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.

1.  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.



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RFC 1690      The Internet Engineering and Planning Group    August 1994


   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.

2. 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 "iepg@iepg.org".
   Anyone may join the list by subscribing to "iepg-request@iepg.org".

3. Archive of IEPG material

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

4. Security Considerations

   Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

5. 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: Geoff.Huston@aarnet.edu.au












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