Some of his accomplishments include: managing the Canadian academic and research network [[CDNnet]] (1985-1990); helping to establish a connection to the U.S. [[NSFnet]] (1988); hosting the first Internet Engineering Task Force ([[IETF]]) meeting held outside of the U.S. (1990); sitting on the board of the BCNET Networking Society (1996-2001); and participating in CA*net, the Coordinating Committee on Intercontinental Research Networking, [[CANARIE]], and the Internet Society([[ISOC]]). John helped to create the [[.CA]] domain in 1987 and was its initial registrar, serving in that capacity and chairing the [[.CA]] Domain Committee until 2000.<ref>[http://www.cira.ca/bios/ CIRA.ca]</ref> | Some of his accomplishments include: managing the Canadian academic and research network [[CDNnet]] (1985-1990); helping to establish a connection to the U.S. [[NSFnet]] (1988); hosting the first Internet Engineering Task Force ([[IETF]]) meeting held outside of the U.S. (1990); sitting on the board of the BCNET Networking Society (1996-2001); and participating in CA*net, the Coordinating Committee on Intercontinental Research Networking, [[CANARIE]], and the Internet Society([[ISOC]]). John helped to create the [[.CA]] domain in 1987 and was its initial registrar, serving in that capacity and chairing the [[.CA]] Domain Committee until 2000.<ref>[http://www.cira.ca/bios/ CIRA.ca]</ref> |