I guess there is something wrong with the dates, or is there going to be a ONE-day large-scale meeting?
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dean Willis Sent: Fri 24/10/2008 23:40 To: SIP IETF Subject: [Sip] Does SIP want to participate in the Interim MeetingOpportunity in January 2009 IETF is hosting a large-scale interim meeting in Malta, Jan 22-22 2009. Do we want to have an interim meeting? The AD's assumption is "yes", so please reply if you think otherwise. -- Dean Begin forwarded message: > From: IETF Chair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: October 16, 2008 3:33:34 PM CDT > To: Working Group Chairs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: WG Interim Meeting Opportunity in January 2009 > > In our continuing effort to ensure that IETF WGs are getting enough > meeting time to progress their work, we are conducting another > experiment. > Many WGs have found interim meetings an effective way to tackle thorny > technical issues, resolve contentious technical issues, accelerate > standards development, and provide traction for new work. As > always, an > interim WG meeting is not a substitute for a regular session at the > traditional IETF meeting. Since some WG Chairs and ADs have found the > amount of time necessary to put together an interim meeting can be > excessive, we are trying to reduce the effort necessary to conduct an > interim meeting to determine whether reducing this burden will > expedite > IETF standards development. To this end, the Secretariat will > facilitate > a large interim meeting from 20-22 January 2009 in Malta. If you are > interested in participating in this experiment, please contact your > Area > Director for approval. All face-to-face interim meetings require AD > approval, and this is no exception. The IETF Secretariat is putting > together a program with three full days and four tracks on each > day. Each > WG interim meeting is expected to consume at least one full day on > one of > the tracks. > > ADs will schedule the sessions. A URL for the schedule will be > announced > shortly. Once it is available, if you detect a scheduling conflict, > please raise the concern with your AD for resolution. Session time is > limited, and sessions will be allocated first come, first served. > > The Secretariat will provide registration, food and beverage, audio > visual facilities, and on site registration support. VeriLAN will > provide > network and audio streaming support. It is expected that the > meeting fee > will be $375 for early registration and $475 for late registration. > > The Internet Society is looking for meeting sponsors for this event. > Anyone interested please contact Drew Dvorshak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Russ > _______________________________________________ Sip mailing list https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for questions on current sip Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for new developments on the application of sip _______________________________________________ Sip mailing list https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for questions on current sip Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for new developments on the application of sip
