<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear collegues,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>since this working group was founded I feel that it never really got traction and struggled a bit to find it’s place in the RIPE community. Also there is not much activity, despite the working group's chair’s and some member’s efforts (hackathons, BCOP document, survey) to motivate WG members to participate more actively.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The WG’s charter covers a huge field of possible activities around IoT while (to me it seems) other WG’s have more focus. I may be wrong but I think that this lack of focus makes it more difficult for this WG to organize joint activities. The majority of the activities of the (technical) RIPE WG’s are centered around IP and IP based networks therefore I think focusing on similar areas could help this WG to become a more lively part of the RIPE community. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">An example could be analysis and research around the thread protocol of the Project Connected Home over IP of the ZigBee Alliance. Based upon IPv6 and with products from major players already shipping this could be one possible field of activity that connects with other WG’s areas of expertise.<br class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">I would be glad to hear your opinions!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks and best regards,</div><div class="">Peter<br class=""><div id="sig" style="border-top: dotted 1px #999999; padding-top: 10px; padding-botton: 10px; margin: 11px 0; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11px;" class=""> <img src="https://file.as201155.net/f/5572ae1c73f64c0caea4/?dl=1" width="180" height="38" align="left" style="margin-right: 20px; padding-top: 2px;" class=""> <div style="color: #999999;" class=""> <strong style="color: #333333;" class="">Peter Steinhäuser, CEO</strong><br class=""> embeDD GmbH · Alter Postplatz 2 · 6370 Stans · Switzerland<br class=""> Phone: +41 (41) 784 95 85 · Fax: +41 (41) 784 95 64 </div> <div style="clear: both;" class=""></div> </div> </div> <br class=""></div></body></html>