The IETF Routing & Addressing Directorate
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Advises:
For reporting purposes, IETF & IAB Chairs;
Generally, provides advice to the community at large.
The Routing and Addressing Directorate is tasked to stay abreast of
activities and provide coordinated updates to the community,
including the IESG and IAB, about the following lines of action:
(1) Complete the Routing and Addressing problem statement.
(2) Determine applicable objective metrics and identify applicable
trend analyses for them.
(3) Document the underlying causes of perceived scaling problems.
(4) Review proposed solution directions in terms of
expected impact in addressing scaling issues as well as
architectural soundness.
(5) Encourage and nurture short term solution proposals, prototypes
and appropriate standards activity.
(6) Encourage and nurture relevant research activities directed towards
long term solutions.
Originally established with five members, the expectation is to
expand it to roughly ten people with different experience and expertise.
It is expected to focus on communication and coordination. It will
not be charged with picking solutions or choosing a technical direction.
That will be a community decision. This Directorate is expected to have
a lifetime of about 5 years (with a first review of membership after
six months, followed by an annual review).
Specific objectives of the Directorate will be:
(i) On a continuing basis, survey existing efforts on the lines of
action listed above, and facilitate discussion of effectiveness and
timeliness of proposals and problem statements, etc.
(ii) Report in writing to the IAB, IESG and the community regularly
(at least once per IETF meeting) about those efforts, and highlight
specific gaps or concerns about progress. In addition to
these substantive reports, provide a few lines of progress
report on a two-weekly basis.
(iii) Provide feedback to IESG, IAB and IRSG on any relevant
proposed activities in the area (e.g., WG or RG charters,
BOF or workshop proposals, etc). Provide community updates
about those efforts (e.g., in the form of an Internet-Draft),
and highlight specific gaps or concerns about progress.
(iv) Encourage appropriate communication with all the identified
constituencies.
The Directorate has its own mailing list and conducts its meetings
autonomously, but it is tasked to work in a transparent
manner, with its proceedings available to the IAB, IESG and
the community.
The initial five members are:
Vince Fuller
Thomas Narten
Erik Nordmark
Jason Schiller
John Scudder
The Routing & Addressing Directorate can be reached at radir@ietf.org .
Related open discussions take place on the RAM list - see https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ram
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