 Based on response to the idea during this BOF, Ian Foster and Bill Johnston convened the first "Grid Forum" meeting at NASA Ames Research Center in June 1999, drawing roughly 100 people, mostly from the US.A group of organizers nominated Charlie Catlett (from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago) to serve as the initial chair, confirmed via a plenary vote was held at the 2nd "Grid Forum" meeting in Chicago in October 1999.With advice and assistance from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), OGF established a process based on the IETF.