At its annual onsite retreat held in Amsterdam 6-7 May 2025, the IETF Administration LLC Board reviewed its decision to hold IETF 127, 14-20 November 2026, in San Francisco, USA. This follows on from a series of events with the most recent being the board meeting on 16 April 2025 where the board considered the responses to its call for feedback [1] and received direct feedback from a number of IETF participants. We received a lot of constructive and diverse responses and we understand the various concerns raised.
The board has reached a final decision that IETF 127 will go ahead in San Francisco as planned. In reaching this decision, the board reassessed this meeting with regards to the requirements of BCP 226 [2] and concluded that it remains consistent with the criteria in the BCP. It also considered the viability of the meeting and concluded that there will be sufficient participation for the meeting to be financially viable and to meet the threshold set by the IESG for a technically viable meeting [3]. The board sincerely thanks all of those that have provided feedback on this complex issue. [1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/STQXuEgpsJp8JJ0SRh1OghDb2XY/ [2] https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp226 [3] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/Vmsojml9ghvSFbxNrDB9EU5KwNg/ -- Jay Daley IETF Executive Director [email protected] _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
