Dear All,
Please validate below draft meeting notes.
MIXP Management Meeting #1
Date: 08.08.19, 15:30 to 18:00
Venue: Emtelworld, Ebene
Agenda:
- Volunteering: Elect a new neutral management committee, elected by the community
- Connectivity to MIXP
- Internet for MIXP management
- Upcoming AFPIF event
- Recent updates
- Discuss on when and how to host an extension of the IX
- AOB
Present during meeting
- Kaldera
- Rogers
- Emtel
- Bharat
- PCH
- WoodyNet
- DCL
- AFRINIC
Discussion items
- Volunteering: Elect a new neutral management committee, elected by the community
- Registration of MIXP as an Association
- Was previously incorporated as an association, now defunct
- No need to incorporate until and unless there is exchange of funds with/from MIXP
- Decision to keep it informal, But members shall check in parallel for how to register the Association
- AFRINIC shall remain as the secretariat for MIXP
- PCH shared the attached sample policy that IXPs use around the world
- Peers and members of the Management committee can decide on whether to adopt the document as is or customise if to our local context
- MIXP Management committee
- Keessun proposed at least 5 persons to be onboard the mgmt committee as per the sample policy doc.
- Ranveer(Rogers) mentioned that it should have more than 5 persons and be a peer at the MIXP, also share some details from his experience at JINX
- Nishal(PCH/Woodynet) mentioned that it should not be limited to peers only but instead be someone interested in making the MIXP better. Nishal added that having 5 persons on the management meeting is better but we can allow up to 7 if needed. A small group
is better and more manageable.
- Nishal mentioned that we should only allow active(connected and exchanging traffic for last 3 months) Peers to elect the management committee
- Nandraj(Emtel) requested that peers present vote for the new committee
- Ganesh(DCL) agreed that we keep the size of the committee to 7 persons
- It was jointly agreed that
- 7 members shall be on the management committee
- Monthly meetings shall happen
- Allow 1 vore per active peer shall be considered to elect members of the management committee
- Peers present requested for volunteers to form the management committee 2019
- It was noted that 5 persons volunteered and were hence appointed as part of the management; with the approval of all peers present.
- Persons appointed for the Management committee:
- Ranveer Seetaloo(Rogers Capital)
- Jason LEONG SON(Kaldera)
- Ganesh Ramalingum(DCL)
- Nandraj Kisto(Emtel)
- Nishal Goburdhan(PCH/Woodynet)
- Ranveer Will be presiding the current committee for one year, until 8/8/20
- Keessun Fokeerah shall remain as Ex-officio on the Management committee.
- We shall reach out for candidates for the 2 remaining vacant seats, who need not be a peer at the MIXP or locally based in Mauritius. Deadline 13th Aug 2019
- Connectivity to MIXP
- Keessun shared the feedback and challenges expressed by some local organisations where they were unaware of how to connect to the MIXP
- Ganesh advised that they can connect for free, if
- They have an ASN
- Have their own connectivity to MIXP
- We may need to update same on the website
- Nishal mentioned that we could adopt a process for new peer to connect to the MIXP
- It was collectively agreed that the management committee may decide, if needed, to change the rule in the future
- Internet for MIXP management
- Yanesh mentioned that emtel can contribute 10 Mbps
- Ganesh mentioned that the DLC link currently down will be fixed within a week
- Keessun specified that we shall hence have 4 links available in the future namely
- Bharat(Existing)
- DC(Existing)
- Emtel(New)
- Rogers Capital(New)
- Keessun mentioned that the tech team shall work on how to best utilise these links for the MIXP
- AfPIF
- Ranveer mentioned that few locals have registered
- All peers agreed to further publicise the event with their collaborators
- MIXP updates(Keessun)
- Website review is in progress
- List of services shall be updated as per feedback of the current meeting
- Need to confirm and encourage peering with Route collector at least as mandatory and Route server.
- We can work on RPKI with all peers
- More best practices can be implemented such as more secured routing
- How to host an Extension of the IX
- Rogers Capital wants to host an extension of the IX
- Initially wanted to host a new IXP
- Nishal and Keessun advised that Mauritius is too small for a second IXP
- Rogers Capital is already connected to GOC site
- As per the equipments and details shared with Ranveer, they are almost 90% ready to have the extension up and running, infrastructure is ready such as
- Fiber
- Firewall
- SFPs
- Router
- Switch
- Servers
- etc
- However, Rogers wants to have the blessing and approval of the management committee
- Nishal and Keessun mentioned that we could have a minimum requirement for any organisation wanting to host an extension of the IX. A sample MoU was shared, also attached
- Members and eventually the Management committee should agree on the terms of the MoU
- Keessun mentioned that after a requester is able to meet the minimum requirements, final decision shall be for the management committee to proceed with the extension of the IX
- Kaldera has also expressed their wish to host an extension of the IX, but are not technically ready
- After discussions, Ranveer proposed and put the proposal to have the extension at Rogers be approved while the rules and MoU are refined
- Keessun advised that if a new extension is approved, the internet connection available for management can be used at each location
- It was jointly agreed by the management committee that
- Not having the final MoU ready is not a show-stopper and hence the new site is approved and shall be
- an Extension to the current MIXP switch hosted at GOC
- adhering to the MoU when same is finalised and any gaps shall be filled by Rogers Capital to ensure compliance to MoU
- AOB
- MUNOG
- Keessun mentioned that independently from MIXP, the MUNOG has been formed
- The MUNOG shall bring network operators and IT personnels/engineers etc without any affiliation to the company they work for
- MUNOG shall live to "We compete commercially and collaborate technically"
- Keessun proposed that we could have a first MUNOG workshop during AfPIF, if we have an available room.
- Ranveer proposed that we appoint an IXP manager
- Nishal mentioned that we can wait for some time before appointing someone as this will certainly impact on the financials
- Technical committee
- Will be elected later, further discussions in the next management meeting
- Next meeting will be on 6th Sept 2019 at 16:00 at Rogers Capital's office
Action items:
- 1. Keessun to send details of the new mgmt committee and request for volunteers for the 2 available seats
- Update the website:
- Nishal volunteer to manage the website content, backend stuffs
- Front end stuff by other two/three persons
- Keessun to get a list of service that shall be publicised on the revised site
- Keessun to work with the tech team to get the approved IX extension ready
- Keessun &Nishal to work out a draft process for new peers to connect
- under connectivity:
# how to get people to peer with the BGP-RS.
# how to get the management committee to get their networks to peer (no excuses)
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Keessun Fokeerah
MIXP team
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Mauritius Internet Exchange Point(MIXP)
w: http://www.mixp.org/