Subject: Re: Move of ALTO and DECADE to Transport Area

From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:53:28 -0800 (PST)

To provide a complete picture, I should have said something about the
P2PSIP working group in the announcement.  Sorry for omitting it.

Because the P2PSIP WG is nearing the end of its chartered work, P2PSIP
is not being moved from the RAI Area to the TSV Area.

On behalf of the IESG,
Russ Housley

> The IESG has decided to move the ALTO and DECADE working
> groups from the Applications Area to the Transport Area.  Two
> factors played a role in this decision.  First, the IESG feels
> that consolidating the standardization of peer-to-peer
> technologies in one Area will strengthen this important aspect
> of Internet engineering.  Second, the current work in these
> WGs has strong ties to Transport work on storage protocols,
> congestion control and exposure, and peer-to-peer streaming.
> Bringing these two WGs into the Transport Area will leverage
> this expertise for the P2P work items in ALTO and DECADE.
> 
> The Secretariat has been instructed to carry out this move
> immediately.
> 
> David Harrington will be the responsible Area Director for
> both ALTO and DECADE.  Also, Alexey Melnikov will the
> Applications Area Adviser for DECADE, and Peter Saint-Andre
> will be the Applications Area Adviser for ALTO.
> 
> On behalf of the IESG,
> Russ Housley