[Chapter-delegates] NEWS RELEASE: 74th Internet Engineering Task Force Meeting Gathers More Than 1150 Networking Thought Leaders

[Greg Wood]

Hello,
For your reference, the news release below will be publicly  
distributed around 1000 ET US/1500 UTC tomorrow (31 March).
Sincerely,
-Greg

74TH INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE MEETING GATHERS MORE THAN 1150  
NETWORKING THOUGHT LEADERS

*Membership of Community-driven IETF Leadership Confirmed*

San Francisco, USA--March 31, 2009--The Internet Engineering Task  
Force (IETF), the Internet's premier technical standards body, last  
week gathered more than 1150 Internet thought leaders at its meeting  
in San Francisco. Many IETF working groups, where technical work in  
areas critical to the development of the Internet--including routing,  
transport and security--met in conjunction with the IETF meeting.  
Pradeep Sindhu, CTO and founder of official meeting host Juniper  
Networks, spoke to the IETF on "Clouds - The New Information  
Infrastructure."

Several groups with key roles in the technical evolution of the  
Internet announced new leadership at the meeting.

Joel Halpern, Chair of the IETF Nominating Committee, said, "We are  
extremely pleased with the excellent incoming candidates from the many  
qualified community members who offered to serve. They demonstrate the  
community-driven approach that shapes the IETF and will build on the  
excellent work of past leaders."

The IETF confirmed appointments for the Internet Engineering Steering  
Group (IESG), which provides the final technical review of Internet  
standards and is responsible for day-to-day management of the IETF.  
The confirmed IESG members include:

*	IETF Chair: Russ Housley
*	Applications Area Director: Alexey Melnikov
*	Internet Area Director: Ralph Droms
*	Operations and Management Area Director: Ron Bonica
*	Real-time Applications Infrastructure Area Director: Robert Sparks
*	Routing Area Director: Adrian Farrel
*	Security Area Director: Tim Polk
*	Transport Area Director: Lars Eggert

Members of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) were also announced  
at the IETF meeting. IAB responsibilities include architectural  
oversight of IETF activities, and Internet Standards Process oversight  
and appeal. Incoming members of the IAB are:

*	Marcelo Bagnulo
*	Vijay Gill
*	John Klensin
*	Jon Peterson
*	Danny McPherson (incumbent)
*	Dave Thaler (incumbent)

Olaf Kolkman was reappointed as the Chair and Dow Street was  
reappointed as the Executive Director of the IAB. Aaron Falk was  
reappointed as chair of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF), which  
promotes research of importance to the evolution of the future  
Internet by creating focused, long-term Research Groups working on  
topics related to Internet protocols, applications, architecture and  
technology.

The next meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force, IETF 75, will  
be held 26-31 July 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden. Registration for IETF 75  
will open in April.

About the IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open  
international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and  
researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture  
and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested  
individual. More information is available on the IETF website: http://www.ietf.org

About the IAB
The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) is a committee of the Internet  
Engineering Task Force (IETF) and an advisory body of the Internet  
Society (ISOC). Its responsibilities include architectural oversight  
of IETF activities, Internet Standards Process oversight and appeal,  
and the appointment of the RFC Editor. The IAB is also responsible for  
the management of the IETF protocol parameter registries. For more  
information about the IAB, see: http://www.iab.org

About the Internet Society
The Internet Society is a non-profit organization 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. More  
information is available at: http://www.isoc.org

MEDIA CONTACT
Greg Wood
Internet Society
+1-703-439-2145
wood at isoc.org