Hi Brian, hi Rich, Thanks for your feedback. The IAB is planning to consider the appointment of a second chair in the coming months. At the moment we see it as most important to have a venue to develop proposals for discussion, and the IAB liaisons will logically support Elliot, if and whenever needed, to get the work started as soon as possible. Best, Mirja On 28.03.20, 02:21, "ietf on behalf of Salz, Rich" <ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx on behalf of rsalz=40akamai.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It was however explicit in the preceding discussions *and* in the IAB's call for nominations: > https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/RSM0PyZ0CERQswyZ3CakuH8BT0k/ Yeah, seems like something (someone?) slipped through the cracks here.