NomCom 2012-2013: Third Call for Volunteers

2012-07-30 Thread NomCom Chair
The NomCom 2012-2013 Call for Volunteers is nearing its conclusion. If you are considering volunteering to participate in the 2012-2013 NomCom, please volunteer soon. Individuals willing to serve on this year's NomCom must send email to nomcom-ch...@ietf.org on or before Sunday, August 5. Gener

Open Internet Endowment Initial Campaign

2012-07-30 Thread IETF Chair
Today at IETF 84 in Vancouver, Lynn St. Amour and I announced the creation of the Open Internet Endowment and its initial campaign focused on ensuring the IETF's long-term financial health and continued independence. The web site is up and running. It offers more information and accepts contrib

New Non-WG Mailing List: laminar -- TCP algorithm refactoring discussion list

2012-07-30 Thread IETF Secretariat
A new IETF non-working group email list has been created. List address: lami...@ietf.org Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/laminar/ To subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/laminar Purpose: This list is for discussing the Laminar TCP and how to proceed with it, through new

Draft IESG Statement Regarding Ethertype Requests

2012-07-30 Thread IETF Chair
Last week the IAB and the IESG met with the leadership of IEEE 802. One of the things that was discussed was the IEEE policies for allocating EtherTypes, and the IESG is considering the attached IESG Statement to implement an IETF policy that aligns with the IEEE policy. If you have an comment