Dear TC6 members,
I asked Vint Cerf (he is still a member of WG6.1) to see whether he could help.
Here is his answer.
All the best, Guy
PS: Note that the information from A. Danthine and S. Dibuz do not agree on the date of the first meeting (Spring 1972 versus April 1973).
At 04:16 PM 10/10/2001 +0200, Guy Leduc wrote:
Dear Vint,
As far as I know you were one of the attendees at the very first IFIP TC6 meeting that took place around 1972-1973.
TC6 would like to commemorate its 30th anniversary, but lacks information about what happened at the very beginning. Perhaps do you remember or have some notes about that.
What some TC6 members seem to remember about the first meeting is as follows:
Place: Munich Date: Spring 1972 or April 1973. Organizer: Prof. Marko (Germany) Chairman: Prof. Marko or Alex Curran Attendees: Louis Pouzin (France), Tibor Szentivanyi (Hungary), Gert Vanderveer (South Africa), D. Farber (Germany), Stan Gill (England), Vint Cerf (USA), G. Le Moli or Luigi Fratta (Italy), perhaps someone from Norway and Finland.
The second TC6 meeting was probably held in London.
All these information are unsure.
What is your own recollection of it?
Many thanks for your help,
Guy IFIP TC6/WG6.1 chairman
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:18:59 -0400 From: vint cerf vcerf@MCI.NET Subject: Re: IFIP TC6 history - Question on first meeting To: leduc@montefiore.ulg.ac.be (Guy Leduc)
I think I could not have been at an April 1972 meeting because I didn't get involved with TC6 until after the formation of the International Network Working Group (INWG) in October 1972.
During 1974, Alex Curran and I worked together to formulate the creation of IFIP Working Group 6.1.
I don't believe I was ever the US representative to IFIP.
But I did serve as chairman of IFIP WG 6.1 until I left Stanford to join ARPA in August 1976.
Alex Curran may be able to help but I have lost track of him. He is in Canada, possibly Ottawa.
Vint
At 06:56 PM 10/11/2001 +0200, Guy Leduc wrote:
Dear Vint,
Many thanks for your answer.
Perhaps the first TC6 meeting took place in April 1973 (thus after the formation of the INWG)? You might also have attended this meeting without being the US representative. Is it possible?
Best regards, Guy
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 13:47:57 -0400 From: vint cerf vcerf@MCI.NET Subject: Re: IFIP TC6 history - Question on first meeting To: leduc@montefiore.ulg.ac.be (Guy Leduc)
it is certainly possible - I will try to find my calendars for that time; I rather doubt that I became involved with IFIP that early but....
vint
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