The IAB policy for calling for nominations for each of the appointments is listed on the IAB website
IETF Representatives to the Community Coordination Group (CCG)
Background: RFC 8090
Appointing 3 reps, with staggered terms.
From RFC 2850:
3.3 Selection of the IRTF chair
The IAB shall have the authority to appoint the chair of the Internet
Research Task Force (IRTF) for a two-year renewable term, and to
remove him or her. The IRTF chair shall be responsible for the
management and organization of the IRTF according to [BCP 8].The IRTF chair is an ex-officio member as defined in Section 1.2.
The Role of the IRTF Chair - RFC 7827
What does the IRTF Chair do?
ISOC BoT appointment procedures are based on RFC 3677 and the ISOC Board of Trustees Bylaws. Note, that there was a change to the bylaws in 2013 such that the IETF appoints two members every 3 years. That change starts in 2015. Thus, the number of appointments for upcoming years is as follows:
2026: name one board members
2027: name two board members
2028: name one board members
2028: name one board members
TODO: Add to the call that candidates for the ISOC BOT for the IAB should not also be active candidates in either the ISOC chapters election or the ISOC organization election for the BOT. See also https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/, https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/governance-policies/procedures-selecting-trustees/ (see "Candidate/Trustee Uniqueness")
Source: ISOC 2015 Call for Nominations
The Internet Society (ISOC) is a global not-for-profit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education and policy. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, as well as regional bureaus located throughout the world, it is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of people globally. ISOC is also the organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and other Internet-related bodies who together play a critical role in ensuring that the Internet develops in a stable and open manner. ISOC has more than 150 organizational members, over 100 chapters and more than 65,000 individual members that play a role in driving the mission and work of the organization. ISOC currently has an operational budget of USD 38 million.
The ISOC Board of Trustees is responsible for the governance of the organization, and its authority is derived from the organization’s by-laws and policies. The composition of the Board includes 12 Trustees, 4 of whom are elected by ISOC Organizational Members, 4 of whom are elected by Chapters, and 4 selected by the IETF following the process documented in RFC 3677.* Procedures for the selection of Trustees are available here. The ISOC CEO and President serves ex-officio as a non-voting member of the Board.
Trustees are expected to commit the time necessary to perform regular Board and committee business. Trustees are also expected to allocate time to attend and prepare for meetings.
Board Meetings: three physical meetings per year that are 2 days in length plus travel time. These meetings are typically co-located with one IETF meeting, one ICANN meeting, and one ISOC event each year.
Strategic Planning Retreat: generally one per year over 2 days plus travel time.
Conference calls: generally three to four 2-hour teleconferences per year.
Committees: participation in at least one committee.
Email correspondence: while most Trustee work is conducted during board and committee meetings and calls, there will be occasions when emerging strategic and governance issues require participation of board members via email discussions, polls and surveys.
Candidates for ISOC Trustee will have demonstrable involvement in the Internet with deep understanding in at least two of the following areas:
As noted in Section 2 of RFC 3677, the IAB expects candidates to have IETF experience:
Ideal candidates will also have a good understanding of broader technology, policy, business and/or economic issues relevant to the Society.
The following qualifications are also highly desirable:
The ISOC Board of Trustees aims to be as broadly representative of the many cultures and communities around the world that it can. While all qualified candidates are welcome, we strongly encourage members from currently under-represented areas to nominate candidates. In this light, nominations of candidates from Africa, the Middle East and Central and South America; younger candidates, women and those with the lived experience of disability are encouraged.
For additional information, see the FAQs about Internet Society Board service.
The IAB appoints one voting delegate to the ICANN NomCom on behalf of the IETF. The delegate shall serve a two-year term. No individual may serve as a delegate for more than two terms. In addition, no individual may serve in consecutive terms, regardless of the entity selecting them to the Nominating Committee. An individual will only be eligible to serve a second term as a delegate on the Nominating committee if a minimum of two years has elapsed between the end of their first term and the beginning of the term for which they are being selected.
(Note that prior to 2025, this was a one-year appointment that allowed reappointment for a second year.)
Article XI-A, Section 2, Paragraph 6 of the ICANN Bylaws asks each of the four TLG members (IETF, ITU-T, ETSI, and W3C) to “designate two individual technical experts who are familiar with the technical standards issues that are relevant to ICANN's activities. These 8 experts shall 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 IAB appoints these two technical experts to the ICANN TLG on behalf of the IETF. The IAB has not committed itself to a particular process for selection, and ICANN Bylaws do not impose any constraints on this process.
The IAB will check in with the appointees to the TLG each year to determine whether they are willing to continue to be listed as the appointees. The TLG has been dormant or several years and is not expected to be revived.
The IAB appoints one member to the ICANN RZERC on behalf of the IETF. It is a one-year renewable term, limited to four years total. The IAB will send a call for nominations at least every two years, regardless of whether the incumbent is willing to continue.
See IAB_Nomcom
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