Dear RSSAC Caucus Members,

Thank you for your consideration of and applications for travel funding for IETF124 in Montreal, QC, Canada from 1-7 November 2025.

This email outlines the process for selecting funded participants for IETF124 based on the RSSAC Caucus IETF Supported Travelers Funding Guidelines.

1. Overview

• Funded Slots Available: 4
• Funding Requests Received: 7
• First Priority Funding Requests Received: Robert Story, Abdulkarim Oloyede
• Second Priority Funding Requests Received: James Olorundare, Ali Hussain, Shailesh Gupta
• Third Priority Funding Requests Received: Ashish Agrawal, Malick Alassane

As the number of requests exceeds the number of available slots, staff will conduct a random selection process as defined in RFC 3797.

The Priority levels were determined by the RSSAC Admin Committee following the guidelines set forth in the RSSAC Caucus IETF Supported Travelers Funding Guidelines.

2. Final List of Participants for Selection

Funding requests are considered one priority at a time, by descending order. After all requests in a priority category are considered, remaining slots will be moved to the next priority. Within each priority, if there are more requests than the number of available slots, the publicly verifiable random selection as described in RFC 3797 will be conducted.

First Priority - Funding Secured (4 Slots Available)

• Abdulkarim Oloyede
• Robert Story

Second Priority - Pool for Random Selection (2 slots Remaining)

• Shailesh Gupta
• Ali Hussain
• James Olorundare

The Two Remaining Slots will be determined by Random Selection among the Three Second Priority Applicants above.

Third Priority - Not Selected for IETF 124 Funding (0 Slots Remaining)

• Ashish Agrawal
• Malick Alassane

3. The Random Selection Process

We will use a publicly verifiable method as detailed in RFC 3797.

Timeline:

• Lottery Events: Saturday, 26 July
• Data Collection, Selection, and Announcement: Monday, 28 July

Sources of Randomness:

The selection will be based on the outcomes of three public lotteries. We will use the winning numbers from the evening draws on Saturday, 26 July 2025:

• Powerball Lottery (US) (5 Numbers + 1 Powerball)
  • Link: https://www.powerball.com/
• Lotto 6/49 (Canada) (6 Numbers + 1 Bonus Ball Number)
  • Link: https://www.olg.ca/en/lottery/play-lotto-649-encore/past-results.html
• Hoosier Lotto (Indiana) (6 Numbers)
  • Link: https://hoosierlottery.com/games/draw/hoosier-lotto/

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Dan Gluck