[Chapter-delegates] World IPv6 Launch: Letter template for Chapters to use

[Christine Saegesser]

Dear Colleagues, 

World IPv6 Launch on 6 June 2012 (see http://www.worldipv6launch.org/) is fast approaching. 

Michiel Leenaars from the Netherlands Chapter volunteered to draft a letter template (thanks a lot Michiel for your excellent idea and your help!) that could be used as a follow-up to phone calls that Chapters might want to initiate with local industry leaders in order to encourage them to join the Launch on 6 June. The suggested template, which you can adapt for your local context, can be found below.  

If your Chapter has some other letter template that you think might be helpful for other Chapters, please feel free to share these via this list and/or the Chapter Collaboration platform at http://www.anuntul.eu/wordpress/

For your reference, please also find the presentation slides of the IPv6 Launch webinar by Phil Roberts on 12 April at https://fileshare.tools.isoc.org//groups/chapters/public/20120412-ISOC-WorldIPv6Launch-Chapterbriefing.pdf

Some more background and a set of suggested Chapter activities can be found at https://fileshare.tools.isoc.org/groups/chapters/public/WorldIPv6Launch_and_ISOC_Chapters.pdf

As Chapter Leaders you are best placed to know who might be interested in joining World IPv6 Launch in your region. 

For more information about how to join the Launch, you can read (but also refer others to) the World IPv6 Launch website at http://www.worldipv6launch.org

Best regards, 

Christine


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World IPv6 Launch Letter Template
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Dear ...,

we've just discussed on the phone the possibility for xxx to try and be part of the organizations that will announce IPv6 support of its corporate website (...) on June 6th.

This is a global launch date for IPv6 support, and led by the Internet Society virtually all the major technology players like Google, Microsoft, and Cisco, as well as governments and companies like Facebook, Yahoo, and many more are adding support for this new technology.  Obviously this is something that has been in the making for many years, and last year there was a 24 hour global IPv6 test flight with quite a number of top 1000 websites that clearly showed that the switch will be perfectly safe.  With IPv6 being the 'new normal,' and now that IPv4 address supplies have run out globally, there is real economic need.

The specific requirements for participation in the various categories of access networks, home routers, and websites are as follows.

For access networks a commitment to make IPv6 part of their regular business is required. This means new subscribers get IPv6 on by default from June 6th 2012 and no special user configuration required to access the IPv6 Internet. To enable verification of progress towards this goal, access networks are also required to be delivering 1% of visits to major IPv6-enabled websites over IPv6 by 6th June. The level of IPv6 usage depends on the IPv6 capabilities and configuration of home networks, so the enabled customer base needed to be greater than 1% to reach this target. Measurements are being made by the major website participants to verify meaningful participation.

The second category of participant is home router vendors. Again the requirement is that IPv6 become part of regular business. This means a majority of products shipping with IPv6 on by default, meaning no user configuration is required to use IPv6. The University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL) provides independent verification of IPv6 interoperability.

Finally, websites wishing to participate are required to permanently enable IPv6 access to their main website, meaning IPv6-enabled users can now access their content over IPv6 without any additional configuration.

Obviously we are aware of the fact that it will require some coordination and convincing elsewhere in your organization, especially in dealing with for instance your network service provider.  This is why we are reaching out to you: we are ready to help you out and connect you to the people that can help your organization make the switch.  Given that it cannot be avoided anymore, it is probably a unique opportunity to be part of the leader pack (and get some international recognition through the World IPv6 Launch website) if we can get this up and running before June 6th.  So let's work and try to get this done in time.

Best regards,
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