The purpose of the IETF Trust / IETF Intellectual Property Management Corporation (IPMC) is to acquire, hold, maintain, and license certain existing and future intellectual property and other property used in connection with the administration of the IETF. More information about the IETF Trust can be found at https://trustee.ietf.org/. More information about the IPMC can be found at https://www.ietf-ipm.org/. The IETF Trust is currently restructuring to the IPMC. According to RFC 8714, the IESG is required to appoint one person to the IETF Trust, for a term of two years.
The IESG is asking for volunteers to be willing to serve as both an IETF Trustee and IPMC Director for a term beginning in March 2026 - March 2028. Depending on the timing of the restructuring, it is possible that IETF Trust will already be dissolved by March 2026 and only service as an IPMC Director will be required. The IESG will consider volunteers willing to serve only as IPMC Directors. However, preference will be given to those volunteers willing to serve in both roles if the dissolution of the IETF Trust will not occur by the start of the term. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND SELECTION CRITERIA A Trustee and Director ideally should be familiar with - Copyright and trademark law (especially U.S. law). - RFC publication process as described in RFC 9280 and related documents. - IETF Intellectual Property Framework (e.g., RFC5378, RFC8721, TLP, Note Well). NOMINATIONS AND ELIGIBILITY The IESG is making a public call for nominations. Self-nominations are permitted. All IETF participants, including working group chairs are eligible for nomination. Individuals seated in NomCom-appointed leadership positions (i.e., IESG, IAB) and IETF LLC staff will not be considered. Persons who are under consideration by the NomCom in the 2025-2026 cycle for the open IETF Trust position are also welcome to apply. Please send nominations to [email protected]. Please include the following with each nomination: - Name - Contact information - Candidate background and qualifications SELECTION The IESG will publish the list of nominated persons prior to making a decision, allowing time for the community to provide any relevant feedback to the IESG. The IESG will review the nomination material, any feedback provided by the community, and may decide to interview the candidates before making a selection. CARE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION The following procedures will be used in managing candidates' personal information: - The list of candidate names will be published at the close of the nominations period. A candidate that refuses the nomination will not be included on the list. - Except as noted above, all information provided to the IESG during this process will be kept confidential to the IESG. TIMEFRAME The nominations period opens now and closes on Thursday, 2026-01-15 at 23:59 UTC. The list of candidates will be posted shortly after the close of nominations, and the community will then have four weeks to provide feedback on the candidates to the IESG. The IESG will consider the community feedback and make its decision. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
