Re: [SAM] leadership change for SAM RG

[Matthias Waehlisch <waehlisch at ieee.org>]

Hi all,

  I support this recommendation, as well, and looking forward to our next 
meeting in Hiroshima! We will prepare a draft on a transparent group 
communication API/stack with a focus on native and structured overlay 
multicast.

Cheers
  matthias

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On Wed, 1 Jul 2009, Dr Mario Kolberg wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I fully support Prof Thomas Schmidt as the new co-chair of the research
> group. He has the required experience and enthusiasm and his suggestions for
> encouraging participation in the research group are very valuable. I wish
> Thomas (and John as co-chair) every success in driving the group forward.
> 
> Mario Kolberg
> 
> Dr Mario Kolberg                phone: +44 (0)1786 46 7440
> Lecturer in Computing Science   fax  : +44 (0)1786 46 4551
>                                email: mko at cs.stir.ac.uk
> 
> Department of Computing Science and Mathematics
> University of Stirling
> Stirling FK9 4LA
> Scotland, UK
> 
> 
> 
> Thomas C. Schmidt wrote:
> > Hi John and all,
> > 
> > many thanks.
> > Personally our research group is highly interested in work on adaptive
> > multicast in overlay and underlay.
> > 
> > Just to share some opinions on how to progress SAM RG, I believe
> > 
> >  * we should have more meetings at IETFs, say at least 2 per year.
> >  * we should enforce the work on documents - problems and solutions - for
> > hybrid multicast
> >  * we should stimulate discussions and work on the API, general and robust
> >    enough to support a large variety of group communication
> >  * we should take up or intensify interaction with related groups like
> > P2PSIP, ALTO, P2PRG, ...
> > 
> > There are quite some hot topics within the charter - it would be good to
> > take up some in Hiroshima.
> > 
> > Thomas
> > 
> > John Buford wrote:
> > > Jeremy Mineweaser plans to step down as co-chair
> > > of the RG due to changes in his responsibilities at
> > > MIT Lincoln Labs which effect his ability to attend
> > > IETF meetings and contribute to the work of the RG.
> > >  In seeking  a new co-chair, the criteria Jeremy and I suggest
> > > are: 1) ability to regularly participate in IETF meetings,
> > > 2) participation in past SAM RG meetings, 3) active
> > > research in multicast protocols related to the SAM
> > > charter, 4) enthusiasm for the work of the RG.
> > >  To that end Jeremy and I are pleased to recommend
> > > Prof. Thomas Schmidt of Hamburg University to be
> > > the new co-chair of the RG.
> > >  This is now an opportunity to discuss on the mailing list
> > > the overall direction of the RG, how to increase the participation
> > > and accelerate the progress towards completing the charter.
> > >  John Buford
> > >   
> > > 
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