[Chapter-delegates] Press release: Itojun Service Award Launched To Honour Memory Of Dedicated Internet Researcher And IPv6 Pioneer

[Gerard Ross]

Hello

For your information, here is a press release we shall be issuing  
shortly.


Kind regards
- Gerard

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Gerard Ross
Senior Communications Manager
Internet Society
Email: ross at isoc.org


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Press release - for immediate distribution
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ITOJUN SERVICE AWARD LAUNCHED TO HONOUR MEMORY OF DEDICATED INTERNET  
RESEARCHER AND IPV6 PIONEER

Tokyo, Japan; Reston, VA; and Geneva, Switzerland - 25 November 2008 -  
A new award, providing recognition and support for those progressing  
IPv6 development on the Internet, was announced today, following last  
week's 73rd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

The "Itojun Service Award" honours the memory of Dr. Jun-ichiro  
"Itojun" Hagino, who passed away in 2007, aged just 37. The award,  
established by the friends of Itojun and administered by the Internet  
Society (ISOC), recognises and commemorates the extraordinary  
dedication exercised by Itojun over the course of IPv6 development.

Itojun worked as a Senior Researcher at the Internet Initiative Japan  
(IIJ), was a member of the board of the Widely Integrated Distributed  
Environment (WIDE) project, and from 1998 to 2006 served on the  
groundbreaking KAME project in Japan as the "IPv6 samurai". He was  
also a  member of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) from 2003 to  
2005.

At the time of his passing, Russ Housley, IETF Chair, and Olaf  
Kolkman, IAB Chair, issued a joint statement, praising Itojun's  
service to IPv6 developments, saying that he had "inspired many and  
will be missed."

The Itojun Service Award will run for 10 years, presented annually to  
an individual who has made outstanding contributions in service to the  
IPv6 community. The award includes a presentation crystal, a US$3,000  
honorarium, and a travel grant.

The Award will honor an individual who has provided sustained and  
substantial technical contributions, service to the community, and  
leadership.  With respect to leadership, the selection committee will  
place particular emphasis on candidates who have supported and enabled  
others in addition to their own specific actions.

The selection committee members for the Itojun Service Award are:

- Jun Murai
- Hiroshi Esaki
- Ole Jacobsen
- Bob Hinden
- Randy Bush
- Bill Manning
- Tatuya Jinmei
- Kazu Yamamoto
- Kenjiro Cho

Memorial donations to the Itojun Service Award Fund are welcomed and  
the Internet Society has established an account for donations. Details  
of the fund, as well as more information about Jun-ichiro "Itojun"  
Hagino and the Itojun Service Award are available on the ISOC web site  
at:

	http://www.isoc.org/itojun

The WIDE project has also established a Japanese bank account to  
collect donations in Japanese Yen, the details of which are available  
at:

	http://www.wide.ad.jp/itojun-award

About IPv6
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All devices that connect to the Internet need an Internet Protocol  
(IP) address. Currently, the vast majority of the Internet uses IP  
version 4 (IPv4) addresses. IPv6 is the next generation address  
standard, offering a far greater pool of public addresses than IPv4.  
IPv6 has been available for use since 1999, but as the end of the  
available pool of IPv4 addresses approaches, the need for more  
understanding, awareness, and deployment of IPv6 is becoming more  
important.


About the Internet Society
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The Internet Society is an international, non-profit organisation  
founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards,  
education, and policy. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva,  
Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open development,  
evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of people  
throughout the world.


Further details
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Scott Hoyt
Vice President, Strategic Communications and Business Planning
E-mail: hoyt at isoc.org
Telephone: +1-703-439-2120 x2142
1775 Wiehle Avenue
Suite 201
Reston, VA
20190-5108 USA

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Gerard Ross
Senior Communications Manager, Internet Society
E-mail: ross at isoc.org
Telephone: +41-228-071-444 x2261
4, rue des Falaises
CH-1205-Geneva
Switzerland