The IAB has published a statement on liaison compensation.
IAB Solicits Feedback on Nominees for the ISOC Board of Trustees
The IAB is responsible for selecting two individuals to serve 3-year terms on the ISOC Board of Trustees. The procedure is described in RFC3677. The candidates who accepted their nominations are:
- Richard Barnes
- Gonzalo Camarillo
- Hago Dafalla
- Russell Housley
- John Levine
- Jordi Palet Martinez
- David Meyer
We solicit feedback on these candidates by March 26, 2015. Please send your response to execd@iab.org. If you would like your feedback to be anonymized, please indicate such in your response. The IAB expects to finalize its selections around April 1, 2015.
The IESG will confirm the candidates by April 30, 2015 and the appointees will begin serving as new board of trustee members in June.
IAB liaison to ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)
The IAB posted a joint statement with the ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) confirming the ongoing liaison relationship.
NomCom Announces IAB Appointments
On 4 February 2015, the NomCom announced the selection of the IAB slate whose terms will start at IETF 92 in March 2015:
- Ralph Droms
- Russ Housley (incumbent)
- Robert Sparks
- Andrew Sullivan (incumbent)
- Dave Thaler (incumbent)
- Suzanne Woolf
The IAB thanks outgoing members Joel Halpern, Eliot Lear, and Xing Li for their years of service to the community on the IAB.
IAB Posts Statement on Identifiers and Unicode 7.0.0
The IAB has just posted a statement on Identifiers and Unicode 7.0.0. Please read it here:
IAB Appoints Paul Wouters to ICANN Technical Liaison Group
The IAB has selected Paul Wouters to serve a two-year term on the ICANN Technical Liaison Group (TLG).
The IAB thanks all of the candidates. This was a difficult decision with two strong candidates.
The IAB thanks Daniel Migault for his service on the ICANN TLG during 2014.
IAB Comments on CSTD Report Mapping International Internet Public Policy Issues
Today, the IAB provided comments to the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) on their report “The mapping of international Internet public policy issues.”
RFC 7397: Report from the Smart Object Security Workshop
The IAB has published RFC 7397: Report from the Smart Object Security Workshop.
Abstract: This document provides a summary of a workshop on ‘Smart Object Security’ that took place in Paris on March 23, 2012. The main goal of the workshop was to allow participants to share their thoughts about the ability to utilize existing and widely deployed security mechanisms for smart objects.
This report summarizes the discussions and lists the conclusions and recommendations to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) community.
IAB statement on the NETmundial Initiative
The IAB issued a statement on the NETmundial Initiative.
IAB Appoints Benson Schliesser to IAOC
The IAB is responsible for selecting one IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) member for a two-year term starting in March 2015. The selection was made in accordance with BCP 101 and BCP 113.
A call for nominations was issued on 8 October 2014. Nominations for four candidates were received, and three of them were willing to serve. All who accepted the nomination were very strong candidates and their names were announced on 7 November 2014.
After obtaining written input from all nominees and feedback from the community on all of them, the IAB discussed which candidate to choose. After significant discussion, the IAB decided to appoint Benson Schliesser to this position.
The IAB thanks all of the nominees for their willingness to serve the IETF community.