Folks- [On behalf of the IESG] The IESG discussed final approval of L2VPN and L3VPN Working Groups at the IESG telechat on June 26, 2003. The IESG considered the feedback provided by the IETF community and would like to thank all people who expressed their opinion. Given that creation of the two WGs is proposed as part of separation of L2 VPN and L3 VPN work within the existing PPVPN WG (which will be closed as a result), and that the scope of work is not being extended beyond the limits effective for PPVPN, the IESG decided to approve formation of the two new WGs. Formal announcement will be sent out by the secretariat shortly. -- Alex Zinin IETF SUB-IP Area Co-director