The announcement sent on 13 November 2011 says that the IAB will confirm the IESG's selection. Review of RFC 4071 reveals that there is not a requirement for confirmation. Sorry for the confusion. On behalf of the IESG, Russ Housley IESG Chair On Nov 13, 2011, at 1:04 AM, IETF Chair wrote: > Ole Jacobsen is the IAOC member that was appointed by the IESG, and > his two-year term is up in March. The IESG is starting the process > to fill this seat in March 2012, with the term ending in March 2014. > The two-week nominations period opens today, and closes on > 27 November 2011. > > > Nominations and eligibility > > The IESG is making a public call for nominations. Self-nominations > are permitted. All IETF participants, including working group chairs, > IETF NomCom members, IAB members, and IESG members are > eligible for nomination. Of course, IAB and IESG members who accept > nomination will recuse themselves from selection and confirmation > discussions. Please send nominations to iesg@ietf.org. Please include > the following with each nomination: > > - Name > > - Contact information > > - Candidate background and qualifications > > > Desirable Qualifications and Selection Criteria > > Candidates for the IAOC position should have a demonstrable involvement > in the IETF, knowledge of contracts and financial procedures, awareness > of the administrative support needs of the IAB, the IESG, and the IETF > standards process. The candidate is also expected to understand the > respective roles and responsibilities of the IETF and ISOC in IASA, and > be able to articulate these roles within the IETF community. > > The candidate must be able to exercise all the duties of an IAOC Board > member, including fiduciary responsibilities, setting of policies, > oversight of the administrative operations of the IETF, representing > the interests of the IETF, and participating in IAOC meetings and > activities. The candidate must be able to serve as a Trustee for the IETF > Trust. Although the IESG selects this member of the IAOC, the selected > member does not directly represent the IESG. The IESG-selected > member is accountable directly to the IETF community. > > BCP 101 says: > > The IAOC shall consist of eight voting members who shall be selected > as follows: > > o Two members appointed by the IETF Nominations Committee (NomCom); > > o One member appointed by the IESG; > > o One member appointed by the IAB; > > o One member appointed by the ISOC Board of Trustees; > > o The IETF Chair (ex officio); > > o The IAB Chair (ex officio); > > o The ISOC President/CEO (ex officio). > > > Selection > > The IESG will publish the list of nominated persons prior to making a > decision, allowing time for the community to provide any relevant > comments to the IESG. The IESG will review the nomination material, > any comments provided by the community, and make a selection. > > > Confirmation > > The IAB will act as the confirming body for the selection. In the > event that the IAB determines not to confirm the nominated candidate, > the IAB will provide the IESG with the basis for this determination and > the IESG will nominate another candidate. > > > Care of Personal Information > > The following procedures will be used in managing candidates' personal > information: > > - The list of candidate names will be published at the close of the > nominations period. A candidate that refuses the nomination will > not be included on the list. > > - Excerpts of the information provided to the IESG by the nominated > candidate will be passed to the IAB as part of the confirmation > process. The IAB will be requested to maintain confidentiality of > candidate information. > > - Except as noted above, all information provided to the IESG during > this process will be kept as confidential to the IESG. > > > Timeframe > > The two-week nominations period opens today, and closes on > 27 November 2011. > > The list of willing candidates will be posted shortly after the nominations > close, and the community will have two weeks to provide comments on the > candidates to the IESG. > > The IESG will make a selection on an IESG telechat following the > comment period and send the name of the selected candidate to the IAB > for confirmation. > > > On behalf of the IESG, > Russ Housley > IESG Chair _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
