BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:researchseminars.org CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:researchseminars.org BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kaliya Young\, Day Waterbury (Identity Woman) DTSTART:20241127T170000Z DTEND:20241127T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260417T111402Z UID:Metagov/230 DESCRIPTION:Title: Exploring the Remarkable Regenerative Patterns and Practices of the Inte rnet Engineering Task Force (IETF)\nby Kaliya Young\, Day Waterbury (I dentity Woman) as part of Metagovernance Seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThis work reports on research focused on the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IE TF) innovative processes for not only creating protocols (descriptions of how to move data in networks of computers) but also\, its own governance p rotocols. We argue the IETF is regenerative and leverages its collective i ntelligence. Our research can offer insights to organizations and communit ies seeking to create better technology for the good of humanity.\nThe fir st part of our research explores the IETF as a living system based on our participation and observations mapped to the patterns from three different pattern languages. In this section we explore how Identity\, Culture\, Pr ocess\, Governance\, Tooling\, and Knowledge all shape a deeper IETF Purpo se.\nThe second part of the report thoroughly explores how the IETF is reg enerative. We use the patterns from the pattern languages as lenses to und erstand how the organization works. We detail how these patterns appear wi thin the IETF as it operates.\nWe explore\n• How an organization that is totally open to participation from anyone in the world maintains its cohe rence and achieves effective results developing the protocols for data com munications networks.\n• How the Ritual and Flow of week-long meetings e mbody many Patterns from the Group Works Deck: A Pattern Language for Brin ging Life to Meetings and Other Gatherings.\n• How the organization dist ributes governance and embodies and expresses key patterns from the Wise D emocracy Pattern Language.\n• How the organization sustains Joyful Commu nal Labor within a Zone of Autonomy it has cultivated and maintained.\n• How core patterns like a Willingness to Experiment and a Grounding in Run ning Code exist for both the technical protocols and the community leaders hip and governance protocols they create.\n• What key patterns are prese nt within Working Group meetings – the main meeting form within the IETF .\n LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/Metagov/230/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR