The Management

The Council Government of CESCA has delegated to the CATNIX Strategic Commission the management of the Catalonia Internet Exchange Point. This Comission is formed by a representative of each one of the entities connected to the Exchange Point, by the conseller d'Innovació, Universitats i Empresa (or representative person), and by the director of CESCA (acting as Secretary).

The decisions of the Committee will be made by the majority of the two thirds, except for:

• The admission of new entities which want to join CATNIX and that will be admitted by a predefined criteria.
• The changes in this agreement which will require the unanimity of all signatories.

The President will call this commission 15 days in advance, at least once a year and during the last quarter, in order to evaluate the service and to approve the annual quota to be paid for the next year. It can also be called when at least a third part of the entities connected to CATNIX request it.

One additional technical commission have been also created, Technical Commission for the CATNIX Data Exchange (CTID) in 1999, to analise and debate all the topics related with the operation of the service for data. This commission are integrated by a technical representative of each entity, CESCA’s Director who acts as a President, and the Systems & Networks Manager, who acts as a Secretary. This commission are called whenever any part does request it, and its decisions have to be confirmed by the Strategic Commission.

CESCA is responsible for the ordinary management of CATNIX, without affecting the responsabilities of this commission.