1' Welcome and apologies

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1. Welcome and apologies

• Apologies were received from Dany Vandromme
  (RENATER), Robert Sultana and Victor Buttigieg
  (UoM), Brian Carpenter and David Martin (IBM),
  Jan Weglarz and Stanislaw Starzak (PCSS), Yves
  Poppe (Teleglobe), Geert-Jan Spelde (Level3),
  Jean-Marc Uzé (Juniper), Mário Campolargo (EU),
  Jan Torreele (BELNET), Sæþór Jónsson and Jón Ingi
  Einarsson (RHnet), Tugrul Yilmaz (ULAKBIM), Kees
  Neggers and Boudewijn Nederkoorn (SURFnet),
  Rimantas Kavaliunas and Petras Sulcas (LITNET)
• Proxies
• Artur Binczewski represents PCSS with proxy
• Inara Opmane represents LATNET with proxy
• Erik-Jan Bos represents SURFnet with proxy

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2. Approval of Agenda3. Minutes and Actions List

• The GA is asked to approve the agenda
• The GA is asked to approve the minutes of the
  19th GA meeting (Zagreb, 22-23 May 2003)

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• 4a. Admission of new members
• The GA is asked to admit the University of Malta
  as a national Member of TERENA, with its
  membership in category 1, and with the usual
  phase-in discount for new members
• 4b. Changes in membership
• The GA is asked to admit Consortium GARR as the
  National Member for Italy, replacing INFN
• 4c. New representatives
• Robert Sultana and Victor Buttigieg (Univ. Malta)
• Enzo Valente and Claudia Battista (GARR)

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4d. Outstanding Membership Fees
Member ctry 2001 2002 2003 total IPM IR 28,2
00 30,369 58,569 ANSTI/RNC RO
20,552 20,552 MARNET MK 5,384
5,272 10,656 Teleglobe 2,614 378
2,992 ------- ------- ------- -------- TO
TAL 0 36,198 56,571 92,769
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7. TERENA Activity Plan 2004
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8a. Contribution categories of National Members

• The GA is asked to decide that all TERENA
  National Members will be in the same membership
  category in 2004 as they are in 2003.

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8b. Projected outlook 2003
(kEUR) 2002 result 2003 budget 2003
outlook INCOME contributions 966 942
949 project income 509 557
647 other income 14 29
27 ----------------------------------------
TOTAL 1489 1528
1623 DIRECT EXPENDITURE project costs
-669 -1095
-969 Technical Programme -86
-115 -90 ----------------
------------------------ TOTAL -755
-1210 -1059 INCOME LESS DIRECT
EXP. 734 318
564 INDIRECT EXPENDITURE personnel costs
-338 -249 -365 other
administrative costs -372 -394
-378 -------------------------------------
--- TOTAL -711 -643
-743 OPERATING RESULT 23 -325
-179 interest received 50
45 45 financial expenses
-71 -14 -21 -------------------
--------------------- TOTAL -21 31
24 INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE
2 -294
-155 RESERVES AT YEAR START 865 867
867 RESERVES AT YEAR END 867
573 712
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8c. Proposed budget 2004
(kEUR) 2003 budget 2003 outlook 2004
prop.budget INCOME contributions 942
949 946 project income 557 647
608 other income 29 27
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TOTAL 1528 1623
1568 DIRECT EXPENDITURE project costs
-1095 -969
-689 Technical Programme -115
-90 -110 ----------------
------------------------ TOTAL -1210
-1059 -799 INCOME LESS DIRECT
EXP. 318 564
769 INDIRECT EXPENDITURE personnel costs
-249 -365 -487 other
administrative costs -394 -378
-404 ------------------------------------
---- TOTAL -643 -743
-891 OPERATING RESULT -325 -179
-122 interest received 45
45 40 financial expenses
-14 -21
-108 ----------------------------------------
TOTAL 31 24
-68 INCOME LESS EXPENDITURE -294 -155
-190 RESERVES AT YEAR START 867
867 712 RESERVES AT YEAR
END 573 712
522
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8c. Budget 2004 and membership fees 2004

• The GA is asked to adopt the TERENA budget for
  2004 as shown in document GA(03)030 and to
  determine that the membership fee for 2004 will
  remain unchanged at EUR 4700 per unit.

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11. Secretariat matters

• TERENA Secretariat staffper October 2003
• Karel Vietsch Secretary General
• John Dyer Chief Technical Officer
• Valentino Cavalli Project Development Officer
• Kevin Meynell Project Development Officer
• Licia Florio Project Development Officer
• Baiba Kaskina Project Development Officer
• Alex de Joode Senior IT Support Officer (20/39)
• Dick Visser System/Network Manager (30/39)
• Jeroen Houben Webmaster
• Bert van Pinxteren Chief Administrative Officer
• Wilma Overdevest Financial Administrator
  (24/39)
• Carol de Groot PR Conference Officer
• Roos Stouthamer Secretary