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From: IETF Administrative Director <iad(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Subject: IETF Returning to Berlin for IETF 96
Date: February 4, 2014 at 1:10:27 PM EST
To: IETF Announcement List <ietf-announce(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
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The IAOC is pleased to announce the IETF will be returning to Berlin for IETF
96,
July 17 - 22, 2016. If you attended IETF 87 in Berlin you were asked in the
meeting survey whether you would like to return to the Berlin
InterContinental for
an IETF meeting. 96% of the respondents said Yes! We are happy to oblige!
We are looking for a Host and some sponsors for this meeting. Contact Drew
Dvorshak, dvorshak at isoc.org, if you have any interest.
Other News - IETFs 95, 96 & 97 in 2016
The IAOC adopted a policy that we would select the IETF meeting venues three
years
in advance. So, ordinarily we would have made announcements for the first 2
of the
3 meetings for 2016 in 2013, but 2013 turned out to be a challenging year for
contracting. The target regions for 2016 were Europe, the Americas, and Asia
in that
order, and work began early in the year to identify and qualify venues for
those
regions. Typically, arrangements for the third meeting carry over into the
first
quarter of the next year.
There was interest in having an IETF meeting in Latin America. Due diligence
included a site visit there in late February, followed by a Meetings
Committee and
IAOC review of the feasibility, and a decision to discuss the possibility
with the
community was made by the IAOC.
The IAOC authorized negotiations in Buenos Aires to began in earnest on 20
June for
IETF 95 in April 2016 after receiving feedback from the community from a
survey and
comments on the list. I wish I could tell you that we have a contract.
However,
economic uncertainty in the country, among other things, has made it
difficult to
close on a deal. But we are still at it, including looking at other options
in Buenos
Aires.
Moving the Americas to April meant we needed to move Europe to July 2016.
The
successful meeting in Berlin and the attendees strong desire to return
greatly
influenced the decision to return. However, we could not close on a contract
with the
hotel until all the VAT administrative work was completed and that didn’t
happen
until 19 December.
As for Asia I expect we will have something to announce at or before IETF 90
in
Toronto.
Only 26 days until IETF 89 in London! Register here:
<https://www.ietf.org/meeting/89/index.html>.
See you there!
Ray Pelletier
IETF Administrative Director
2014
IETF 89 London Hilton Metropole March 2 - 7 Host: ICANN
IETF 90 Toronto Fairmont Royal York Hotel July 20 - 25 Host: In
Discussions
IETF 91 Honolulu Hilton Hawaiian Village Nov 9 - 14 Host: Cisco
2015
IETF 92 Dallas March 22 - 27 Host: Your Name Here
IETF 93 Prague July 19 - 24 Host: Your Name Here
IETF 94 Yokohama Nov 1 - 6 Host: WIDE