INTERNET ENGINEERING STEERING GROUP (IESG) April 24, 1997 Reported by: Steve Coya, IETF Executive Director This report contains IESG meeting notes, positions and action items. These minutes were compiled by the IETF Secretariat which is supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NCR-9528103 ATTENDEES --------- Alvestrand, Harald / Uninett Baker, Fred / cisco Burgan, Jeff / Baynetworks Carpenter, Brian / IBM (IAB Liaison) Coya, Steve / CNRI Elz, Robert / U of Melbourne (IAB Liaison) Halpern, Joel / Newbridge Networks Moore, Keith / U of Tennessee Narten, Thomas / IBM O'Dell, Mike / UUNET Reynolds, Joyce / ISI Romanow, Allyn / Sun Schiller, Jeff / MIT Regrets ------- Bradner, Scott / Harvard Curran, John / BBN Planet Minutes ------- 1. The minutes of the March 20 Teleconference were approved. Steve to place in public archives. 2. The IESG approved publication of MAILBOX NAMES FOR COMMON SERVICES, ROLES AND FUNCTIONS as a Proposed Standard. Steve to send announcement. 3. The IESG tentatively approved the next version of Best Current Practice for the Internet White Page Service as a BCP pending the changes requested by Thomas. If acceptable to the ADs and Thomas, the announcement will be sent. 4. The IESG approved publication of URN Syntax as a Proposed Standard. Steve to send announcement. 5. The IESG had no problem with the publication of TCP Control Block Interdependence as an Informational RFC. Steve to send note to RFC Editor. 6. Jeff Burgan accepted the token for Encapsulating IP with the Small Computer System Interface . Steve to send note to RFC Editor requesting another extension. 7. Steve reported that all attempts to save the IETF meeting in Australia has been unsuccessful. When asked, Steve said he would send the current room size requirements to the IESG for their information.