This is a gentle reminder that volunteers need to send in their short statements in by Friday.
Thanks for considering this position, Russ Housley IAB Chair On Jul 3, 2014, at 5:04 PM, Russ Housley wrote: > Dear Colleagues: > > The IAB (on behalf of the IETF) has been asked to supply a member to the 2015 > ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) by August 2014. The IAB would therefore > like to ask the community for volunteers to serve on the ICANN NomCom. Our > current appointee, Russ Mundy is unable to serve another term. The IAB > thanks Russ for his service and wishes him well. > > If you are interested in serving on the ICANN NomCom, please send a short > e-mail to iab-chair at iab.org and execd at iab.org with your motivation and > information concerning your familiarity with the IETF and ICANN. The deadline > for volunteering is 19 July 2014. > > After asking for community input on the candidates, the IAB will select from > the available candidates, taking into account the familiarity with ICANN and > the IETF, their roles, and their processes. The selected candidate will serve > on the ICANN NomCom on personal title; however, we will be looking for a > candidate who has an understanding of the interests of the technical > community. > > The ICANN NomCom process itself is governed by the ICANN bylaws; an abstract > of the relevant articles can be found at http://nomcom.icann.org/bylaws.htm. > In addition, each NomCom determines a number of its own operational > procedures, including the role of the NomCom in recruiting and selecting > candidates for ICANN leadership positions. Based on Russ Mundy's experience, > the time commitment is significant. The selected person should be prepared > to participate in the recruitment of potential candidates for ICANN > leadership positions (a few hours per month November through April); a few > hours on conference calls each month (and even more near selection); ten or > more hours per month reviewing and assessing candidate qualifications in > April, May, and June; and multiple days of face-to-face meetings of the full > NomCom at each of the three ICANN meetings. > > The ICANN NomCom typically meets in person at or around three consecutive > ICANN meetings in various locations throughout the world, resulting next > summer in a final slate of candidates for the ICANN Board, the GNSO, ccNSO, > and ALAC. > > NOTE: ICANN does cover travel and hotel costs for a pre-determined number of > days at each of the 3 consecutive ICANN meetings. > > Candidates should be able to join monthly teleconferences (typically at UTC > 14:00), with the expectation that these teleconferences will held weekly > during the candidate assessment process in May and June. > > For more information about the ICANN NomCom see: http://nomcom.icann.org/ > > On behalf of the IAB, > Russ Housley > IAB Chair
