When will we see IETF in Au again?

[Narelle Clark <[e-mail]>]

Hi all
The IETF last went to Australia twenty years ago in 2000 for IETF 47 in
Adelaide. My understanding was that it nearly scheduled it for 2017 but
concern that the almost completed Sydney international convention centre
wouldn't be ready on time meant that opportunity lapsed. The IEEE held
their Sections Congress there then and it was very successful.

I think it is about time that the IETF looked at another meeting down under
in either Australia or New Zealand as we have several committed
participants from that region and should be looking to increase the IETF
profile here.  I have spoken to the LLC about this and they would be very
happy to consider a meeting here for 2024 or 2025.

The 1-1-1-* meeting policy set out in RFC 8719 says that I need to write to
the community to see if there is support for this proposal before the LLC
can take a proper look and so this email is doing that.  The LLC tell me
that after any discussion about this, the IESG will decide if there is
consensus to go ahead and if there is, the LLC will then produce a list of
cities in that region and seek community input on those in the normal way,
though there is no guarantee that a meeting can be arranged as it depends
on venues, contracts and the other criteria in RFC 8718.

I would hope that by then we will be COVID tolerant and meeting in person
again. If I am still CEO of the Internet Association/IX Australia we will
also seriously consider hosting or assisting in locating a good host.

Best regards

Narelle

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Narelle Clark