The IAB has published RFC 6949, “RFC Series Format Requirements and Future Development.”

The IAB has published RFC 6943, “Issues in Identifier Comparison for Security Purposes.”

The IAB has just notified the ITU-T that Deborah Brungard will be the new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T for MPLS. Deborah was appointed following an open call for volunteers. Please congratulate Deborah when you see her.  The IAB thanks Scott Mansfield for his past service in this role.  Scott is now the overall [...]

The plenary topic for IETF 86, The End of POTS, was proposed by an IETF participant. That plenary topic was well received. As the IAB prepares for IETF 87, we want to reach out to the IETF community for technical plenary topics. Please send suggestions to iab at iab.org. The IAB is interested in hearing [...]

The IAB has selected Jonne Soininen as the liaison from the IETF community to ICANN Board, replacing Thomas Narten. The IAB extends its sincere thanks to Thomas for serving the community for so long in this role, and is sure that Jonne will do a fantastic job going forward.

The IAB will be appointing a liaison manager to ITU-T for MPLS within the next few weeks. We are soliciting volunteers for this position. Nominations (including self-nominations) for this position should be sent to: scott.mansfield at ericsson.com no later than Sunday, April 14, 2013. Full announcement text: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf-announce/current/msg11364.html

The IAB has just notified the ITU-T that Scott Mansfield will be the new IETF Liaison Manager to the ITU-T.  Please congratulate Scott when you see him. He has done a good job as liaison manager for MPLS, and I am sure he will do a good job in his new role.  Please thank Eliot [...]

On February 1, 2013, the NomCom announced the selection of six IAB members whose two-year terms start at IETF 86 in March 2013.  Additionally, the Nomcom was asked to select a candidate to serve the final year of Jari Arkko’s IAB term, as Jari is stepping down to serve as the IETF Chair.  The following [...]

The IAB is actively soliciting confidential comments on the seven candidates for the IAOC:  Barbara Fraser, Wesley George, Tobias Gondrom, Chris Griffiths, Bob Hinden, Samuel Weiler and Hassan Zaheer . The IAB needs to receive these comments by 3 December 2012 in order to make a selection on or before 7 December 2012. Please send [...]

The IAB has issued an IETF-wide Call for Comment on ‘Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards‘. The document is being considered for publication as an Informational RFC within the IAB stream. The Call for Comment will last until November 1, 2012. Please send comments to iab@iab.org, or submit them via TRAC .