For your information, the IETF and IAB chairs participated in a meeting where we met with leaders of a number of other Internet organisations. A brief statement was issued:
> Leaders of the organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet > technical infrastructure (loosely referred to as “I* leaders”) met last week > in Santa Monica, California, USA. During the 2-day meeting, they discussed > activities underway and exchanged views and updates on a range of topics > including: > > • IETF and W3C efforts to improve overall Internet privacy and security > (http://www.ietf.org & http://w3.org) > • Globalization of the IANA functions (http://www.iana.org) > • The 1net initiative, website and new collaboration forum > (http://1net.org) > • The “Netmundial” – Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of > Internet Governance (http://netmundial.br) > • ICANN strategy panels and globalization efforts (http://www.icann.org) > • Preparations for the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference > (http://www.internetsociety.org/plenipotbackground) > • Web 25th anniversary and W3C 20th anniversary planning (http://w3.org) > > There was discussion of the significant progress and momentum that has > developed since our last meeting, and as well as the need for continued > engagement of all stakeholders in evolution of the Internet ecosystem. The > leaders were encouraged by the progress made in many areas, and note that > there is a lot of work happening in our respective communities, driven by the > participants and handled with the usual community processes. > > The meeting also welcomed Kathy Brown, the incoming CEO of the Internet > Society, and Carolina Aguerre as a representative of the ccTLD registry > community. > > Participating I* Leaders: > > • Adiel A. Akplogan, CEO African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) > • John Curran, CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) > • Paul Wilson, Director General Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre > (APNIC) > • Russ Housley, Chair Internet Architecture Board (IAB) > • Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO Internet Corporation for Assigned > Names and Numbers (ICANN) > • Jari Arkko, Chair Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) > • Kathy Brown, President and CEO Internet Society (ISOC) > • Raúl Echeberría, CEO Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses > Registry (LACNIC) > • Axel Pawlik, Managing Director Réseaux IP Européens Network > Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) > • Jeff Jaffe, CEO World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) > • Carolina Aguerre, General Manager, LACTLD (association of ccTLD > registry operators in Latin America and Caribbean) (From http://www.iab.org/documents/correspondence-reports-documents/2014-2/statement-from-the-i-leaders-coordination-meeting-santa-monica-14-february-2014/)
