Hi The connect BOF has a slot next week in Warsaw. The organizer group has prepared this DRAFT charter for the proposed working group. Please comment "Draft Charter Interconnection Working Group The Working Group Will: - Facilitate discussions about interconnect for Internet purposes, covering Layer 1-8 - Raise awareness in the community about Interconnection and the role this plays for the Global Internet - Educate policymakers/regulation in how the interconnects works - Act as knowledge-base for interconnect related questions The activities of the workign group to achieve the goals are: - Present and discuss topics related to IP interconnections at the RIPE Working Groups Meetings - Discuss topics related to IP Interconnections on the working-group mailing list - Monitor and take part in discussions in related working groups - like the coorporation wg and the routing wg - Actively seek to take part in IP interconnection discussions taking place outside of the community Topics for the working group include but are not limited to: - IP interconnection - Voice & Data (IPX/GRX) - Regulation and the Internet - State of the Internet - New development in the IXP landscape (not marketing) - EURO-IX slot about ISP tools and where to find IXP status - Data center ecosystem - Interconnecting best practices - Interconnections in emerging markets - Technical topics related to interconnections - Cross border, terrestrial and undersea cables" Cheers, Nina