Cannot thank you enough, Jim. We will miss you. Looking forward to a proper send-off in Prague. Alissa > On Mar 18, 2019, at 6:28 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 >
