[OPS-AREA]Working Group Chair Appointments
Mahesh Jethanandani <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:09:08 -0700
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--===============2060474681322492575== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E83E2FCB-C54F-4330-957F-581B8C868160" --Apple-Mail=_E83E2FCB-C54F-4330-957F-581B8C868160 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 All, I am pleased to announce the appointment of two co-chairs for the = Operationalizing Network & Service Abstractions (ONSEN) Working Group: Ian Farrer (Deutsche Telekom) Mithun Thai Valaphil (Equinix) Both Ian and Mithun bring strong expertise in network operations, = service abstraction, and YANG data modeling =E2=80=94 exactly the = combination ONSEN needs as it takes up the work of maintaining and = evolving VPN service models (L2SM, L3SM, L2NM, L3NM), developing = reusable service models, and defining service-layer APIs for OSS/BSS = integration. Ian has been a long-standing contributor to IETF work in the operations = and management space, and Mithun brings complementary experience that = will help the group drive toward its milestones. Please join me in welcoming Ian and Mithun to their new roles. They will = be reaching out shortly to the list with initial thoughts on organizing = the group's work. The current ONSEN WG mailing list is [email protected]. To subscribe, = visit: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/onions However, please do note that we will be transitioning to the new mailing = list [email protected] shortly, at which point all the subscribers of the = onions mailing list will be moved to the new mailing list. The group's datatracker page is at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/onsen/about/ I also want to take this opportunity to thank the participants who were = active in the ONIONS WG discussions that led to the formation of ONSEN. = Your contributions shaped the charter and the group's direction. Regards. Mahesh Jethanandani [email protected] --Apple-Mail=_E83E2FCB-C54F-4330-957F-581B8C868160 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: = after-white-space;"><div><div>All,</div><div><br></div><div>I am pleased = to announce the appointment of two co-chairs for the Operationalizing = Network & Service Abstractions (ONSEN) Working = Group:</div><div><br></div><div>Ian Farrer (Deutsche = Telekom)</div><div>Mithun Thai Valaphil = (Equinix)</div><div><br></div><div>Both Ian and Mithun bring strong = expertise in network operations, service abstraction, and YANG data = modeling =E2=80=94 exactly the combination ONSEN needs as it takes up = the work of maintaining and evolving VPN service models (L2SM, L3SM, = L2NM, L3NM), developing reusable service models, and defining = service-layer APIs for OSS/BSS integration.</div><div><br></div><div>Ian = has been a long-standing contributor to IETF work in the operations and = management space, and Mithun brings complementary experience that will = help the group drive toward its = milestones.</div><div><br></div><div>Please join me in welcoming Ian and = Mithun to their new roles. They will be reaching out shortly to the list = with initial thoughts on organizing the group's = work.</div><div><br></div><div>The current ONSEN WG mailing list is = [email protected]. To subscribe, = visit:</div><div>https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/onions</div><div><b= r></div><div>However, please do note that we will be transitioning to = the new mailing list [email protected] shortly, at which point all the = subscribers of the onions mailing list will be moved to the new mailing = list.</div><div><br></div><div>The group's datatracker page is = at:</div><div>https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/onsen/about/</div><div><br><= /div><div>I also want to take this opportunity to thank the participants = who were active in the ONIONS WG discussions that led to the formation = of ONSEN. Your contributions shaped the charter and the group's = direction.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards.</div><div> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div = dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: = after-white-space;"><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: = normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: = after-white-space;"><div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">Mahesh = Jethanandani</div><div>[email protected]</div><div><br></div></div><= br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_E83E2FCB-C54F-4330-957F-581B8C868160-- --===============2060474681322492575== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KT1BTLUFSRUEg bWFpbGluZyBsaXN0IC0tIG9wcy1hcmVhQGlldGYub3JnClRvIHVuc3Vic2NyaWJlIHNlbmQgYW4g ZW1haWwgdG8gb3BzLWFyZWEtbGVhdmVAaWV0Zi5vcmcK --===============2060474681322492575==--