Re: Comments Requested on Candidates for ICANN Technical Liaison Group

[IAB Chair <[e-mail]>]

Please provide your comments by the 9th of December.  Thanks.


On Nov 23, 2013, at 2:32 PM, Russ Housley wrote:

> 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 <[e-mail]>
>   David Conrad <[e-mail]>
>   Alex Deacon <[e-mail]>
>   Geoff Huston <[e-mail]>
>   Stephen Kent <[e-mail]>
>   Peter Koch <[e-mail]>
>   Warren Kumari <[e-mail]>
>   John Levine <[e-mail]>
>   Daniel Migault <[e-mail]>
>   Hassan Zaheer <[e-mail]>
> 
> Please send your remarks in confidence about any or all candidates to
> [e-mail] and [e-mail].  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
>> 
>