[bess] Appointment of additional WG Chair

2023-08-03 Thread Andrew Alston - IETF
Hi WG, Following consultation with Matt and Stephane I have opted to appoint a third chair to BESS to provide additional coverage considering the document working load through the working group. As such, I would like to welcome Jeffery Zhang as the third chair to BESS and to thank him for his

[bess] Incident in BESS Working group

2023-07-27 Thread Andrew Alston - IETF
Hi All, In the BESS meeting – there was some quite frankly entirely unacceptable behavior that occurred with participants shouting at each other and over each other. I remind everyone of the code of conduct – and to treat each other with respect. When the shouting gets so loud that I have to

[bess] Draft-ietf-bess-evpn-virtual-eth-segment

2023-07-06 Thread Andrew Alston - IETF
Hi All, So while it looks like the document referenced in the subject line will not have sufficient ballot positions to pass the IESG tonight, I’m also extremely cognizant of the comments received and the feedback I’ve had around this document, which has honestly got me questioning returning