For those of you not on the [email protected] mailing list and that planning to attend in-person, this is of interest. I will also forward the ED follow up message about registration cancellations and refunds.
spt > Begin forwarded message: > > From: The IESG <[email protected]> > Subject: IETF 107 Vancouver In-Person Meeting Cancelled > Date: March 10, 2020 at 3:10:27 PM EDT > To: "IETF Announcement List" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > > The IESG and the IRTF Chair have decided to cancel the in-person IETF 107 > Vancouver meeting. This decision is based on input we gathered from Working > Group (WG) and Research Group (RG) chairs about our ability to hold > productive WG and RG sessions at IETF 107. Our assessment of this feedback is > that a majority of sessions would not be viable if we were to hold the > in-person IETF meeting. On this basis, we believe we cannot hold an effective > in-person meeting. > > As a result of this cancellation, the in-person Hackathon, Code Sprint, all > other in-person events planned for the weekend of March 21-22, the chairs > training scheduled for March 20, and all other in-person sessions during the > week are cancelled. > > The IESG is working on an alternative all-virtual agenda for the week of > March 21-27 with a limited schedule adapted to accommodate the time zones of > as many participants as possible. We are also planning to support an > increased volume of virtual interim meetings during the weeks that follow. We > will send another update to the community soon with more information about > these plans. The Hackathon organizers are also considering plans for virtual > Hackathon support. > > We have re-opened Internet-Draft submissions, which had been closed on March > 9 in anticipation of the in-person meeting. Internet-Drafts may be submitted > at <https://datatracker.ietf.org/submit/>. > > A separate announcement from the IETF Executive Director will follow with > details about registration cancellations and refunds. > > These are unusual times given the circumstances created by the spread of > COVID-19. We hope that everyone remains safe and healthy. > > Regards, > The IESG and the IRTF Chair >
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