To this end the IPv6 FORUM will:

* Establish an open, international FORUM of IPv6 expertise
* Share IPv6 knowledge and experience among members
* Promote new IPv6-based applications and global solutions
* Promote interoperable implementations of Ipv6 standards
* Co-operate to achieve end-to-end quality of service
* Resolve issues that create barriers to IPv6 deployment

The Internet Engineering Task Force has sole authority for IPv6 protocol standards. The IPv6 Forum reserves the right to develop IPv6 Deployment Guides to foster the operational use of IPv6.

The IPv6 Forum is a non-profit organisation registered in Luxembourg since July 17, 1999. The admin secretariat is run by the audit company Horsburgh based in Luxembourg.

The IPv6 Forum officers are Latif Ladid (President), Patrick Cocquet (Vice President) and Jim Bound (CTO).

We would like to take this opportunity to urge your organization to sign up to become Members of the IPv6 Forum. Forum membership application information as well as the Benefits of Membership can be found under Membership Benefits section. If we band together to stimulate the deployment and sales of IPv6 solutions, then everyone can benefit. As of September 1999, just before the IPv6 World Summit in Paris, the IPv6 FORUM had 60 Members. As of November 2004, the membership has grown over 175.

In case you are not directly involved in such promotion issues, we would be grateful to receive contact names for people in your organisation who can make the membership decision to bring you on board.

The IPv6 Forum welcomes every helping hand, and we invite you to join us. Your valuable addition to our membership would be another important step towards the success of this noble mission.

Best Regards,