[Sis-mia] [Sis-dtn] Change in SIS Area Director

[Vint Cerf]

Dear Keith,

your tenure has been marked by remarkable progress towards our collective
vision of a network to span the solar system and much of the credit for
that is due to your inspired leadership and capable technical input. THANK
YOU!

Scott would be a most worthy successor, having been at the core, literally,
of the DTN Bundle protocols and a consistent and reliable guide for the
evolution of these important protocols.

This project, which began in 1998 and had roots going back much farther
into packet environments for space communication, has managed to succeed
despite very limited funding. That's thanks, in part, to the devoted and
often voluntary efforts of a long list of participants. We all remember
Adrian Hooke's persistence and enthusiasm for this work and your tenure,
Keith, has burnished Adrian's long-lasting vision.

Best wishes,

Vint

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Scott, Keith L. <kscott at mitre.org> wrote:

> Greetings all,
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> NASA will be switching their support for the SIS Area Director position,
> and I’ll be stepping down.  The CESG informally recommended Scott Burleigh
> of JPL to replace me, and I believe that the decision is now out for
> polling by the CMC.  Assuming the poll is successful, I think the AD
> position will transition when it is complete.  I’ll stay on as DTN WG chair.
>
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> As you all know, Scott has a long history in CCSDS, has supported numerous
> SIS efforts, and I fully expect him to be an excellent SIS Area Director.
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> For my part, I would like to thank you all for your work on behalf of
> CCSDS and for helping me shepherd SIS through some very interesting and
> exciting times.  We’ve taken the first steps to realizing a Solar System
> Internetwork, and achieved a foothold in space with the deployment of BP
> onto ISS and its integration into TReK.  With the IETF work we have the
> possibility of benefiting from commercialization on a terrestrial scale.
> If that is successful, we will also have successfully transitioned what
> could have been a space-only niche technology to be an enabling capability
> for a myriad of networks on the ground, including the burgeoning IOT
> realm.  The Voice and Video books already leverage commercial
> specifications, and will ensure efficient interoperability of those
> services as human space exploration moves forward.  The CFDP revisions,
> once approved, provide (IMHO) significant capability advancements of the
> file transfer protocol into the networked era.
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> All of this is thanks to your work, both technical and ‘political’.  As
> you know, CCSDS specifications are not easy, between having to reach
> consensus, address the agencies’ and reviewers’ concerns, and securing the
> resources for both specification and prototype development.  You’ve made
> amazing progress and significant contributions to CCSDS, and it has been my
> pleasure and honor to support your work as SIS AD.
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>                                 v/r,
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>                                                                 --keith
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