IETF STEERING GROUP (IESG) REPORT OF THE MEETING OF March 18th, 1992 Reported by: Greg Vaudreuil, IESG Secretary This report contains - Meeting Agenda - Meeting Attendees - Meeting Notes Please contact IESG Secretary Greg Vaudreuil for more information. Attendees --------- Almquist, Philip / Consultant Borman, David / Cray Research Chiappa, Noel Chapin, Lyman / BBN Crocker, Dave / TBO Crocker, Steve / TIS Coya, Steve / CNRI Davin, Chuck / MIT Estrada, Susan / CERFnet Gross, Philip / ANS Hinden, Robert / SUN Hobby, Russ / UC-DAVIS Huizer, Erik / SURFnet Piscitello, Dave/ Bellcore Reynolds, Joyce / ISI Stockman, Bernard / SUNET/NORDUnet Vaudreuil, Greg / CNRI Agenda ------- 1) Set Agenda of Open Plenary 2) Growth of the IETF 2.1 Quality 2.2 Tracking 2.3 Administration 2.4 Workload 3) Internationalization 3.1 International Protocols 3.2 International Participation Minutes -------- 1) Agenda for the Open Plenary The IESG discussed the relevant topics facing the IETF and agreed to initiate discussion on the Routing and Addressing Architecture, pending protocol actions, and the growth of the IETF. 2) Growth of the IETF At this short meeting the IESG, the discussed the issues related to the growth of the IETF, it's working groups, and the Secretariat to be addressed at a later date. Several observations were noted. The level of management of the IETF process does not appear to be keeping up with the growth. In particular, there are many dormant IETF working groups which have not been disbanded, many Internet Drafts which have long since expired, and the loss of several protocol actions in the cracks. The IESG agreed to discuss these issues in the Thursday night dinner meeting. The IESG was tasked to discuss mechanisms which would help manage the current growth, including specific support the Secretariat can give the area directors, and mechanisms for managing the growth in the number of IETF Working Groups. 3) Internationalization The attendance of this IETF meeting reflects a continuing strong participation from non-US countries, including Canada, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. This internationalization has presented the IETF with specific challenges, including the extension of protocols to support multiple character sets, and the need to diversify the meeting locations to other nations beyond North America. Full discussion of this topic was deferred until a later time.