Call for volunteers or nominations for the IETF Delegate to the ICANN 2024 Nominating Committee

[IAB Executive Administrative Manager <[e-mail]>]

The IAB (on behalf of the IETF) has been asked to supply a member to 
the 2024 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). Vittorio Bertola has 
filled this role for the IETF community for the past two years and 
cannot seek another term due to term limits; the IAB thanks him for his 
service. 

The IAB would therefore like to ask the community for volunteers to 
serve on the ICANN NomCom. The IAB will appoint one person for a one-
year term (renewable for one additional one-year term).

If you are interested in serving on the ICANN NomCom, please send a 
short e-mail to [e-mail] and [e-mail] with your 
motivation and information concerning your familiarity with the IETF 
and ICANN. Alternatively, if you know of someone who may be a good fit 
for this position, please send the name and email address by e-mail to 
[e-mail] and [e-mail]. The IAB is looking for a diverse 
pool of candidates. The deadline for nominations or volunteers is 23:59 
UTC on Tuesday, 2023-05-02.

After asking for community input on the candidates, the IAB will select 
from the available candidates. The IAB shall take into account 
candidates' familiarity with ICANN and the IETF (including their roles 
and processes), though the selected candidate will serve on the ICANN 
NomCom on personal title.

The ICANN NomCom process itself is governed by the ICANN bylaws [1]; 
the relevant section can be found in Article 8.

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. Please see the 
full NomCom job description[2] for more details.

Based on the experience of previous volunteers, the time commitment is 
significant. The selected person should be able to join monthly 
teleconferences (typically 15:00 or 16:00 UTC). Note that the 
committee's workload usually increases significantly during Apr/May/
June when the candidate assessment process will be at its busiest. 
Conference calls are held more frequently (typically weekly and the 
duration of the calls may last up to 3 hours) during this time as well. 
All NomCom delegates should be able to attend all ICANN meetings and 
all officially scheduled NomCom committee meetings.

NOTE: ICANN may cover travel and hotel costs for a pre-determined 
number of days at each of the 3 consecutive ICANN meetings under 
prevailing ICANN policies. For more details, please see the IAB 
Statement on Liaison Compensation[3].

The 2024 NomCom will be selecting people to fill the following 
positions:

  • Three members of the ICANN Board of Directors
  • Two regional representatives to the At-Large Advisory Committee 
    (ALAC) (one each from Europe and North America)
  • One member of the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) 
    Council
  • One member of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization 
    (ccNSO) Council

For more information, see the ICANN NomCom page[4] on the ICANN website.


On behalf of the IAB,
Cindy Morgan
IAB Executive Administrative Manager

[1] https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article8
[2] https://www.iab.org/wp-content/IAB-uploads/2023/04/2024-NomCom-Job-Description.pdf
[3] https://www.iab.org/documents/correspondence-reports-documents/2015-2/iab-statement-on-liaison-compensation/
[4] https://nomcom.icann.org/