The IAB has now concluded its discussion of the appointment of
two members to the Policy Oversight Committee established under
the recently signed DNS Memorandum of Understanding. The list
of nominees and the procedure followed are attached below. (One
nominee, Bill Manning, withdrew after this list was published.)

We were delighted to have such a good list of nominees, but this
made the final choice very difficult as we were limited to two
appointments.  As announced, we looked principally at technical
expertise, combined with international experience.

It should be noted that we have made these appointments before
the POC has been formally established and in the absence of a
precise job description for its members. It should also be noted
that the appointees are expected to act as individual experts, not
as delegates of the IAB or the IETF.

The IAB wishes to sincerely thank its appointees to the IAHC,
Geoff Huston and Hank Nussbacher, who have given much of their
time and energy to the IAHC and recently to the interim POC. We
also thank the other candidates for their willingness to serve,
and all IETF members who nominated or commented on candidates.

The IAB appointees are

   Patrik Faltstrom (3 year term)
   Rob Austein (1 year term)

Regards,
        Brian Carpenter (IAB Chair)

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Subject: Re: Call for POC Nominations
Sender: ietf-announce-request@ietf.org
From: Abel Weinrib <AWeinrib@ideal.jf.intel.com>
Reply-To: pocnom@iab.org
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 18:07:37 -0400
Message-Id:  <9708041807.aa29786@ietf.org>

The IAB has been asked to appoint two people to the Policy Oversight
Committee (POC) established under the recently signed DNS Memorandum of
Understanding.  The final list of willing nominees has now been
determined:

Antonio-Blasco Bonito
Bill Manning
Carl Malamud
Christopher Wilkinson
Eric Brunner
J. Clarke Anderson
John Lekashman
Laura L. Smith
Mark Andrews
Olafur Gudmundsson
Patrik Faltstrom
Paul Vixie
Pindar Wong
Rick Wesson
Rob Austein
Stev Knowles

The two IAB appointments will be chosen from this list shortly.
Confidential comments from the community are still welcome--please send
them to pocnom@iab.org.

Abel Weinrib, IAB Executive Director

>To: IETF-Announce: ;
>Subject: Call for POC Nominations
>Sender: ietf-announce-request@ietf.org
>From: Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>
>Reply-to: pocnom@iab.org
>Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 11:27:28 -0400
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>IETF,
>
>The IAB has been requested to appoint two people to the Policy
>Oversight Committee (POC) established under the recently signed
>DNS Memorandum of Understanding. For full details please
>see http://www.iahc.org/gTLD-MoU.html
>
>Although there is continued discussion at the political level
>about these matters, the IAB has decided to proceed with these
>appointments to avoid loss of time if and when the POC starts up.
>
>One person is to be appointed for one year and a second person
>for three years, to allow for rolling replacements in future.
>The IAB has decided to appoint persons with strong technical
>expertise in DNS and Internet technology and with a strong claim
>to have an international outlook. The IAB has further decided
>to make an open call for nominations from the IETF community.
>
>Procedure:
>
>1. This message is the call for nominations, which should be sent
>to  pocnom@iab.org  by the closing date of 30 June 1997.
>
>** DO NOT SEND NOMINATIONS AS A REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE; SEND THEM
>   TO pocnom@iab.org **
>
>2. Each nomination must give the name, affiliation, email address
>and phone number of the nominee, plus a brief statement (maximum
>10 lines) about the nominee's technical and international credentials.
>
>3. Self-nominations are allowed.
>
>4. The IAB will verify each nominee's willingness to serve for one
>or three years.
>
>5. The list of willing nominees will be published by the IAB shortly
>after the closing date. Confidential comments from the community will
>be solicited. The IAB will then make its two appointments
>and announce them within one month.
>
>6. Apart from the above, the IAB will be guided in its deliberations
>by the procedures defined in RFC 2027.
>
>7. Nominees must accept that a recall procedure, analagous to that
>defined in RFC 2027, may be invoked at any time during their terms.
>
>Note - for future years, the IAB is considering delegating
>this task to the normal IETF Nominating and Recall Committee
>established under RFC 2027. Comments on this idea are welcome.
>
>  Brian Carpenter (IAB Chair)           brian@hursley.ibm.com
>