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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Sabrina and Others,<br>
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I support, speaking for myself and not for the Chapter, the
Interplanetary Chapter that is being formed. I am sure they will
make a great contribution to the technology
development in this area. I know very well Michael Snell from the
SF Bay chapter and he has given the North American Chapters
updates on his progress to turn this project into a Global ISOC
Chapter. I also support this effort that Vint Cerf is involved
in. I have met others on the list and they all are working to
support the great ISOC goals. I look forward to seeing their
programs and the advancements to technology and open access to
these issues that they bring to the table.<br>
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Best,<br>
Judith Hellerstein<br>
Council Member<br>
Washington DC Chapter but speaking for herself and not for the
chapter.<br>
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On 8/17/13 3:27 AM, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:<br>
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The following application for an InterPlanetary Networking
Chapter has been received. It is being sent to this list for
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FYI: The group had started their work in a Special Interest
Group ("IPNSIG") and is currently formally a project of the San
Francisco Bay Area Chapter. The applicants state:</div>
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"While the SF-Bay chapter has been a great nursery, it has meant
that the IPNSIG has been in practice largely a North American
initiative, and that membership has been largely drawn from the
local area and institutions. Philosophically, the development of
interplanetary communications is a non-geographical issue, of
interest to people all over the globe. Practically, becoming a
chapter in our own right will make for a much stronger case in
building a membership base across the planet, especially if we
start charging membership fees, as members won't have to first
become members of SFBay-ISOC to formally become members of the
IPN group.</div>
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want to stay connected to ISOC for a couple of reasons:</p>
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We believe it is in our interest to do so. ISOC Chapters
represent a diverse membership. Connecting with them would give
us the opportunity to spread the message about IPN and its
importance not only to the commercialization and openness of
space, but also it’s great potential to benefit developing
countries. There are many terrestrial applications of the DTN
technologies underpinning the IPN that could benefit openness
and universal access, particularly in emerging economies, and
places with poor and unreliable communications infrastructure .
See our recent post about the Ring Road concept (<a
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This could potentially spark some POC work with other Chapters
to test DTN’s usefulness in their regions. We also collaborate
with other entities (like the DTNRG and the N4C community in
Europe) who are actively pursuing these terrestrial
applications.</p>
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We believe it is in the interest of the Internet Society
to continue to have a strong connection with this topic
area. The DTN protocols, parameter registries and operational
conventions have been developed and continue to be expanded
within the IRTF and IANA, and are documented within the RFC
system. These emerging standards are currently being adopted by
the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems, which means
that their 18 member space agencies will be adopting them for
space data communications. Early involvement on the part of ISOC
can help guarantee that the openness that now exists (these are
experimental network protocols under the aegis of IRTF and the
core SW is currently open source) is maintained. Space will
eventually be commercialized. Just as in the case of the
terrestrial internet, a trusted, open interplanetary internet is
in the interest of all and aligns well with core ISOC values."</p>
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Please note that the Chapter is not yet formed and has not
officially been recognised by the Internet Society.</div>
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If there are people on this list that know the individuals
proposing to establish the Chapter, feedback is especially
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The period allowed for comments is two weeks and the deadline is
September 1st, 2013.</div>
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Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.</div>
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<b>Chapter Application</b></div>
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<b>A. Proposed name of the Chapter</b></div>
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The chapter will be (in English) “The InterPlanetary Networking
Chapter of the Internet Society.”</div>
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The chapter’s primary mission is to promote the creation of a
standard, scalable data communications system for interplanetary
use. The primary initial focus will be the promotion of further
development and use of the Delay & Disruption Tolerant
Networking (DTN) suite of experimental network protocols (see
RFC 4538 and 5050). The community currently includes members of
the international space agencies, academia, commercial entities
interested in space exploration and travel as well as the
general public. </div>
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<b>C. Purpose and scope of Chapter</b></div>
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</span>The InterPlanetary Networking Special Interest Group (<a
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style="text-decoration: underline">www.ipnsig.org</span></a>)
was founded in 1998 by Vint Cerf and researchers within academia
and NASA/JPL. </div>
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Because DTN is such a critical component of an envisioned
interplanetary communications network, our first priority is to
promote the development, maturity and adoption of DTN for both
interplanetary and terrestrial use. In fact, investigating the
potential of DTN to solve interesting terrestrial problems is
high on our list for 2013. Our goals for 2013 include:</div>
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</span>Facilitating the development of easy-to-use SDK’s for
various development platforms, especially for mobile use.
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a publicly available testbed for DTN applications
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</span>Developing a DTN application development competition to
be staged at Campus Party Silicon Valley in 2014. This
competition will become an annual event in honor of Adrian
Hooke, one of the leading figures in InterPlanetary Networking
within IPNSIG, NASA, and the global Space Agency community. </li>
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database (actually, an Excel spreadsheet from Scott Burleigh).
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</span>Our primary partner in this effort is the San Francisco
Bay Area Chapter of the Internet Society. They have been driving
a project to revitalize IPNSIG since Fall of 2011. Other
partners include IPNSIG itself, Campus Party (who are helping us
with marketing and outreach), and the Australian Chapter of the
Internet Society (who are helping us establish a program for
attracting corporate memberships)</div>
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We will leverage the governing board of IPNSIG to form an
initial Board for the chapter. We will also encourage the 287
existing members of IPNSIG to join the Chapter. Current Board
Members include:</div>
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Vint Cerf, Chairperson (Cofounder of the Internet Society,
amongst other things…)</div>
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Konstantin Kalaitzidis, Vice Chair (also Secretary of the San
Francisco Bay Area Chapter)</div>
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Mike Snell, Secretary/Treasurer (also President of the San
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Paul Brooks (also Board Member of the Australian Chapter)</div>
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Scott Burleigh (NASA/JPL—primary NASA architect for DTN)</div>
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Jay Wyatt (NASA/JPL—program manager for DTN)</div>
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Keith Scott (Miter Corporation—DTN researcher)</div>
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We will hold monthly Board meetings and quarterly Chapter
meetings. Chapter meetings will include speakers from the global
IPN SME community on topics of interest, but with a slant
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With Vint’s assistance, we are organizing a major publicity
event in January of 2014. Speakers will include Vint and other
heavy hitters from technology, NASA and even science fiction. We
are partnering with Explore Mars Now (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.exploremarsnow.org"><span
style="text-decoration: underline">www.exploremarsnow.org</span></a>)
for marketing and outreach expertise.</div>
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<b>H. List of requirements</b></div>
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We are drafting by-laws and other documentation necessary for
official US nonprofit status, and for filing articles of
incorporation with the California Secretary of State.</div>
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<b>I. Additional information</b></div>
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<b>J. Your contact information</b><span style="font: 12.0px
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Cerf </p>
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Kalaitzidis </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial">Mike
Snell</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial">Paul
Brooks<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial">Scott
Burleigh<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial">Jay
Wyatt<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial">Keith
Scott<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">
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