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 therefore like to ask the community for volunteers to serve on the ICANN NomCom. The IAB will appoint one person for a one-year term (renewable for one additional one-year term).

If you are interested in serving on the ICANN NomCom, please send a short e-mail to iab-chair@iab.org and execd@iab.org with your motivation and information concerning your familiarity with the IETF and ICANN. Alternatively, if you know of someone who may be a good fit for this position, please send the name and email address by e-mail to iab-chair@iab.org and execd@iab.org. The IAB is looking for a diverse pool of candidates. The deadline for nominations or volunteers is 23:59 UTC on Tuesday, 2023-05-02. Continue reading →

Back in December, the IAB sent out a call for volunteers for a new IETF liaison manager to 3GPP. The IAB is pleased to announce that Charles Eckel has been selected as the new liaison manager to 3GPP.

Charles is taking over the role from Gonzalo Camarillo, who is stepping back after serving in this role for many years. The IAB thanks Gonzalo for his service.

3GPP specifications cover cellular telecommunications technologies, including radio access, core network and service capabilities, which provide a complete system description for mobile telecommunications. The 3GPP specifications also provide hooks for non-radio access to the core network, and for interworking with non-3GPP networks.

The IETF process for managing liaison relationships is detailed in RFCs 4052, 4053, and 4691. The IETF’s relationship with 3GPP is described in RFC 3113.

Back in December, the IAB sent out a call for volunteers for a new IETF liaison manager to IEEE 802.1. The IAB is pleased to announce that János Farkas has been selected as the new liaison manager to IEEE 802.1.

János is taking over the role from Eric Gray, who recently retired after serving in this role for many years. The IAB thanks Eric for his service.

The IEEE 802.1 Working Group is chartered to concern itself with and develop standards and recommended practices in the following areas: 802 LAN/MAN architecture, internetworking among 802 LANs, MANs and other wide area networks, 802 Security, 802 overall network management, and protocol layers above the MAC & LLC layers.

The IETF process for managing liaison relationships is detailed in RFCs 4052, 4053, and 4691. The IETF’s relationship with IEEE 802 is described in RFC 7241.

On 9 February 2023, the NomCom the announced the selection of the IAB slate whose terms will start at IETF 116 in March 2023.

The selected candidates for the IAB are:

• Dhruv Dhody
• Wes Hardaker
• Suresh Krishnan
• Alvaro Retana
• David Schinazi
• Christopher Wood

The IAB thanks outgoing members Jari Arkko, Deborah Brungard, Zhenbin Li, and Russ White for their service to the community on the IAB.

The resulting IAB for 2023-2024 will consist of:

• Dhruv Dhody, Huawei
• Lars Eggert, NetApp (as IETF Chair)
• Cullen Jennings, Cisco
• Wes Hardaker, USC/ISI
• Mallory Knodel, Center for Democracy and Technology
• Suresh Krishnan, Cisco
• Mirja Kühlewind, Ericsson
• Tommy Pauly, Apple
• Alvaro Retana, Futurewei
• David Schinazi, Google
• Christopher Wood, Cloudflare
• Qin Wu, Huawei
• Jiankang Yao 姚健康, CNNIC China Internet Network Information Center

The IAB is currently seeking a new liaison manager to IEEE 802.1. Eric Gray served in this role for many years and recently retired; the IAB thanks him for his service.

The IEEE 802.1 Working Group is chartered to concern itself with and develop standards and recommended practices in the following areas: 802 LAN/MAN architecture, internetworking among 802 LANs, MANs and other wide area networks, 802 Security, 802 overall network management, and protocol layers above the MAC & LLC layers.

The IAB is seeking a volunteer to serve as IETF liaison manager to IEEE 802.1 to represent IETF views, as required. The IETF process for managing such relationships is detailed in RFCs 4052, 4053, and 4691. The IETF’s relationship with IEEE 802 is described in RFC 7241. It is preferred to have a liaison manager that participates in both the IETF and IEEE 802.1 activities, and is familiar with the processes of the organizations.  The liaison manager is expected to participate in regular coordination meetings between IETF and IEEE 802.

If you are interested, please reply to liaison-coordination@iab.org by 23:59 UTC on 2022-12-23, with a brief note that explains your interest, your background, availability to attend meetings, and whether you have any potential conflicts of interest.