Re: IETF 107 Standard Registration and Internet Draft Deadline Approaching

[Marc Petit-Huguenin <[e-mail]>]

On 3/6/20 5:40 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 8:30 PM Alissa Cooper <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
>> One thing that becomes obvious while serving in the IETF leadership is
>> that no-win situations are unavoidable. If you try to make decisions based
>> on objective criteria and take your time to gather data, you get
>> criticized. If you try to make decisions based on anecdotal evidence or
>> take what seems to be the path of least resistance, you get criticized. If
>> you follow the advice of one group of participants, you get criticized by a
>> different group that disagrees. It can seem like an endless, thankless
>> torrent of messages telling you that no matter what you do, it’s wrong and
>> it isn’t good enough.
>>
>> So I’d like to say thank you to everyone on the IESG, Colin, Jay, Greg,
>> the team at AMS, and the WG and RG chairs for all they’ve done thus far to
>> help manage the IETF 107 meeting planning in light of COVID-19. Your work
>> is appreciated.
>>
>> Alissa
>>
> 
> Quite, this is not a decision you should be taking. It is a decision the
> government should have taken. Cancelling IETF is not going to have a
> significant impact on the spread of COVID, it only makes sense if there is
> government leadership and we don't have that.
> 
> China did the math: 2% of 1 billion people is 20 million. If this thing
> takes hold, it is going to kill more people than WWII.
> 
> At the moment everyone is focused on Vancouver. But we are almost certain
> to see most sporting events including the Olympics cancelled and at least
> one of the US political conventions. I would start looking at contingency
> plans for the case we are told that 108 and 109 are cancelled by government
> order.
> 
> The impact of government travel restrictions is going to be significant.
> But that is not going to be the only effect of this crisis. There is going
> to be a desperate need for technology that allows people to communicate and
> work remotely. And we are the people who are supposed to provide the open,
> interoperable solutions.
> 
> Skype, Zoom, WebEx, Keybase, Signal etc. are all fine for collaboration
> inside enterprises. But none of them is a replacement for email or the
> telephone because none of them can talk to each other. We need a federated,
> open solution. And the IETF is the place people are going to be looking to
> develop that.
> 

Something like VIPR?

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-jennings-vipr-overview-06.txt

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