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FW: BoF for APNIC 28 in Beijing - IPv6 Promotion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Skeeve Stevens)
Mon Aug 17 07:27:42 2009
From: Skeeve Stevens <Skeeve@eintellego.net>
To: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:26:42 +1000
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FYI for those that might be attending APNIC 28 in Beijing next week.
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From: Skeeve Stevens
Sent: Monday, 17 August 2009 9:05 PM
To: 'apnic-talk@apnic.net'
Cc: ausnog@ausnog.net; nznog
Subject: BoF for APNIC 28 in Beijing - IPv6 Promotion
Greeting all that will be attending APNIC 28 in Beijing,
While we are in China at APNIC 28, and as per the spirit of=
1.3 of http://www.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/3117/sig-guideline=
s.pdf I am proposing that we hold a BoF for the purpose of seeing if there=
are enough interested parties to get together to discuss the issue of IPv6=
promotion in the APNIC region with the 'maybe' end of it becoming a SIG.
I am asking for some leeway in this request as this region =
is a complex one with a very broad range of cultural differences and langua=
ge barriers that that don't always translate across the entire membership. =
For example, the way we might want to accomplish something in Australia cou=
ld be very different to the way it would be done in say Japan, China or Ind=
ia.
IPv6 promotion is something that APNIC has been doing for q=
uite a while now, with some degree of success. But given the timeframes in=
which we have till things get very painful for many organisations, I do no=
t believe that APNIC has sufficient resources (whether that be man-power, f=
inancial, etc) to effectively promote it across all the economic communitie=
s that it represents.
I would like the hold a BoF to gauge the interest on how members themselves=
can be more involved in their region, what they would/could be prepared to=
do, and to discuss the challenges that we are having, developing new ideas=
and focusing on specific ways to promote IPv6 - without all the technical =
mumbo-jumbo.
I am suggesting a much less technical perspective needs to take shape. I r=
ealise that a very large percentage of us are technical people, but there a=
re many business minded people who I am sure have many great ideas... and i=
f there isn't that many... let's get them involved somehow.
Many members in the APNIC region have their own NIR (JPNIC, CNNIC, etc) to =
assist in these kinds of matters (I assume), but in Australia and NZ specif=
ically speaking for my area of focus, we deal directly with APNIC... so I d=
on't know how appropriate having people who deal with their NIR directly on=
these matters, but the more the merrier.
There is no suggestion in this proposal that the many people who talk at co=
nferences about IPv6, or APNIC themselves have not done a good job... My su=
ggestion is that we can do more, and time is of the essence.
I am inspired to bring this about by my own passion regarding IPv6 adoption=
, and I am willing to put (and already have put) the resources and passion =
of me and my company behind efforts to help finding new ways to foster IPv6=
adoption in this region.
There seems to be an issue of room availability at APNIC28, but if I have t=
o put up some $$ myself and we go take over the local McDonalds, I am willi=
ng to do so to try and help make this BoF happen.
I think timing is important... and I think now is the time we need to start=
discussing these things. Big machines like APNIC move rather slowly, and =
I am willing to try to do what it takes to try and push things along.
So, if you're going to be in Beijing, and you really are passionate about I=
Pv6 adoption, please come and see me - the big bald aussie-guy - and let's =
get something happening. I will be looking at the schedule to see where we=
can fit a couple of hours to chat. Also, you might be approached by mysel=
f or others who are also interested in making this happen.
All I can ask is to please be involved, and DO - rather than talk about it.
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Skeeve Stevens, CEO/Technical Director
eintellego Pty Ltd - The Networking Specialists
skeeve@eintellego.net / www.eintellego.net
Phone: 1300 753 383, Fax: (+612) 8572 9954
Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 / skype://skeeve
www.linkedin.com/in/skeeve ; facebook.com/eintellego
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