The IAB is pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Reid to the ICANN Root Server System Governance Working Group (GWG). The IAB thanks everyone who put their name forward as a candidate for this position, as well as those who provided feedback during this process. The IAB would also like to thank Ted Hardie […]
The IAB and the IESG are responsible for appointing the RFC Series Working Group (RSWG) chairs as described in draft-iab-rfcefdp-rfced-model (currently in the RFC Editor Queue). In March, the IAB and the IESG began a joint search for RSWG chair candidates. The candidates who accepted nominations are: Donald Eastlake Paul Hoffman Luigi Iannone Alexey Melnikov […]
The IAB is pleased to reappoint Vittoria Bertola to the 2023 ICANN Nominating Committee. The 2023 ICANN NomCom will invite applicants for the following positions: Two members of the ICANN Board of Directors. One member of the PTI Board of Directors. Three regional representatives to the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) – one each representing the […]
The IAB is pleased to announce the appointment of Victor Kuarsingh to the Internet Society Board of Trustees. He will be seated as trustee for three years, commencing with the 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Internet Society in June. The IAB thanks Victor for taking on this task. The IAB would also like to […]
As previously announced, the IAB is in the process of making an appointment to the ICANN Root Server System Governance Working Group (GWG). The candidates who have accepted nominations are: Dave Lawrence John Levine Jeff Osborn Jim Reid The IAB is requesting feedback on these candidates by 23:59 UTC on Tuesday, 2022-05-03. Please send your […]
The IAB has re-selected Mirja Kühlewind as the IAB Chair for 2022-2023. The IAB thanks Mirja for her continued service in this role.
The IAB is in the process of approving draft-iab-rfcefdp-rfced-model, which specifies version 3 of the RFC Editor Model. In this model, policy definition is the joint responsibility of the RFC Series Working Group (RSWG), which produces policy proposals, and the RFC Series Approval Board (RSAB), which approves such proposals. As described in Section 3.1.1.3 of […]
On behalf of the IETF, the IAB provides two technical experts to the ICANN Root Server System Governance Working Group (GWG). The current appointees are Ted Hardie and Geoff Huston. Ted has asked to step down from this role; the IAB thanks him for his service. The IAB is asking the community for a volunteer […]
Back in October, Adrian Farrel announced his plans to step down as the Independent Submission Editor (ISE). Over the past four years, Adrian has been a real asset to our community in this role, and the Internet Architecture Board thanks him for his service. After a public search, the IAB is pleased to announce the […]
On 24 January 2022, the NomCom the announced the selection of the IAB slate whose terms will start at IETF 113 in March 2022. The selected candidates for the IAB are: Cullen Jennings, Cisco (incumbent) Mallory Knodel, Center for Democracy and Technology Mirja Kühlewind, Ericsson (incumbent) Tommy Pauly, Apple (incumbent) Qin Wu, Huawei Technologies Jiankang […]