Reminder: The IAB is currently seeking a volunteer to serve on the ICANN Technical Liaison Group. This call for nominations is open until January 4, 2016. Begin forwarded message: > Dear Colleagues, > > Please forward to all interested parties. > > On behalf of the IETF, the IAB names 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 current experts are Warren Kumari (term ends January 2016) and > Paul Wouters (term ends 2017). Warren Kumari has indicated that he is > willing to serve again. The IAB would like to see whether others are > interested in serving in this capacity. > > The IAB is asking the community for volunteers to serve a two-year > term on the ICANN TLG. If you are interested, please send a short > email message 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 Monday, 4 > January 2016. > > 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 > a candidate who has an understanding of the interests of the technical > community. > > The IAB will select one person for a two-year term ending in 2018. > > 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 message to > iab-chair at iab.org and execd at iab.org by 4 January 2016. > > On behalf of the IAB, > Cindy Morgan > IAB Executive Administrative Manager
