As part of its oversight responsibility for the Independent Stream, the IAB is soliciting comments from the community on the performance of the Independent Submissions Editor, Eliot Lear. The IAB is interested in comments on the last two years of operation of the Independent Stream and Eliot’s activities as ISE. Please send comments to iab-chair@iab.org. […]
The Internet Society (ISOC) provides organizational and financial support for the IETF. As part of the arrangements between ISOC and the IETF, the IETF is called upon to name 4 Trustees to its Board (BoT), with staggered 3-year terms. This year, the IAB will select two people for terms beginning in mid-2024 and ending in […]
The IAB is pleased to announce that Deborah Brungard has been selected as the new liaison manager to ITU-T Study Group 15. Deborah is taking over the role from John Drake, who is stepping back after serving in this role for many years. The IAB thanks John for his service. ITU-T Study Group 15 details […]
The IAB has reappointed Tim April to serve an additional one-year term on the ICANN Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC). The IAB thanks Tim for his willingness to serve the community in this capacity.
The IAB has re-appointed Russ Housley and Barry Leiba to the Community Coordination Group for the 2023-2025 term. The IAB thanks both Russ and Barry for their willingness to continue to serve the community in this capacity. The IAB would also like to thank everyone who provided feedback during this process.
On behalf of the IETF, the IAB has been asked to name a technical expert to the ICANN Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC). The RZERC is expected to review proposed architectural changes to the content of the DNS root zone, the systems including both hardware and software components used in executing changes to the […]
On behalf of the IETF, the IAB appoints three representatives to the Community Coordination Group (CCG), which provides advice and guidance to the IETF Trust in matters related to the IANA trademarks and the IANA domain names. The process for appointing these representatives is outlined in RFC 8090. The current IETF-selected members of the CCG […]
The IAB is pleased to appoint Suzanne Woolf to the 2024 ICANN Nominating Committee. The IAB would like to thank everyone who put their name forward as a candidate for this position, as well as those who provided feedback during this process. The IAB also thanks Vittorio Bertola for his service in this role over […]
As previously announced, the IAB (on behalf of the IETF) has been asked to supply a member to the 2024 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). The candidates who have accepted their nominations are: Selby Abraham Ole Jacobsen John Levine Daniel Migault Anand Raje Pete Resnick Suzanne Woolf The IAB is soliciting feedback on these candidates by […]
The IAB (on behalf of the IETF) has been asked to supply a member to the 2024 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). Vittorio Bertola has filled this role for the IETF community for the past two years and cannot seek another term due to term limits; the IAB thanks him for his service. The IAB would […]