My version of the history is taken from the IAB's own web site, and it is very specific that the original name was "Advisory" from 1984 to 1986: http://www.iab.org/about/history/ Not that it really matters; I just wanted to observe that the role has evolved over the years. Brian On 2011-09-23 04:42, Lucy Lynch wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Bob Braden wrote: > >> >>> 1986 Internet Activities Board >>> 1992 Internet Architecture Board >>> >> >> I think this is incorrect. The earliest IAB was created by the ARPA >> program manager Vint Cert in 1981. (In fact, I probably have some >> scribbled notes from the first IAB meeting). Vint chose the name >> "Activities" to prevent a rush of people wanting to join. ;-) Its >> function was in fact "advisory", to give Vint advice on the technical >> course of the Internet research project >> >> I do not recall (without digging into my files) when/if the official >> IAB name expansion was changed to Internet Advisory Board. > > V Cerf seems to think... > > https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1120 > > "In January, 1983, the Defense Communications Agency, then responsible > for the operation of the ARPANET, declared the TCP/IP protocol suite > to be standard for the ARPANET and all systems on the network > converted from the earlier Network Control Program (NCP) to TCP/IP. > Late that year, the ICCB was reorganized by Dr. Barry Leiner, Cerf's > successor at DARPA, around a series of task forces considering > different technical aspects of internetting. The re-organized group > was named the Internet Activities Board." > > - Lucy > >> separation. >> >> Bob Braden >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf