As the newly appointed Transitional RSE, Olaf asked me to introduce myself to
the community.
I first got onto the ARPANET in the mid-1970s while studying computer science
at the University of Illinois. Since then, I've done networking and operating
systems (mostly UNIX) RD first as a programmer and later as director of a UNIX
RD center. I even managed an ARPANET IMP. For the past 20 years I've been
leading networking start-ups in Europe and the US: I was founding CEO of EUnet,
Europe's first commercial internet service provider, and founding CEO of
NextHop Technologies, which developed routing software. I've also been on the
boards of international internet organizations such as Ebone and the Commercial
Internet Exchange (CIX), and was a VP for Strategy and Planning at ISOC in the
late 1990s.
I've done a lot of of organizational development in corporations, including
creating and leading teams of technical writers, and have done my share of
technical writing. I've published ACM and IEEE articles on Internet and
technology history and policy. I worked closely with Jon Postel as IANA's
delegate to the Policy Oversight Committee, which provided leadership in the
gTLD debates that led to ICANN's formation.
My association with the 'IETF' began in the late 1970s when I was on Jon
Postel's mailing lists. I attended my first IETF in the early 1990s and have
been a frequent participant since then. I've led or worked with engineering
teams that contributed to protocol standards, largely radius and routing.
However, I've never personally written an RFC.
My experience qualifies me as a long-standing participant in the IETF, and
gives me an understanding of and appreciation for its history, processes, and
culture. However, I have not been intimately involved in administration of the
RFC editorial process. This combination affords me a broad perspective, but no
specific opinions or biases regarding the current situation. That means I'm
starting from a blank page, which I will fill by working closely with the
entire community. The IAB has made it very clear that I'm to work with
complete independence of process and analytical method, which I will do.
I am calling for interested community members to contact me to share your
thinking about the RSE function. Your input is essential to fulfilling my
mission. For at least several weeks, you'll hear me say I don't know - I
haven't enough information to form an opinion about that yet. What do you
think?
I hope you will find me a most open-minded and interested listener. I look
forward to working with all of you on this critically important project.
best regards,
Glenn
Transitional RFC Series Editor
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On Feb 26, 2010, at 9:25 AM, IAB Chair wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I am happy to announce that Glenn Kowack will be the Transitional RFC
Series Editor(RSE).
Glenn will take up his responsibilities as of March 1. His main
responsibility [2] is that of formulating the RSE as defined in
RFC5620 in practice while critically reviewing all aspects of the
model and its implementation. Specifically, Glenn will be working with
the IAB, the RFC Series Advisory Group (RSAG, see RFC5620) as
appropriate, the IAOC, and the community to refine the definition of
the role and relationships of the RSE. This involves providing:
(i) recommendations for changes to the RFC Series model structure,
(ii) recommendations for changes to the role and responsibilities of
the RFC Series Editor, and
(iii) recommendations to effect the acquisition of an RFC Series
Editor.
In the cause of the next weeks Glenn will be taking over
responsibilities from Bob Braden who is acting RSE currently and will
remain available as a resource of knowledge and experience. The actual
title will pass between March 1 and April 19.
During the next few months Glenn will talk to many of us. I hope that
Glenn can count on your collaboration and frankness. Glenn will
introduce himself shortly.
With the appointment of Glenn Kowack as TRSE and the appointment of
Nevil Brownlee as Inependent Submissions Editor the four pieces of the
RFC Editor model are now in place.
The IAB would like to thank the candidates that stepped forward
between June and December last year.
The IAB also acknowledges the support of the volunteers that served on
the the Ad-hoc Advisory Committee (ACEF) and assisted the IAB in their
selection. They are: Joel Halpern (who took the responsibility for
coordinating), Bob Hinden, Joe Touch, and Jim Schaad, Craig Partridge
(who left the committee in October 2009) and Scott Bradner (who
recused in December 2009). They worked with IAB members John Klensin,
Russ Housley, and me.
The ACEF has served its purpose for this appointment cycle and has
been dismantled.
For the IAB,
Olaf Kolkman
IAB Chair.
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