Re: Issues in wider geographic participation

2013-05-31 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
Hi John, Thanks for your comments/proposals, I always know that your discussions are important for my progress in IETF. I reply some comments as below, On 5/30/13, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: Jari, Inspired by two of your recent notes and Dave Crocker's long one last weekend

Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Mark Nottingham
In an attempt to inject some data into the discussion, I wrote a bit of code that figures out how much time, given your home city, you would have spent in the air if you'd attended all IETF meetings since IETF74 (i.e., from 2009 onwards). The first column is the home airport. The second

Re: When to adopt a WG I-D

2013-05-31 Thread t . p .
Original Message - From: Melinda Shore melinda.sh...@gmail.com To: adr...@olddog.co.uk Cc: dcroc...@bbiw.net; ietf@ietf.org Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 8:06 AM On 5/29/13 10:53 PM, Adrian Farrel wrote: I see a wedge :-) The problem is where to stop. Well, I don't know. Maybe the

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Fernando Gont
On 05/31/2013 11:59 AM, Mark Nottingham wrote: In an attempt to inject some data into the discussion, I wrote a bit of code that figures out how much time, given your home city, you would have spent in the air if you'd attended all IETF meetings since IETF74 (i.e., from 2009 onwards). The

Re: Issues in wider geographic participation

2013-05-31 Thread Fernando Gont
John, On 05/30/2013 08:04 AM, John C Klensin wrote: irrelevant. If there is a major vendor design presence in a region, then we should be very concerned if we don't have significant presence from that region in the IETF as well. But, if the vendor presence is limited to marketing, sales,

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Mark Nottingham
On 31/05/2013, at 8:28 PM, Fernando Gont fg...@si6networks.com wrote: On 05/31/2013 11:59 AM, Mark Nottingham wrote: In an attempt to inject some data into the discussion, I wrote a bit of code that figures out how much time, given your home city, you would have spent in the air if you'd

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Carsten Bormann
Wow, that's real science at work... Sorting by the relevant column (I don't own a private jet): LHR 249:44 // London FRA 255:22 // Frankfurt SFO 282:04 // San Francisco FCO 283:04 // Rome SVO 287:14 // Moscow ATL 297:28 // Atlanta BOS 297:38 // Boston NRT 314:38 // Tokyo

Re: IETF Meeting in South America

2013-05-31 Thread Scott Brim
On Friday, May 31, 2013, Abdussalam Baryun wrote: So lets be explicit. This is a standards-setting body, which is discussing outreach, inclusiveness, wider participation outcomes, and the cost consequences on attendance where the core motivation is standards setting. Yes, let's be

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Dave Cridland
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Carsten Bormann c...@tzi.org wrote: Of course, this doesn't include time-to-airport, so you can immediately discount London. Well, you say that, but I now know why Alexey moved from Moscow to Kingston (40 minutes to LHR on the X26). Dave.

Re: IETF Meeting in South America

2013-05-31 Thread Arturo Servin
On 5/31/13 9:53 AM, Scott Brim wrote: I don't know what the smiley is supposed to connote, but the IETF responds to changes in the community by changing its engineering goals and the problems it works on. I would add that the IETF should change the way we solve those problems as

Re: [IETF] Re: Issues in wider geographic participation

2013-05-31 Thread Randy Bush
melinda, i assure you that operations being 'owned' by vendors is not restricted to the geographically isolated. one small example. i was asked to consult on a global deployment by a global fortune whatever company whose name you would all recognize. there was no real management, and the

RE: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread l.wood
clearly, all IETF meetings should be in Cape Town, Wellington, or Perth, because more time in the air means more time without interruption where drafts can be read before the meeting. quiet time on a plane can be productive time. Lloyd Wood http://sat-net.com/L.Wood/

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Riccardo Bernardini
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 4:03 PM, l.w...@surrey.ac.uk wrote: clearly, all IETF meetings should be in Cape Town, Wellington, or Perth, because more time in the air means more time without interruption where drafts can be read before the meeting. quiet time on a plane can be productive time.

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Ted Lemon
On May 31, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Riccardo Bernardini framefri...@gmail.com wrote: Then I would suggest Antarctica as permanent location for future IETF meetings. :-) Maybe the only drawback is hotel availability, but nothing that a handful of tents and sleeping bags cannot cure... Also, penguins

Hands across the water/hands across the sky

2013-05-31 Thread Spencer Dawkins
For those of you looking at where I-D and RFC authors are from, I'd like to suggest one other thing to look at - the extent that participants are co-authoring with folks outside their region. It's pretty tempting for new participants to submit drafts that they like, and maybe reaching out to

RE: [Pce] Last Call: draft-ietf-pce-gmpls-aps-req-07.txt (Requirements for GMPLS applications of PCE) to Informational RFC

2013-05-31 Thread Ogaki, Kenichi
Dear Adrian, Thank you for your comments. We will address your comments after this last call as follows. idnits shows a couple of issues with your references == Unused Reference: 'RFC3945' is defined on line 373, but no explicit reference was found in the text == Unused

RE: Gen-ART LC review of draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-miscellaneous-caps-05

2013-05-31 Thread Simo.Veikkolainen
Hello Roni, Please see my answer below prefixed with [SV]. From: ext Roni Even [mailto:ron.even@gmail.com] Sent: 29. toukokuuta 2013 21:13 To: draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-miscellaneous-caps@tools.ietf.org Cc: ietf@ietf.org; gen-...@ietf.org Subject: Gen-ART LC review of

NOMCOM 2013 - validated volunteers so far

2013-05-31 Thread Mankin, Allison
Here is the current list of names of eligible volunteers for Nomcom 2013-2014. If your name is not already on this list, what are you waiting for? Thanks to those who have already volunteered and all of you who are about to volunteer :D If you volunteered and weren't eligible, I've sent

Re: Issues in wider geographic participation

2013-05-31 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, May 31, 2013 12:36 +0200 Fernando Gont fg...@si6networks.com wrote: if the vendor presence is limited to marketing, sales, and perhaps implementation, then, if that is a problem, it is one that doesn't lie easily within IETF scope... and probably shouldn't. Do open source

Re: [IETF] RE: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Warren Kumari
On May 31, 2013, at 10:03 AM, l.w...@surrey.ac.uk wrote: clearly, all IETF meetings should be in Cape Town, Wellington, or Perth, because more time in the air means more time without interruption where drafts can be read before the meeting. quiet time on a plane can be productive time.

Re: financial fun with an IETF Meeting in South America

2013-05-31 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
Jorge, I seriously believe you're overreacting and overrepresenting the actual view of the people in Argentina. Few, if any, members of the Internet community in Argentina and neighboring countries share this view, and almost all of us can't help laughing at the ironic situation where some people

Congratulations Bob Hinden!

2013-05-31 Thread Edwin A. Opare
Dear All, The Internet Society has just completed its Board of Trustees Elections and appointments.The IAB re-appointed Bob Hinden as the IETF appointee to the ISOC Board. Folks, let us join hands in congratulating Bob for his re-appointment to the ISOC Board. Congratulations to you Bob on

Re: financial fun with an IETF Meeting in South America

2013-05-31 Thread Jorge Amodio
Carlos, I clearly stated that the comment was OT, ie didn't have to much relation with the discussion. I'm not overreacting or misrepresenting anything, it was just an OT comment about a blog article which IMHO I consider really stupid and completely out of lalaland. I didn't say a protest WILL

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Scott Brim
If people are interested, we could launch a new service: dirigible tours with Internet access. We'll have multiple airships, one for each set of related meeting rooms. Of course we'll have audio, jabber and all the virtualization tools we have today. We'll amble along at some moderate speed,

Re: financial fun with an IETF Meeting in South America

2013-05-31 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
Whether OT or not you actively contribute to the mood of the discussion. And to have a fruitful discussion on the topic I believe we MUST accurately represent the facts, again, regardless of being OT or not. ~Carlos On 5/31/13 3:07 PM, Jorge Amodio wrote: Carlos, I clearly stated that the

Re: [IETF] RE: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Jorge Amodio
Completely off-topic too, but since I live in the southernmost capital city of the world, and certainly not the best served by airlines When you moved to NZ ? ;-) -J

Re: financial fun with an IETF Meeting in South America

2013-05-31 Thread Jorge Amodio
The existence of that article IS a fact -Jorge On May 31, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Carlos M. Martinez carlosm3...@gmail.com wrote: Whether OT or not you actively contribute to the mood of the discussion. And to have a fruitful discussion on the topic I believe we MUST accurately represent the

Re: [IETF] RE: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
We now live in a blessed, sort-of, time, where you perhaps have in-flight Internet but no-one presumes you do, so you get the Internet and its benefits without the constant distraction of other people calling, emailing and expecting immediate answers and all that :D Completely off-topic too, but

Appointment of Bob Hinden to Another Term on the ISOC Board of Trustees

2013-05-31 Thread IAB Chair
The Internet Society (ISOC) provides organizational and financial support for the IETF. As part of the arrangements between ISOC and the IETF, the IETF is called upon to name three Trustees to its Board, with staggered 3 year terms. This requires that the IETF select one Trustee each year.

Re: [IETF] Re: Issues in wider geographic participation

2013-05-31 Thread Warren Kumari
On May 30, 2013, at 8:37 PM, John C Klensin john-i...@jck.com wrote: --On Thursday, May 30, 2013 15:31 -0400 Warren Kumari war...@kumari.net wrote: The below is not a direct response to John, it is more my general views on IETF interaction with operators. So, I've been a long time

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Dave Crocker
On 5/31/2013 8:12 PM, Scott Brim wrote: We'll have multiple airships, one for each set of related meeting rooms. is dirigible a new term of endearment for an AD? d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Scott Brim
On Friday, May 31, 2013, Dave Crocker wrote: On 5/31/2013 8:12 PM, Scott Brim wrote: We'll have multiple airships, one for each set of related meeting rooms. is dirigible a new term of endearment for an AD? Obviously the ADs have a small helicopter so they can get between dirigibles.

Re: Hands across the water/hands across the sky

2013-05-31 Thread Abdussalam Baryun
Hi Spencer. I like your point. I think it is correct that collaboration is needed between all regions for many I-Ds or related I-Ds to the region participants interest. Cross-participation co-authoring between regions may make better results than co-authors from same region. Comments below, On

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread joel jaeggli
On 5/31/13 12:18 PM, Scott Brim wrote: On Friday, May 31, 2013, Dave Crocker wrote: On 5/31/2013 8:12 PM, Scott Brim wrote: We'll have multiple airships, one for each set of related meeting rooms. is dirigible a new term of endearment for an AD? Obviously the ADs

Re: Hands across the water/hands across the sky

2013-05-31 Thread Carsten Bormann
On May 31, 2013, at 16:53, Spencer Dawkins spencerdawkins.i...@gmail.com wrote: co-authoring with folks outside their region. Very good point. Significant advantage comes from any kind of co-authoring with someone who is able to bring another perspective. By region, by academic/commercial

Re: [IETF] Re: Issues in wider geographic participation

2013-05-31 Thread Randy Bush
Yup. And some operators have decided that the IETF document development and consensus-forming process is sufficiently annoying that they are standing up their own forum for Best Common Practice docs: http://www.ipbcop.org/ -- Documented best practices for Engineers by Engineers Some more

Re: [IETF] RE: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
You are right, Wellington is almost 7 degrees south of Montevideo, although I hope it's better served by airlines :D cheers! ~C. On 5/31/13 3:24 PM, Jorge Amodio wrote: Completely off-topic too, but since I live in the southernmost capital city of the world, and certainly not the best

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Elwyn Davies
On 31/05/13 20:18, Scott Brim wrote: On Friday, May 31, 2013, Dave Crocker wrote: On 5/31/2013 8:12 PM, Scott Brim wrote: We'll have multiple airships, one for each set of related meeting rooms. is dirigible a new term of endearment for an AD? Obviously the ADs

RE: [IETF] Re: Issues in wider geographic participation

2013-05-31 Thread John C Klensin
(I think what Warren, Randy, and others have to say is more relevant to most of this than my opinion - unless you count a handful of end networks with VPN connections among a subset of them, I haven't had either ops responsibility or even direct or indirect management responsibility for those who

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Mark Nottingham
On 31/05/2013, at 7:59 PM, Mark Nottingham m...@mnot.net wrote: SFO 204:10 282:04 // San Francisco BOS 197:42 297:38 // Boston ATL 205:44 297:28 // Atlanta ANC 197:12 345:54 // Anchorage LHR 198:02 249:44 // London FRA 202:10 255:22 // Frankfurt FCO 223:52 283:04 //

Not Listening to the Ops Customer (was Re: Issues in wider geographic participation)

2013-05-31 Thread Randy Bush
rant the sad fact is that the ietf culture is often not very good at listening to the (ops) customer. look at the cf we have made out of ipv6. the end user, and the op, want the absolute minimal change and cost, let me get an ipv6 allocation from the integer rental monopoly, flip a switch or

Re: Not Listening to the Ops Customer (was Re: Issues in wider geographic participation)

2013-05-31 Thread manning bill
amen! :) On 31May2013Friday, at 17:23, Randy Bush wrote: rant the sad fact is that the ietf culture is often not very good at listening to the (ops) customer. look at the cf we have made out of ipv6. the end user, and the op, want the absolute minimal change and cost, let me get an

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Mark Nottingham
... and now, looking forward to our announced upcoming meeting locations (just the shortest route numbers, not great circle): LHR 145:30 // London JFK 150:20 // New York SFO 155:54 // San Francisco FRA 156:08 // Frankfurt ATL 158:10 // Atlanta BOS 159:34 // Boston ANC 181:56 //

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
On May 31, 2013, at 7:03 AM, l.w...@surrey.ac.uk wrote: clearly, all IETF meetings should be in Cape Town, Wellington, or Perth, because more time in the air means more time without interruption where drafts can be read before the meeting. Heavens no. All meetings should be in Santa

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Randy Bush
Heavens no. All meetings should be in Santa Barbara, so I don't have to board an airplane at all. i too, but tokyo. induce. answer, remote participation. i hope that a decade from now many of us will not need to fly. randy

Re: [IETF] Not Listening to the Ops Customer (was Re: Issues in wider geographic participation)

2013-05-31 Thread Warren Kumari
On May 31, 2013, at 8:23 PM, Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: rant the sad fact is that the ietf culture is often not very good at listening to the (ops) customer. look at the cf we have made out of ipv6. the end user, and the op, want the absolute minimal change and cost, let me get

Re: [IETF] Re: Issues in wider geographic participation

2013-05-31 Thread Warren Kumari
On May 31, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: Yup. And some operators have decided that the IETF document development and consensus-forming process is sufficiently annoying that they are standing up their own forum for Best Common Practice docs: http://www.ipbcop.org/ --

Re: [IETF] Not Listening to the Ops Customer (was Re: Issues in wider geographic participation)

2013-05-31 Thread Masataka Ohta
Warren Kumari wrote: Unfortunately the was a bad case of creeping featuritis and we got: A new, and unfortunately very complex way of resolving L2 addresses. You may use ARP (and DHCP) with IPv6. Extension headers that make it so you cannot actually forward packets in modern hardware (

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Ted Lemon
On May 31, 2013, at 4:32 PM, Elwyn Davies elw...@dial.pipex.commailto:elw...@dial.pipex.com wrote: Don't they use the ADs (Area Drones) controlled from the IESG bunker? Nope, ADs are autonomous.

Re: Time in the Air

2013-05-31 Thread Ted Lemon
On May 31, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: i too, but tokyo. induce. answer, remote participation. i hope that a decade from now many of us will not need to fly. We could just always meet in Tokyo. I'd be down with that... :)

Re: Not Listening to the Ops Customer (was Re: Issues in wider geographic participation)

2013-05-31 Thread John C Klensin
--On Friday, May 31, 2013 17:23 -0700 Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: rant the sad fact is that the ietf culture is often not very good at listening to the (ops) customer. look at the cf we have made out of ipv6. the end user, and the op, want the absolute minimal change and cost,

Re: Not Listening to the Ops Customer

2013-05-31 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 01/06/2013 15:00, John C Klensin wrote: --On Friday, May 31, 2013 17:23 -0700 Randy Bush ra...@psg.com wrote: rant the sad fact is that the ietf culture is often not very good at listening to the (ops) customer. look at the cf we have made out of ipv6. the end user, and the op,

Re: Not Listening to the Ops Customer (was Re: Issues in wider geographic participation)

2013-05-31 Thread Masataka Ohta
John C Klensin wrote: Similarly, various applications folks within the IETF have pointed out repeatedly that any approach that assigns multiple addresses, associated with different networks and different policies and properties, either requires the applications to understand those policies,

WG Review: SIP-TO-XMPP (stox)

2013-05-31 Thread The IESG
A new IETF working group has been proposed in the Real-time Applications and Infrastructure Area. The IESG has not made any determination yet. The following draft charter was submitted, and is provided for informational purposes only. Please send your comments to the IESG mailing list (iesg at

WG Action: Rechartered Network Configuration (netconf)

2013-05-31 Thread The IESG
The Network Configuration (netconf) working group in the Operations and Management Area of the IETF has been rechartered. For additional information please contact the Area Directors or the WG Chairs. Network Configuration (netconf) Current Status:

Correction: WG Review: SIP-TO-XMPP (stox)

2013-05-31 Thread The IESG
(Corrected CC line above.) A new IETF working group has been proposed in the Real-time Applications and Infrastructure Area. The IESG has not made any determination yet. The following draft charter was submitted, and is provided for informational purposes only. Please send your comments to the

WG Action: Formed JavaScript Object Notation (json)

2013-05-31 Thread The IESG
A new IETF working group has been formed in the Applications Area. For additional information please contact the Area Directors or the WG Chairs. JavaScript Object Notation (json) Current Status: Proposed WG Chairs: Matthew Miller