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Re: Minutes of 2/5/2002 meet
Please ignore previous message. This had skipped my eye!!
Thanks Luke.
Noah.
> ALL MEMBERS MEETING FOR UIXP HELD ON 2ND MAY 2002
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> VENUE: UCC Board Room, Communications House
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> TIME: 10.25 am to 12.00 noon
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> AGENDA
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> 1. Tour of the Exchange Point
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> 2. Update report
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> 3. AS Numbers, BGP readiness
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> 4. The Business Plan, and Revenue,
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> 5. Connectivity i.e Frame Relay, ISDN, ISM band 2.4 GHz wireless
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> And any other matter that might come up.
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> MEMBERS PRESENT
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> 1. Maurice Barigye Afsat Communications (U) Ltd.
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> 2. Were Ibrahim Afsat Communications (U) Ltd.
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> 3. Edward Nsubuga Uganda Telecom Ltd.
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> 4. Lunghabo James Linux Solutions
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> 5. Daniel Stern Uganda Connect
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> 6. Andrew Gidoi Uganda Telecom Ltd.
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> 7. Charles Musisi CFI
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> 8. Samalie Sempebwa UiXP
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> 9. Luke Kyohere UiXP
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> Absent with Apologies:
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> 1. Hope Mugagga Uganda Connect
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> 2. Badru Ntege Sanyutel
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> Tour of the Exchange Point
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> The tour of the Exchange Point was done at the end of the meeting
> rather than at the begging to save on time. Members were taken round
> and briefed on the set up.
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> Update report
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> The agenda for this meeting was based on issues raised in the report
> update distributed to members at start of the meeting.
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> Issues arising out of the report triggered contribution from members
> present, and these are highlights:
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> iX LAN:
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> On why an office LAN as well as the IXP backbone was necessary, and on
> the costs involved (as seen in financial statement), and why the
> voluntary approach to build the LAN wasn?t used.
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> Members were informed that, the voluntary approach, while desirable
> required coordination to get the right mixture of skills and
> availability of person, which inevitably needed time coordination. That
> balanced against the desire to ensure quality of workmanship weighed
> against the labour cost component, In the interest of time, coupled by
> the minimal labour component on the overall quotation, This was seen
> to be due to time constraints and the need to have a more professional
> setup, the job was given to a vendor. However, it was agreed that the
> spirit of voluntarism and cooperation should be kept alive and made use
> of as much as possible in future.
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> AS Numbers
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> Members were informed about the importance of AS Numbers and requested
> to help in any way they can with acquiring them. It was agreed that
> applying for them as a block was more likely to yield results due to
> the stringent criteria required in granting them, which individual ISPs
> cannot meet on their own.
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> Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
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> Members were made aware of an offer for training from Brian Longwe from
> Nairobi, and urged to be a part of it when it?s undertaken. It was also
> agreed that word about the need for training should be passed around in
> friendly international circles with a view of getting more of our
> technical people trained i.e AfNOG, Cisco Academy etc... All members
> with any BGP knowledge were also urged be volunteer to help.
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> Business Plan and Revenue
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> Payment of rent was questioned and whether free office space could not
> have been secured free of charge. Members were briefed about how the
> decision on the current premises reached, being the outcome of a
> process that involved evaluating all possible locations. The
> Communication House location was chosen over others as neutral
> location, free of any perceived connection to any operator, and that
> UCC could be turned to provide waiver on rent unlike other locations.
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> The flat subscription fee was also discussed and it was proposed that
> be reviewed periodically to reflect actual benefit to individual member
> as a factor of cost. For now, simple flat fee tariff will stay.
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> Connectivity
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> Members were briefed about the major connectivity methods being
> considered and progress made in getting them to the IXP. It was agreed
> that while members were free to select a method of their choice, they
> will have an obligation to other peers to ensure that their links are
> good. Thus only good and reliable links will be acceptable.
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> AOB
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> Among other business, the issue of access to cheap Routers was
> discussed . It was proposed that every member who will peer at the IXP
> have own Router at the IXP premises. It was suggested that Cisco be
> approached to purchase, through their Channels, inexpensive Routers as
> a gesture of support to our efforts.
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> With no other business to discuss, the meeting was closed at 12 noon.
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> · Copies of the financial statement, company brochure, update
> report and business plan distributed at this meeting can be found on
> the UiXP web site.
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