Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the IETF, the IAB has to deliver one of the 17 voting members to the ICANN Nomcom for 2010. While the 2009 ICANN Nomcom will be announced shortly the wheels have been set in motion for the creation of a 2010 ICANN Nomcom. The IAB, on behalf of the IETF delivers one member of the ICANN Nomcom and we would like to ask the community for volunteers to serve on the 2010 ICANN Nomcom. The IAB invites volunteers to reply within 10 days, as that allows participation in the first meeting in early November (see below). If you are interested, please send us a short e-mail with your motivation and information concerning your familiarity with the IETF and ICANN. Some considerations: The IAB will select from the available candidates, taking into account the candidates' familiarity with both ICANN's and IETF's role and processes. The selected candidate will serve on the ICANN Nomcom on personal title; however, we will be looking for a candidate who has an understanding of the interests of the technical community. Nominating Committees have historically held two face-to-face meetings. The ICANN Nomcom's first organizational meeting will be held alongside the Seoul ICANN meeting, 31 October � 1 November 2009. The Nomcom process itself is governed by the ICANN bylaws; an abstract of the relevant articles can be found at http://nomcom.icann.org/bylaws.htm. In addition, each Nomcom determines a number of its own operational procedures, including the role of the Nomcom in recruiting and selecting candidates. Therefore, the ability to participate in the November meeting would be beneficial, albeit not strictly necessary. The only other travel required is to an all-hands retreat held after the paper screening of all candidates. Much of the work is done via email and conference calls, and the bulk of the screening is done in small groups based around time zones. The early process may only require one or two phone calls a month. Once the candidate packages are in hand, there is a much more intense period of weekly phone calls, reference checking, off-line reading, and ranking (via on-line polls). This culminates in the all-hands (3 day) retreat, where selections are made. The follow up period is mostly email traffic and a couple of phone calls related to due diligence. NOTE: ICANN does cover travel costs, except for expenses and hotel-costs for the non-nomcom portions of ICANN meetings. We hope this provides a sufficient picture, and we welcome e-mail from potential candidates. If there are suitable candidates, the IAB will make a decision preferably before September 11 2009. On behalf of the IAB, Kind regards, -- Olaf Kolkman IAB Chair
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