Second Call for IETF LLC Board Director Nominations.
Thanks to the community for a good response so far! There is just over a month
before the nomination period closes, so there is still time to get in the
candidate pool.
The Ask!
The 2018-19 Nominating Committee (NomCom) is seeking nominations for the IETF
LLC Board Director positions (three open slots) until October 31, 2018.
Current Status:
The following have accepted a nomination (Filling 3 slots):
* Barry Leiba
* Bret Jordan
* Dan Harkins
* Derrell Piper
* Edward McNair
* Fred Baker
* Jason Livingood
* Nalini Elkins
* Russ Housley
* Terry Manderson
Please keep up the momentum and search your professional networks for more
qualified nominees!
Background Information:
The IETF Administration LLC has been created to house the administration
of the IETF. Detailed information about the LLC and the interim LLC board
can be found at https://www.ietf.org/llc/ and
https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/llc-board/ respectively.
Overview of the IETF Administration LLC:
The IETF Administration LLC ("IETF LLC") provides a corporate legal
framework for facilitating current and future activities related to the
Internet Engineering Task Force as well as its sister organizations, the
Internet Architecture Board ("IAB") and the Internet Research Task Force
("IRTF"). IETF LLC exists to provide administrative support to these
organizations. Its responsibilities are:
* Operations.
IETF LLC is responsible for supporting the ongoing operations of the
IETF, including the development and publication of open Internet standards,
holding meetings and non-meeting operations.
* Finances.
IETF LLC is responsible for managing the IETF's finances and budget.
* Fundraising. IETF LLC is responsible for raising money on behalf of
the IETF.
* Compliance.
IETF LLC is responsible for establishing and enforcing policies to
ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and rules.
Desired Experience:
This is the summary of the required expertise for LLC Board Director.
IETF Administration LLC Board Director Role
Overview of the IETF Administration LLC
The IETF Administration LLC ("IETF LLC") provides a corporate legal
framework for facilitating current and future activities related to the
Internet Engineering Task Force as well as its sister organizations, the
Internet Architecture Board ("IAB") and the Internet Research Task Force
("IRTF"). IETF LLC exists to provide administrative support to these
organizations. Its responsibilities are:
* Operations. IETF LLC is responsible for supporting the ongoing
operations of the IETF, including meetings and non-meeting activities.
* Finances. IETF LLC is responsible for managing the IETF's finances
and budget.
* Fundraising. IETF LLC is responsible for raising money on behalf
of the IETF.
* Compliance. IETF LLC is responsible for establishing and enforcing
policies to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations,
and rules.
Relation to the Internet Society
IETF LLC is organized as a “disregarded entity” of the Internet Society
("ISOC"), which means it operates as a branch or division of ISOC for
tax purposes. ISOC is a US501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded
in 1992 that supports and promotes the development of the Internet as a
global technical infrastructure, a resource to enrich people’s lives,
and a force for good in society.
Establishment of the IETF LLC
IETF LLC was established in August 2018. It will initially be managed
by an interim board of directors until the first full board of directors
is seated in early 2019, which depends upon NomCom appointments.
IETF LLC Board Overview
Candidates are sought for the role of board director on the first full
board. All board directors are unpaid volunteers.
The IETF LLC Board of Directors is responsible for setting broad strategic
direction for IETF LLC on administrative, legal, financial and other
non-technical areas. The board will be responsible for hiring and
supervising an Executive Director. The Executive Director will be
responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of IETF LLC, including
hiring staff to carry out the LLC’s responsibilities.
The board’s other responsibilities include adopting an annual budget,
adopting employee benefit plans, consulting the IETF community on matters
as appropriate, and approving entering into agreements that that meet a
significant materiality threshold. Ideally, some board directors will be
positioned to play an active role in helping to secure financial resources
for the IETF and to leverage personal connections that help the staff
identify and solicit potential funders. The board’s work is high-level
and strategic; the board is expected to delegate management of
day-to-day activities and related decision-making to staff.
Candidate Experience
Ideal candidates for the role of board director should have prior
professional experience with:
* Executive management, compensation, and performance review;
* Financial management and budgeting on a seven-figure scale;
* Working with legal counsel to address organization-related legal
and compliance issues;
* Fundraising in the non-profit sector;
* Working with geographically diverse colleagues and populations;
and/or
* Interpersonal skills necessary to work within a distributed team
focused on enabling the IETF to fulfill its mission.
Preference may be given to candidates with prior non-profit or corporate
board experience and/or prior experience with the IETF or other similar
technical or standards development organizations.
It seems unlikely each candidate will bring all of this experience
individually. So the NomCom may wish to focus on a balance among the
desired qualifications across the three final appointees, as a combined
slate with complimentary skills and experience.
Candidate Requirements
Requirements for the role of board director include:
* Taking on legal and fiduciary responsibility for IETF LLC.
* Traveling to board meetings multiple times per year. The number of
meetings per year, their locations, decisions about co-locating them
with IETF meetings, and availability of travel funding will be
decided at the board’s discretion with input from the IETF community.
* Attending regular conference calls, potentially in different time
zones outside of normal business hours.
* Preparing for board meetings and calls in advance and actively
participating inboard discussions.
* Making heavy use of email and other online communications tools as
key means for advancing the work of the board and conversing with
staff and IETF participants.
* Operating transparently and engaging openly with the IETF community
and the staff.
* Acting in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and
board policies.
In the board’s first year it is anticipated that board directors will
spend an average of four hours per week on the board’s work.
Initial IETF LLC Board Priorities
The initial priorities and key tasks of the IETF LLC Board are listed
in Section 9.1 of https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-iasa2-struct.
Mechanics of Nomination:
Nominations may be made by selecting the Nominate link at the top of the
NomCom 2018 home page, or by visiting the following URL:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2018/nominate/
Note: Nominations made using the web tool require an ietf.org datatracker
account. You can create a datatracker ietf.org account if you don't have one
already by visiting the following URL:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/accounts/create/
If you are unable to use the web form, nominations may instead be made by
email to nomcom-18 at ietf dot org. If using email, please include the word
"Nominate" in the Subject and indicate in the email who is being nominated,
their email address (to confirm acceptance of the nomination), and the
position for which you are making the nomination. If you are nominating
someone other than yourself, please tell us if we may tell the nominee that
you were the one who made the nomination. If you wish to nominate someone via
email for more than one position, please use separate emails to do so.
Self-nomination is welcome!
Willing nominees will be asked to fill out a questionnaire specific to the
position for which they are nominated. The questionnaires will be available
on September 19, 2018 and have a submission deadline of November 14, 2018.
NomCom 2018-19 will follow the policy for "Open Disclosure of Willing
Nominees" described in BCP 10/RFC 7437. As stated in RFC 7437: "The list of
nominees willing to be considered for positions under review in the current
NomCom cycle is not confidential". Willing nominees for each position will be
listed in a publicly accessible way, e.g., anyone with a datatracker account
may access the lists. Additionally, the nomination form asks if we may share
your own name with the nominee. In all other ways, the confidentiality
requirements of BCP 10 remain in effect. All feedback and all NomCom
deliberations will remain confidential and will not be disclosed.
There is a field on the form you can mark in order to allow the NomCom to
tell the nominee that you were the one who made the nomination. This defaults
to “no” - so if you don't mark the field we won’t tell.
In order to ensure time to collect sufficient community feedback about each
of the willing nominees, nominations must be received by the NomCom on or
before October 31, 2018.
Action!
Please submit your nominations as early as possible for the sake of your
nominees.
Please be resourceful in identifying possible candidates for these
positions.
More information is available by visiting the NomCom homepage:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2018/
Please send suggestions and feedback to nomcom-18 at ietf dot org.
Thank you for your help in identifying qualified nominees!
regards,
-scott.
Scott Mansfield
scott dot mansfield at ericsson dot com
nomcom-chair-2018 at ietf dot org
