Reminder: The IAB is currently seeking candidates for the ISOC Board of Trustees. The call for nominations is open until February 11, 2015. On Dec 3, 2014, at 11:42 AM, IAB Executive Administrative Manager wrote: > The Internet Society (ISOC) provides organizational and financial > support for the IETF. As part of the arrangements between ISOC and the > IETF, the IETF is called upon to name 4 Trustees to its Board (BoT), > with staggered 3-year terms. This requires that the IETF select two > Trustees in 2015. > > This year, the IAB will select 2 people for terms beginning in > mid-2015 and ending in mid-2018. > > A description of the IAB's process for selecting the Trustee each year > can be found in RFC 3677, with this year's timeline as follows: > > * Wednesday, December 3, 2014 : Open nomination period > > * February 11, 2015 : Close of the nomination period > > * No later than April 1, 2015: IAB selection delivered to IESG for > confirmation > > * No later than April 30, 2015 : Delivery of final confirmed selection > to the ISOC Elections Committee for announcement with the rest of > the new ISOC BoT slate. > > > Nominations > ----------- > > Nominations (including self-nominations) should be sent to the IAB > Executive Administrative Manager at <execd@iab.org>. Please include > e-mail contact details with the nomination. > > Nomination Details > ------------------ > > Nominees should be aware that ISOC Trustees are elected to three year > terms with approximately one third of the Board of Trustees > selected each year. The responsibilities of a Trustee include fiscal > management of the Internet Society, fundraising, and participation > in Board meetings plus conference-call meetings, as detailed by > the ISOC Bylaws: > > http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/governance-and-policies/ > amended-and-restated-laws-internet-society > > The desirable characteristics of a candidate that are specific > to the IETF-selected ISOC BoT member are outlined in > section 2 of RFC 3677. > > Nominees are asked to provide to the IAB: > > 1. Confirmation of their willingness to be considered within this > process. > > 2. Full name and contact information. > > 3. A statement confirming willingness and ability to devote an > appropriate level of time to activities associated with the > position of Trustee. > > 4. A brief biography outlining experience and background. > > 5. A statement of interests, concerns about the Internet Society, > goals as a Trustee and motivation to serve as a Trustee. > > 6. Any further information that is relevant to the work of the IAB in > considering your nomination. > > Time Commitment > --------------- > > Trustees are expected to commit the time necessary to perform regular > board and committee business. Trustees are also expected to allocate > some time to attend and prepare for meetings. > > > Care of Personal Information > ---------------------------- > > The following procedures will be used by the IAB in managing this > process: > > - The candidate's name will be published, with all other candidate > names, at the close of the nominations period. > > - Excerpts of the information provided to the IAB by the nominated > candidate will be passed to the IESG as part of the confirmation > process. The IESG will be requested to maintain confidentiality > of the candidate's information. > > - Except as noted above, all information provided to the IAB during > this process will be kept confidential to the IAB. > > > Current IETF-Selected Trustees > ------------------------------ > > The current IETF-Selected ISOC Trustees and their term of appointment > are: > > - Eric Burger 2012-2015 > - Bob Hinden 2013-2016 > - Sean Turner 2014-2017 > > > Please Note > ----------- > > Russ Housley, IAB Chair, has recused himself from this process. > Please direct all replies to Cindy Morgan, IAB Executive > Administrative Manager, at <execd@iab.org>. > > Best regards, > Cindy Morgan > IAB Executive Administrative Manager
