Re: [Chirp] Fwd: IETF 107 Vancouver In-Person Meeting Cancelled

[Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>]

Hiya,

I only got one request to hold such a meeting so I guess
we don't want one.

That, and the lack of activity on this list is a bit of
a pity I think so ideas welcome as to how to energise a
discussion... If you have such an idea, then please just
start a new thread on the list.

Cheers,
S.

On 10/03/2020 20:50, Stephen Farrell wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Many of you will have seen this but we'll not be meeting
> f2f in Vancouver this time. Hopefully things will have
> improved by the timeframe of IETF108 and we'll be able
> to enjoy a meeting then.
> 
> In the meantime, would people like to organise a call
> in a few weeks to replace our planned get together in
> Vancouver? If so, please mail me, the IAB or the list:-)
> 
> If we do want a call, the IESG have asked for a
> bit of time to do some scheduling that they need to do
> before WGs (and groups like us:-) start to schedule
> such calls. So let's first see if we want a call and
> then we can do scheduling.
> 
> Cheers,
> S.
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: IETF 107 Vancouver In-Person Meeting Cancelled
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:10:27 -0700
> From: The IESG <[e-mail]>
> Reply-To: [e-mail]
> To: IETF Announcement List <[e-mail]>
> CC: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
> 
> The IESG and the IRTF Chair have decided to cancel the in-person IETF
> 107 Vancouver meeting. This decision is based on input we gathered from
> Working Group (WG) and Research Group (RG) chairs about our ability to
> hold productive WG and RG sessions at IETF 107. Our assessment of this
> feedback is that a majority of sessions would not be viable if we were
> to hold the in-person IETF meeting. On this basis, we believe we cannot
> hold an effective in-person meeting.
> As a result of this cancellation, the in-person Hackathon, Code Sprint,
> all other in-person events planned for the weekend of March 21-22, the
> chairs training scheduled for March 20, and all other in-person sessions
> during the week are cancelled.
> 
> The IESG is working on an alternative all-virtual agenda for the week of
> March 21-27 with a limited schedule adapted to accommodate the time
> zones of as many participants as possible. We are also planning to
> support an increased volume of virtual interim meetings during the weeks
> that follow. We will send another update to the community soon with more
> information about these plans. The Hackathon organizers are also
> considering plans for virtual Hackathon support.
> 
> We have re-opened Internet-Draft submissions, which had been closed on
> March 9 in anticipation of the in-person meeting. Internet-Drafts may be
> submitted at <https://datatracker.ietf.org/submit/>.
> 
> A separate announcement from the IETF Executive Director will follow
> with details about registration cancellations and refunds.
> These are unusual times given the circumstances created by the spread of
> COVID-19.  We hope that everyone remains safe and healthy.
> 
> Regards,
> The IESG and the IRTF Chair
> 
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