MeynellProject Development Officer Licia FlorioProject Development Officer Cătălin MeiroşuProject Development Officer Dick VisserSenior IT Support Officer Jeroen HoubenSenior Webmaster Christian GijtenbeekWebmaster Bert van PinxterenChief Administrative Officer Joanne BarnettExternal Relations Officer Wilma OverdevestFinancial Administrator Carol de GrootPR & Conference Officer Jim BuddinWorkshop Organiser / Project Management Assistant Maarten de JongData Analyst Aukje BakkerSecretary Erkan MengiAssistant Bookkeeper

16. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 12. Update on TF-PR Verbal update on the work of TF-PR

17. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 13. Discussion on budgets in 7 th Framework Programme

18. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 14. Liaisons Verbal report on the CCIRN meeting in Arlington, 26-27 April 2006 …..

19. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 15. Next Meetings GA 26, 20 October 2006 in Malta GA 27, 24-25 May 2007 in Lyngby

20. TERENA General Assembly meeting, Catania 18-19 May 2006 16. Any Other Business and Close