Introducing the Internet Engineering and Planning Group (IEPG)
The charter and open membership of an Internet service-operator forum.
Huston, G., "Introducing the Internet Engineering and Planning Group (IEPG)", RFC 1690, DOI 10.17487/RFC1690, August 1994, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1690>.
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author = {G. Huston},
title = {{Introducing the Internet Engineering and Planning Group (IEPG)}},
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Contents
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.
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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§1Goal and Activities
The Internet Engineering and Planning Group (IEPG) is principally made up of Internet Service Operators. Its shared goal is to promote a technically coordinated operational environment for the global Internet.
Its activities include facilitating service operations and management, promoting new Internet services, and liaising with other operations and technical-development groups. The IEPG is explicitly not a technical-development group.
The IEPG focuses on coordinating operations and managing Internet services. It also connects operators with other operations and technical groups.
§2Open Membership and Reporting
Membership is open to any individual who joins the mailing list. The RFC says meeting announcements, agendas, meetings, and reports are to be openly available.
The IEPG maintains an archive of its material using World Wide Web access tools. The RFC gives the mailing-list and archive addresses.
Anyone may join the mailing list, and meeting information is public. The group also keeps an online archive of its material.
§3Status of the Introduction
RFC 1690 is an informational introduction to the IEPG and its charter. It does not specify an Internet standard.
This RFC introduces an operator forum. It does not define a technical standard.