Subject: [Privacy-pass] Fwd: [107all] IETF 107 Vancouver In-Person Meeting Cancelled

From: Alex Davidson <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:58:49 +0000

Hi all,

In case anyone else has not already seen, the in-person IETF 107 meeting has been cancelled. For privacy-pass, this means that we will likely be holding a virtual BoF on Thursday 26 March (the time has not been fully confirmed yet). We’ll communicate any new information when we have it.

Regarding the organisation of the virtual BoF, currently we still have the agenda that I sent to the mailing list a while ago, which is the following:

- Introduction & meeting format: 10 mins
- Problem statements & use cases: 20 mins
	- What are the aims of the protocol?
	- Current applications of the protocol
- Key considerations: 60 mins
	- Protocol specification and messages
	- Public interfaces and architecture
	- Privacy challenges and goals
	- Framework for including extensions
- Conclusions & the path forward: 10 mins
- Addendum: 20 mins (longer if we have more time)
	- Integration with web architecture, e.g.:
		- HTTP
		- Key management
	- Specific extensions (e.g., prioritisation, how they should be specified): 20 mins
		- Hidden bit
		- Associated public data
		- Public verifiability

If anyone would like to propose an amendment to the agenda, let us know and we can incorporate that. I’m still waiting to hear more on how the meeting is going to be organised, but if anyone is interested in speaking about any topic specifically during the virtual meeting then we should be able to accommodate that as well.

Alex

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> From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
> Subject: [107all] IETF 107 Vancouver In-Person Meeting Cancelled
> Date: 10 March 2020 at 19:10:27 WET
> To: "IETF Announcement List" <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked]
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> 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/>.
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> 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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