RFC1690

Network Working Group G. Huston Request for Comments: 1690 AARNet Category: Informational August 1994

              Introducing the Internet Engineering
                   and Planning Group (IEPG)

Status of this Memo

This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Abstract

This memo introduces the IEPG to the Internet Community. The IEPG is an Internet Service Operators' forum, intended to assist Service Operators to coordinate in operational aspects of managing Internet services.

Charter of the Internet Engineering and Planning Group

Domain of Activity

  The Internet Engineering and Planning Group (IEPG) is a group
  principally comprised of Internet Service Operators.

Goal

  The common objective of the group is to promote a technically
  coordinated operational environment of the Global Internet.

Activities

  The activities of the IEPG will be within the following areas:

 -  To facilitate the operations and management of Global Internet
    services,

 -  To promote the introduction of new Internet services within the
    Global Internet, and

 -  Liaison with related Internet Operations groups and liaison with
    technical development groups.

  Explicitly the IEPG is not a group which will conduct activities
  of a technical developmental nature.

Constituency

  Membership of the IEPG shall be open. Any individual may subscribe
  to the IEPG mailing list, and all meeting announcements, meeting
  agenda, meetings and meeting reports shall be made openly
  available.

Reporting

  The IEPG will maintain an archive of material available using
  World Wide Web (WWW) access tools. The location of this WWW
  archive, and this charter will be disseminated to the Internet
  community through an Informational RFC.

IEPG membership and IEPG mailing list

Membership of the IEPG is open. Any member of the Internet community may join the IEPG mailing list. The mailing list is "[email protected]". Anyone may join the list by subscribing to "[email protected]".

Archive of IEPG material

All IEPG material is archived at "http://iepg.org/iepg".

Security Considerations

Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

Author's Address

Geoff Huston Australian Academic and Research Network GPO Box 1142 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

Phone: +61 6 249 3385 Fax: +61 6 249 1369 EMail: [email protected]