The IAB is responsible for overseeing the volunteer Independent Submissions Editor (ISE) position. The current appointee is Nevil Brownlee, whose term expires in February 2018. Nevil is not seeking another appointment. The requirements and responsibility for the role are documented in <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc6548>. The IAB is identifying potential candidates for this role, with the intent to gather community feedback and make an appointment later this year. Suggestions for candidates are welcome at ise-search18@iab.org. For the IAB, Robert Sparks