[Chapter-delegates] IETF 74 Meeting in San Francisco (March 2009) - Guest Day Pass + Information

[Sabrina Wilmot]

Dear Colleagues,

At the forthcoming IETF 74 Meeting in San Francisco, members of Internet 
Society Chapters, students and instructors can receive a complimentary 
one-day Guest Pass (Tuesday, March 24, 2009) to the meeting. Details are 
attached below.

Please pass this information on to anyone you think might be interested.

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IETF Guest Day

Join the Internet's Leading Engineers in San Francisco!

Experience first hand the Internet standards process and meet the 
world's leading Internet engineers, developers and researchers. The 
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) will convene March 22 - 27 for 
IETF 74 at the Hilton Hilton San Francisco on 333 O'Farrell Street and 
you are invited! This meeting is hosted by Juniper Networks.

The IETF is the premiere international open-standards community and is 
responsible for many of the Internet's most important standards, 
including TCP/IP, e-mail, instant messaging, VoIP, 3G and IPv6.  Its 
work is concerned with the evolution of the Internet's architecture and 
its smooth operation.

The IETF is unique from other standards groups in that it is a volunteer 
organization, lead by individuals, not governments or corporations.  The 
IETF's processes are open to all and decisions are made on the basis of 
"rough consensus and running code."   If you are doing research in 
networking or communications, this is one event you don't want to miss. 
  The IETF meets three times a year face-to-face to progress its work of 
Internet Standards development for the betterment of the Internet and 
people worldwide.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009, is IETF 74 Guest Day when students, instructors 
and members of Internet Society Chapters can receive a complimentary 
one-day Guest Pass to the IETF 74 Meeting.

Guests shall check in at the Registration Table for their name tags and 
meeting program on that day.

Guests have an opportunity to attend some of the 35 Working Group 
sessions being held that day.  The Agenda is currently under development 
but will be at https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/74/agenda.html .

Interested ISOC Chapter members, Students and Instructors must
1. Register online at http://www.ietf.org/meetings/74/notewell.html, but 
not pay.
2. Send an email to iad at ietf.org, subject: Guest Pass, indicating an 
ISOC Chapter member, student or instructor, provide Registration ID and 
request a one-day Guest Pass.
3. Pick up a registration package with Guest Pass on Tuesday

The IETF welcomes your interest in its work and looks forward to the day 
when you will participate in this volunteer endeavor.


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Subject: [MEETING-INVITE] IETF 74 in San Francisco!
From: Ray Pelletier <rpelletier at isoc.org>

1. IETF 74 in San Francisco
2. Registration Fees
3. Profiles Experiment
4. Social
5. Coming from a Visa Waiver Program Country?
6. ISOC Fellowship to the IETF

1. San Francisco
  54 days till IETF 74.  (March 22)
  First time in San Francisco since IETF 56 in 2003.
  Register now!  http://www.ietf.org/meetings/74/
  Hosted by Juniper Networks - http://www.juniper.net/
  Hilton San Francisco -
 
http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/SFOFHHH-Hilton-San-Francisco-California/index.do

2. Registration Fees
The Early-Bird fee is $635, same as in 2008. The fee was to have
increased to $675, but the Internet Society Board of Trustees
increased its direct contribution and the IAOC elected to apply it to
keeping the SF fee at the 2008 level.  Thanks ISOC!  http://www.isoc.org/

3. Profiles Experiment
As an experiment, those registering are given the option to enter a
link to a personal or professional profile that other registrants can
access by entering their registration confirmation number and email
address.

More than 30 have provided links to date. These profiles have included
profiles at corporate sites, social network sites like LinkedIN,
personal websites and blogs.   Share your info and learn more about
your colleagues!   https://www.ietf.org/registration/ietf74/attendance.py

4. Social
Juniper has arranged for the SF social to be held at the California
Academy of Sciences for the first 400 to register for the social.
Juniper's guests will have exclusive access to the Rain Forrest,
Swamp, Planetarium and the East Pavilion all evening.  Registration
for social open to IETF 74 registrants: 
http://www.ietf.org/meetings/74/social_74
   http://www.calacademy.org/

5. Coming from a Visa Waiver Program Country?
Effective January 12, 2009, eligible citizens or nationals from all
Visa Waiver Program countries must obtain approval through the
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) prior to traveling
to the United States.  Visa Waiver Program Country info here:
   http://www.ietf.org/meetings/74/visa-info.html

6. ISOC Fellowship to the IETF
Building Opportunity in the Developing World
In its long tradition of helping build technical capacity in less
developed countries, ISOC provides a Fellowship program to enable more
technologists from developing regions to attend in person at Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) meetings.  For more information about
the program, mentoring or sponsorship: 
http://www.isoc.org/educpillar/fellowship/
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