-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Dear DNS wg members, during the last couple of meetings we have exercised the merger of the former DNR Forum and the DNS working group. It seemed that both audiences had significant overlap and obviously have been interested in each other's work and topics. So, at the end of the last meeting slot at RIPE 47 the people in the room were in favour of combining the efforts into a single working group covering all issues around the DNS and domain names. The dns wg's charter as it currently is documented on the wg's homepage http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/dns/ is too narrowly focused anyway, so the chairs would like to suggest the following text as a basis for discussion for our new working group charter: The DNS Working Group discusses current DNS related issues in technology and operations. The WG supports deployment of DNS and DNS-related protocol components by collecting experience and documenting current practice and recommendations. It therefore provides a mechanism for exchanging practical and operational experience with organisations like CENTR and the IETF. The WG discusses DNS software implementations, especially security and scalability aspects as well as performance and interoperability considerations. DNS quality and other factors that may affect the stability of the DNS system are also discussed by the WG. The DNS WG provides a forum for the Registry and Registrar community. It discusses the technical and operational issues arising from registration policies with a specific focus on the deployment of new and emerging features. The charter is intended to reflect what the WG has been doing during the last couple of RIPE meetings. Please send in feedback! You are invited to comment and/or suggest changes and if you're just happy with it - please say so, too. Given that a holiday season is approaching for many of us, the comment period will *end* at 2004-04-19. - -Peter -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: ascii iQCVAgUBQGxfABePjvYGi6TZAQG8pwQAlD+Q7rAxgPzmRAcQZg38RsGHB7dZxcm4 khPrBFWgI7zsqwreCJSjBYnAXANBio4j63YjdGad8ZmopT0MtC94FY1mrx47Yqs2 dn7L58/uFFiYufEQJ8c62bIViltOMKvxsqOngWOYbCyr0Dmaqs3f5ccY4lcAMRap bduAwQID4uw= =MART -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----