Welcome to the IESG!

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>]

Ted, Russ and Jon:

Welcome to the IESG!

You probably have some idea of what you're in for - but I'm certain you 
will all have your share of surprises in the weeks and months ahead. We all 
want to help you come up to speed as soon as possible, and I think I speak 
for all of us when we say that we're very much at your disposal (both 
individually and as a group) for any and all questions you might have.

If everything has worked correctly, you should by now have:

- Access to (and the URL of) the IESG internal web page
- Access to the I-D tracker (internal version)
- Access to see the Secretariat trouble ticket system

You should also be members of the IESG mailing list - we'll take the rest 
of the details as we go along.

One thing of urgency now is actually to schedule the IESG retreat - the 
tradition is that we have a 2-day retreat every spring, as soon as possible 
after the new members have joined. The purpose is to allow us to go through 
how we work, what we do and what we need to take care of for the coming 
year. It's also a nice chance to get to know each other better!

If you (and all the continuing IESG members and liaisons!) can send me (not 
the list) your list of available dates between the March IETF meeting and 
July 1, I'll try to figure out what the least bad timeframe for the meeting 
is.

Again - welcome to the IESG!

                     Harald Alvestrand