The IESG and IAB have called for IETF consensus on a plan for transitioning the IETF administrative support infrastructure. If the transition that we have proposed garners IETF consensus, we intend to build a transition team in order to get to work on the details of the structure we are building as fast as possible. The transition team will do substantial work on getting the IASA structure up and running. The transition team would not be empowered to make binding agreements, but could work with appropriate consultants and advisors to make a lot of progress towards making sure the IASA gets off to a quick start - see draft-wasserman-adminrest-plan for details. This effort will require a substantial time investment from the team members in the months of November, December and January; the exact length of the team's tenure depends on the speed and result of the process leading to the IAOC being seated. As described in draft-wasserman-adminrest-plan, the composition of the team is the following: 1 IESG selected member 1 IAB selected member 1 ISOC selected member The IETF Chair The IAB Chair The ISOC President/CEO The IESG and IAB needs to find the right people to select for this team - we need people who understand the types of issues involved (financial, management, legal and so on), as well as understanding the IETF. We would like to have suggestions from the community on who would be good people for these roles. Please send names of people you think would do a good job on this team (or your own name, if you're willing to be considered) to the the IESG and IAB lists (iesg@ietf.org and iab@ietf.org); we will attempt to put together a merged "candidate pool" from which the IAB and IESG can make their picks. In order to make it possible to consult with people at the IETF, we request that you send us the names of possible candidates before November 8, 2004. More info on the admin restructuring process can be found at http://www.alvestrand.no/ietf/adminrest/ _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
