1 Welcome and Apologies Apologies were received from

1. Welcome and Apologies › Apologies were received from: › Peter Rastl and Christian Panigl (ACOnet), Zvonimir Stanic (CARNet), Jan Gruntorád and Helmut Sverenyák (CESNET), Panayiotis Tsanakas and Tryfon Chiotis (GRNET), John Boland (HEAnet), Sergiu Iliescu and Octavian Rusu (Ro. Edu. Net), Cem Saraç and Serkan Orcan (ULAKBIM), Dai Davies and Hans Döbbeling (DANTE), Bart van Aanholt (Level 3 Communications) › Proxies: › Werner Koblitz represents ACOnet with proxy › Agathoclis Stylianou represents GRNET with proxy › Lajos Bálint represents Ro. Edu. Net with proxy › Observers: › Tim Marshall (JANET(UK)), Goran Škvarc (CARNet), Uladzimir Anishchanka (UIIP NASB), Alan Hollander (Nortel Networks), Artur Binczewski (PSNC) 1

2. Approval of Agenda › The GA is asked to approve the agenda (GA(08)003). 2

3. Minutes of 28 th GA meeting › The GA is asked to approve the minutes of the 28 th General Assembly meeting, which was held in Riga on 26 October 2007 (GA(07)022). 3

4. Membership matters 4 a. Admission of new members (GA(08)004, GA(08)005) › The GA is asked to admit UIIP NASB as the National Member for Belarus in category 2, effective from receipt of the membership fee for the first year, with a membership fee of 0. 6 units and 6 votes in the TERENA General Assembly. › The is asked to admit Nortel Networks B. V. as an Associate Member, effective from receipt of the membership fee for the first year 4

4. Membership matters 4 b. Changes in membership › none 5

4. Membership matters 4 c. Changes in representatives (GA(08)006, GA(08)007) › NIIP NASB: Uladzimir Anishchanka (representative), Sergey Aneichik (substitute) › Nortel Networks: Alan Hollander (representative), Gerard Jacobs (substitute) ----- › HEAnet: Mike Norris (representative), John Boland (substitute) › Cisco Systems: Klaas Wierenga (substitute) 6

4. Membership matters 4 d. Outstanding membership fees organisation ctry 2006 2007 2008 total ULAKBIM TR 296 Ro. Edu. Net RO 20, 604 BREN BG 4, 022 EMBL 2, 514 Juniper Networks 1, 514 Level 3 Communications 2, 514 --- 31, 461 9, 344 total 7 ---

5. TERENA formal matters 5 a. Adoption of financial accounts 2007 (FIN(08)002) › The GA is asked to adopt the TERENA Financial Accounts 2007 8

5. TERENA formal matters 5 b. TERENA Annual Report › The GA is asked to approve the TERENA Executive Committee’s Annual Report 2007, including the report on the Secretariat 9

5. TERENA formal matters 5 c. Appointment of auditors for 2008 and 2009 › The GA is asked to appoint the firm of HLB Schippers as the TERENA auditors for the 2008 and 2009 annual accounts 10

6. Executive Committee elections President Valid nominations: › Dorte Olesen (nominated by GARR, seconded by DFN) › ……… Member Valid nominations: › Agathoclis Stylianou (nominated by ARNES, seconded by GARR) › ……… 11

7. TERENA Technical Programme › A report on the meeting of the Technical Advisory Council and an update on the TERENA Technical Programme will be presented orally. 12

8. GN 3 project preparations › A verbal update will be given on the status of the preparations of the GN 3 project proposal, and opinions will be invited on the role of TERENA in the project. 13

9. Conferences and workshops 9 a. TERENA Networking Conference 2008, Brugge › An oral report will be given on the preliminary results from the TERENA Networking Conference 2008 14

9. Conferences and workshops 9 b. TNC 2009, Malaga, 8 -11 June 2009 Programme Committee: › Andrew Cormack (JANET(UK), UK) chair › Hansruedi Born (SWITCH, CH) › Jacqueline Brown (University of Washington, US) › Serge Droz (SWITCH, CH) › Victoriano Giralt (University of Málaga, ES) › Baiba Kaškina (Sigma. Net, LV) › András Kovács (HUNGARNET, HU) › Melanie Pankhurst (DANTE) › Jürgen Rauschenbach (DFN, DE) › Ligia Ribeiro (University of Porto, PT) › Esther Robles (Red. IRIS, ES) › Péter Szegedi (TERENA Secretariat) 15

10. Report from the regulatory issues workshop › Alberto Pérez will give a verbal report on the workshop on regulatory issues that was held in Amsterdam on 17 March 2008 16

11. TERENA Secretariat matters › Karel Vietsch Secretary General › John Dyer Business and Technology Strategist › › › › Valentino Cavalli Kevin Meynell Licia Florio Péter Szegedi Dick Visser Christian Gijtenbeek Gijsbert Sliedrecht › › › › Bert van Pinxteren Laura Durnford Wilma Overdevest. Financial Gyöngyi Horváth Jim Buddin Anikó Nagy Hanna Cherigui Harriëtte Raaymakers 17 Chief Technical Officer Project Development Officer Senior IT Support Officer Senior Webmaster Chief Administrative Officer Public Relations Officer Administrator Conference and Workshop Organiser Data Analyst Secretary Assistant Bookkeeper

12. Update on the History Book › An update on the preparations of a history book will be presented orally. 18

13. Liaisons 13 a. CCIRN › A verbal report will be given on the CCIRN meeting that was held in Brugge on 17 -18 May 2008. 19

14. Next meetings › Sofia, 24 October 2008 › presentation/invitation by Kiril Boyanov › Málaga, 11 -12 June 2009 20

15. Any Other Business and Close › GA dinner is offered by BELNET › 19: 30 hours › Priorij van de Karmelieten, Ezelstraat 28, Brugge 21