[chapter-delegates] A celebration for Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn?

[Jacek Gajewski]

Dear Gene, All,
    the idea of all chapters meeting organized and hosted by DC-Chapter is
    great. In order to assess our possibility to join this event f2f,
    please give the date of event, and rough estimation of the cost of
    participation. Do you think that ordinary members of DC-chapter may
    overnight ISOC Chapter Representatives from developing countries, who
    probably are not able to pay a hotel in Washington?With best  regards,
Jacek Gajewski
ISOC-PL

> Gene and all other Chapter Delegates,
>
> As you mentioned, Gene, we have certainly been dealing with our share
> of problems.  However, the award of the 2004 A. M. Turing Award to Vent
> Cerf and Bob Kahn is more than an opportunity for some fun.  It is
> recognition of the efforts of the millions of us who have been working
> on and with the Internet, some of us since almost its beginning in
> 1969, to make the World-wide network and make it useful.
>
> Your message also mentioned that all ISOC Chapters around the World
> share evenly in the support of our recognition of Vint's and Bob's
> contributions to us all.  I heartily agree, and propose that the
> greatest support would be for all chapters to join in on the planning
> for this web cast chapters meeting so that everyone can feel connected
> to this Award event.
>
> Since Vint and Bob are members of the DC Chapter, it make sense to have
> the party there and on a date before the actual award ceremony.
>
> All Chapters may not have the ability to receive a full video feed of
> the event.  Therefore we ought to look forward to comments and
> suggestions from chapters that would like to show their support and how
> that might best be done for their participation.
>
> How about it, other chapter delegates?  ISOC, Los Angeles Chapter looks
> forward to participating in the planning and the opportunity to get our
> own group together to share in the celebration of this very significant
> contribution to our present.
>
> Mike Todd
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Gaines" <gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com>
> To: <chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:34 AM
> Subject: [chapter-delegates] A celebration for Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn?
>
>
> All,
>
> Much discussion of problems on our list.  Heavy.
>
> Perhaps time for a little fun?
>
> I have a thought.
>
> Two fellows named Vint and Bob are members of our local
> Washington DC USA chapter of ISOC.
>
> They wrote a college paper and came up with this thing called
> TCP/IP. Has become rather widely used.
>
> Both guys were principal organizers of ISOC and the IETF, have
> been important drivers in the growth and success of both
> organizations, and strong supporters of ISOC chapters.
>
> Now they are getting an award.  A really important one.
>
>>From the ACM website:
>
>   The Association for Computing Machinery, has named Vinton G.
>   Cerf and Robert E. Kahn the winners of the 2004 A.M. Turing
>   Award, considered the "Nobel Prize of Computing," for
>   pioneering work on the design and implementation of the
>   Internet's basic communications protocols.
>
> I propose that ISOC chapters worldwide come together to hold
> an appreciation evening for Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn.
>
> They are members of our local DCISOC chapter, so I expect my
> chapter will be pleased to organize the evening. I expect we
> will be able to hold it at a location such as the U.S. Library
> of Congress, or perhaps our principal national museum, the
> Smithsonian Institution.
>
> I think it best that all ISOC chapters join equally in
> sponsoring the event to honor Vint and Bob. This should be an
> international appreciation for Vint and Bob, not just our local
> Washington chapter, not just a U.S. event.
>
> Hopefully we can arrange to have the evening webcast, people
> from chapters around the world participate and send their
> congratulations via the Internet.
>
> Could be great fun.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Gene Gaines
> gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com
> Sterling, Virginia