All; The Trustees of the IETF Trust have voted an intent to renounce (abandon) the “IETF Secretariat” trademark, but before taking any action they desire to hear from the community. Specifically: It is the Trustees’ intent to: 1. Not renew the “IETF Secretariat” trademark, Registration 3860848, in the European Community at an approximate cost of $5,000 USD for a ten-year period when due on May 28, 2014, and thereby renounce the trademark as having no foreseeable future value in accordance with Article 7.1a of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, <http://trustee.ietf.org/trust-agreement-2014.html>. The trademark has no foreseeable future value as the “IETF” trademark is registered in the European Community and its use with Secretariat is protected. 2. Not renew the “IETF Secretariat” trademark, Registration 2392833, in the United States at an unknown future cost when the trademark expires on October 10, 2020, and thereby renounce the trademark as having no foreseeable future value in accordance with Article 7.1a of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, <http://trustee.ietf.org/trust-agreement-2014.html>. The trademark has no foreseeable future value as the “IETF” trademark is registered in the United States and its use with Secretariat is protected. Authority: The Trustees have the authority to renounce the trademark in accordance with Article 7.1a of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement after consulting with the Beneficiary. <http://trustee.ietf.org/trust-agreement-2014.html> This Article states in relevant part: "the Trustees may, after due consultation with the Beneficiary, dispose of, assign, sell, transfer, renounce, convey or terminate Trust Assets that are of no current or foreseeable future value to the Beneficiary and which require the expenditure of funds to retain.This exception does not include RFCs.” The purpose of this announcement is to begin the consultation with the Beneficiary, the IETF Community. This thirty (30) day comment period expires on 5 May 2014. The Trustees will consider the Community input before making a decision whether to renounce the “IETF Secretariat” trademark or not. Your feedback is appreciated. Thanks Ray Pelletier IETF Administrative Director Trustee IETF Trust