1. WG10 Activity Report
11th October Brussels

2. Update on WG10 activities

3. Recent activities on EGEA-Net
WG10 telco in March 2017 – discussed asanetwork proposal to EGEA of 24/2
New proposal from asanetwork on 14/7/17 – Q&A between EGEA and asanetwork
Revised proposal from EGEA on 21/9/17 – reviewed in a telco with asanetwork on 29/9
Discussion in AICA on 5/10/17 – resolution of approval with modifications:
The new EGEA-Net technical committee (including WG10) shall have at least 2/3 of the members from companies under the EGEA umbrella
The costs of the specifications cannot be changed unilaterally by asanetwork
If asanetwork becomes unable to maintain and distribute the specifications, EGEA will acquire their ownership
National associations can nominate a certification body in the country, even if not an EU- notified body
A bridge should be developed to support existing MCTC-NET2 compliant equipment

4. Money flow diagram

5. Open points
Business
Name of the network standard: “asanetwork”, “EGEA-Net? Contents of the EGEA label
Cost of the EGEA label – coordinate approach with WG9
Certification/labelling of existing asanetwork compliant products
Certification process: who develops certification software? who pays for that? How are the certification costs defined? What are the incentives for notified bodies? Validation procedures, criteria and tools have to be clearly defined and transparent.
Advertising and promotion of EGEA-Net
Extension of asanetwork shareholders’ base (=> neutrality)
Is a steering committee needed? Or can the technical committee cover also business issues?
Technical
Specs of Network Manager
Compliance test specifications and tools
Support encryption and authentication
Support mobile devices
Bridges to MCTC-NET / OTC-LAN

6. Next steps Proposals for next steps:
Agreement on final proposal by asanetwork and the EGEA members
Legal assessment / contract?
Resume WG10 activities (already combined with asanetwork TC?)
Constitute Steering Committee?