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- IETF STEERING GROUP (IESG)
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- REPORT OF THE MEETING OF
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- March 18th, 1992
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- Reported by:
- Greg Vaudreuil, IESG Secretary
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- This report contains
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- - Meeting Agenda
- - Meeting Attendees
- - Meeting Notes
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- Please contact IESG Secretary Greg Vaudreuil for more information.
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- Attendees
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- Almquist, Philip / Consultant
- Borman, David / Cray Research
- Chiappa, Noel
- Chapin, Lyman / BBN
- Crocker, Dave / TBO
- Crocker, Steve / TIS
- Coya, Steve / CNRI
- Davin, Chuck / MIT
- Estrada, Susan / CERFnet
- Gross, Philip / ANS
- Hinden, Robert / SUN
- Hobby, Russ / UC-DAVIS
- Huizer, Erik / SURFnet
- Piscitello, Dave/ Bellcore
- Reynolds, Joyce / ISI
- Stockman, Bernard / SUNET/NORDUnet
- Vaudreuil, Greg / CNRI
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- Agenda
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- 1) Set Agenda of Open Plenary
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- 2) Growth of the IETF
- 2.1 Quality
- 2.2 Tracking
- 2.3 Administration
- 2.4 Workload
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- 3) Internationalization
- 3.1 International Protocols
- 3.2 International Participation
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- Minutes
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- 1) Agenda for the Open Plenary
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- The IESG discussed the relevant topics facing the IETF and agreed to
- initiate discussion on the Routing and Addressing Architecture,
- pending protocol actions, and the growth of the IETF.
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- 2) Growth of the IETF
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- At this short meeting the IESG, the discussed the issues related to
- the growth of the IETF, it's working groups, and the Secretariat to
- be addressed at a later date. Several observations were noted. The
- level of management of the IETF process does not appear to be
- keeping up with the growth. In particular, there are many dormant
- IETF working groups which have not been disbanded, many Internet
- Drafts which have long since expired, and the loss of several
- protocol actions in the cracks.
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- The IESG agreed to discuss these issues in the Thursday night dinner
- meeting. The IESG was tasked to discuss mechanisms which would help
- manage the current growth, including specific support the
- Secretariat can give the area directors, and mechanisms for managing
- the growth in the number of IETF Working Groups.
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- 3) Internationalization
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- The attendance of this IETF meeting reflects a continuing strong
- participation from non-US countries, including Canada, Europe, and
- the Pacific Rim. This internationalization has presented the IETF
- with specific challenges, including the extension of protocols to
- support multiple character sets, and the need to diversify the
- meeting locations to other nations beyond North America. Full
- discussion of this topic was deferred until a later time.
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