+1 from me as well. Thank you, Jim, for all the hard work and for all the long years you’ve been doing it. Happy NOC retirement! Cheers, Jonne. > On 19 Mar 2019, at 8.05, Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I would like to personally thank Jim for all he has done over many years. He has been wonderful to work with and as Portia summarized has made many major contributions to the IETF. We are all very lucky to have had him, and he certainly deserves to retire from the NOC. > > Bob > > >> On Mar 18, 2019, at 3:28 PM, IETF Administration LLC Executive Director <exec-director@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> At the end of IETF 104, Jim Martin will retire as the lead of the IETF Network Operating Center (NOC). >> Jim has served the NOC team for over 20 years and has been responsible for designing, deploying and >> operating the network infrastructure at every IETF meeting in last two decades. >> >> In addition to serving at meetings, Jim also traveled the globe to perform technical assessments >> at potential IETF venues -- scrutinizing networks first-hand to ensure that they were robust enough to >> support a future IETF meeting. If the technical infrastructure qualified, he aided in the negotiation >> of contracts and worked with local service providers to get donated circuits. On occasion, he and the >> NOC have actually rebuilt substantial portions of a venue's infrastructure to meet the IETF's needs. >> >> Furthermore, Jim managed to stay active in the IETF technical process and is the author and contributor >> to dozens of IETF standards documents. >> >> Thank you Jim for your stellar service and commitment to the IETF community. >> >> Portia Wenze-Danley >> IETF LLC Executive Director, Interim >> >
