Dear Colleagues, The IAB recently requested nominations to the ICANN Technical Liaison Group (TLG). We have a number of candidates, and we are soliciting comment from the community on these candidates. The following candidates have put their names forward: Marc Blanchet <marc.blanchet@viagenie.ca> David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org> Alex Deacon <Alex_Deacon@mpaa.org> Geoff Huston <gih902@gmail.com> Stephen Kent <kent@bbn.com> Peter Koch <pk@denic.de> Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net> John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Daniel Migault <mglt.biz@gmail.com> Hassan Zaheer <hassanZaheer@gmail.com> Please send your remarks in confidence about any or all candidates to iab-chair@iab.org and execd@iab.org. We thank you in advance for your help. Best regards, Russ Housley IAB Chair > Dear Colleagues, > > The IAB (on behalf of the IETF) has been asked to supply two technical > experts to ICANN Technical Liaison Group (TLG). The ICANN Bylaws > (Article XI-A, Section 2, Paragraph 6) asks the IETF, ITU-T, ETSI, and > W3C to each provide two technical experts. The technical experts are > expected to be "familiar with the technical standards issues that are > relevant to ICANN's activities." These eight experts are expected to be > "available as necessary to determine, through an exchange of e-mail > messages, where to direct a technical question from ICANN when ICANN > does not ask a specific TLG organization directly. > > The ICANN bylaws can be found at > http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws. > > The IAB is asking the community for volunteers to serve on the ICANN TLG. > If you are interested, please send a short e-mail to iab-chair at iab.org > with a copy to execd at iab.org with your motivation and information > concerning your familiarity with the IETF and ICANN as well as the other > standards organizations represented on the TLG. The deadline for > volunteering is 17 Nov 2013. > > The IAB will select from the available candidates, taking into account > the familiarity with ICANN and the IETF, their roles, and the IETF > protocols. While familiarity with ETSI, ITU-T, and W3C is also > desirable, it is not required. The selected candidates will serve on > the ICANN TLG on personal title; however, the IAB will be looking for > candidates who have an understanding of the interests of the technical > community. > > The IAB will select one person for a one year term and select one person > for a two year term. > > The ICANN TLG is expected to meet in person at or around the three ICANN > meetings held each year. > > NOTE: ICANN does cover travel and hotel costs for a pre-determined number > of days at each of the ICANN meetings. > > If you are willing to be considered or would like to nominate someone > else for one of the TLG positions, please send an email to iab-chair at > iab.org and execd at iab.org by 17 Nov 2013. > > On behalf of the IAB, > Russ Housley > IAB Chair >
