RFC 9137 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2021

Considerations for Cancellation of IETF Meetings

Overview

RFC 9137, “Considerations for Cancellation of IETF Meetings”, is a Best Current Practice document published in October 2021 by M. Duke. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The IETF ordinarily holds three in-person meetings per year to discuss issues and advance the Internet. However, various events can make a planned in-person meeting infeasible. This document provides criteria to aid the IETF Administration LLC (IETF LLC), the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), and the Chair of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) in deciding to relocate, virtualize, postpone, or cancel an in-person IETF meeting.

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What “Best Current Practice” means

Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.

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