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joao damas
joao at bondis.org
Sat Oct 17 17:06:39 CEST 2009
I like the proposed charter, with Sander's suggested amendment. I welcome the renewed interest and willingness to do things as exemplified by Shane's initiative, of which I would have liked to see more of in the recent past. Also, as consequence of the above, I would like to use this email to suggest to fellow wg participants that Shane be put forward as co- chair (if he is willing, I haven't asked) and bring in regenerative energy. Joao On 16 Oct 2009, at 22:36, Shane Kerr wrote: > All, > > At the RIPE meeting in Lisbon, I agreed to draft a proposed new > charter > for the IPv6 working group. Here it is: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > IPv6 is the next-generation IP protocol. The IPv6 working group exists > to further IPv6 adoption. > > The working group activities may be anything useful in helping people > deploy IPv6. These activities include: > > * Outreach > * Co-operation > * Education > > The IPv4 Internet will continue for a long time. The IPv6 working > group > is also concerned with IPv4/IPv6 co-existence. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please use this mailing list for discussion. > > We would like to have a new charter in place before the next RIPE > meeting. > > > How this proposed charter was made: > > I looked at all of the other RIPE charters, and decided I wanted to > keep > this short and simple. > > I had a lunch meeting with David Kessens, Denesh Bhabuta, Carlos > Friacas, Marco Hogewoning, Bernard Tuy, Lance Wright, and Jan Zorz. We > discussed the new charter, although the above text has not been > reviewed > by them or anyone else. I thank them all! > > > For those interested, here are some thoughts that went into the > proposed > charter: > > Background > ---------- > The current IPv6 working group charter is out-of-date: > > The IPv6 working group follows the progress of specification and > implementation of the new IP version. It coordinates > implementations in Europe and is going to create testbeds. > > It comes from a time when IPv6 was immature; the focus was keeping > track of technological advances and working on experimental networks. > That time is over, and the IPv6 working group needs an updated > charter. > > > Goal > ---- > The goal of creating a new charter is to do more than simply to update > the text. > > We have almost finished allocating all IPv4 addresses. IPv6 is still > only used by a small fraction of network traffic, many devices do not > support IPv6 at all, and most organizations have no plans for IPv6 > adoption. > > RIPE is a unique community, and should do what it can to help make the > migration to IPv6 as easy as possible. A new charter is just the first > step. > > > Commentary > ---------- > The proposed new charter lists some activities: > > * Outreach > * Co-operation > * Education > > Outreach involves getting people, organisations, and groups to begin > or continue IPv6 adoption. This includes vendors, governments, and > developers. It also includes groups which are traditionally > unrepresented, like gamers or content creators. Outreach means both > going to other venues and inviting people from outside the RIPE > community to visiting RIPE activities. > > Co-operation is working within the networking industry and without, to > share resources and combine efforts. There are a large number of > organisations and projects, and we should work with them whenever > possible, so that IPv6 can fit in with their goals. This also includes > co-operation with the many IPv6 efforts that exist worldwide. > > Education means all methods of increasing IPv6 knowledge. Note that > the RIPE NCC is not able to do very much in terms of education, since > it cannot compete with its members. However, the RIPE IPv6 working > group can and should educate. > > -- > Shane >
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