Minutes of the 2025-03-05 IAB Business Meeting


1. Administrivia

1.1. Attendance

Present:

  Matthew Bocci
  Alissa Cooper
  Dhruv Dhody
  Liz Flynn (IETF Secretariat)
  Wes Hardaker
  Jana Iyengar (Incoming IAB)
  Cullen Jennings
  Suresh Krishnan
  Mirja Kühlewind
  Warren Kumari (Incoming IAB)
  Jason Livingood (Incoming IAB)
  Cindy Morgan (IAB Executive Administrative Manager)
  Tommy Pauly (IAB Chair)
  Colin Perkins (IRTF Chair)
  Ryan Polk (ISOC Liaison)
  John Scudder (IESG Liaison)
  Christopher Wood
  Greg Wood (IETF Director of Communications and Operations)

Regrets:

  Roman Danyliw (IETF Chair)
  Dirk Kutscher (Incoming IRTF Chair)
  Mark Nottingham (Incoming IAB)
  Alvaro Retana
  David Schinazi
  Qin Wu


1.2. Agenda bash and announcements

1.3. Meeting Minutes

The following meeting minutes were approved:

  • 2025-02-19 business meeting - (submitted 2025-02-19)


The following meeting minutes remain under review:

  • 2025-02-26 business meeting - (submitted 2025-02-27)


1.4. Action Item Review

Done:

  • 2025-02-19: Mirja Kühlewind to send email proposing times for the
    New Work Help Desk once the final agenda for IETF 122 is published.


On Hold:

  • 2024-12-18: Suresh Krishnan to try and schedule a technical
    discussion about the Tesla Transport Protocol over Ethernet
    (TTPoE).

  • 2023-06-07: Dhruv Dhody and Wes Hardaker to track adding IAB
    review of proposed WG charters to the Datatracker.
    - See https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/issues/5849


In Progress:

  • 2025-01-22: Suresh Krishnan to draft a wiki page detailing what
    information the IAB needs from NomCom in order to confirm IESG
    candidates.


New:

  • 2025-03-05: Dhruv Dhody, Mirja Kühlewind, and Mark Nottingham to
    work with Olaf Kolkman to finalize the IAB's proposals for IGF.

  • 2025-03-05: Liaison Coordinators to propose times for the Liaison
    Coordinator office hours at IETF 122.


1.5. IAB Document Status Update - No updates this week

Datatracker: https://datatracker.ietf.org/stream/iab/

  • draft-edm-protocol-greasing-04
    Maintaining Protocols Using Grease and Variability
    I-D Exists, IAB stream
    IAB Shepherd: Not assigned

  • draft-iab-ai-control-report-00
    IAB AI-CONTROL Workshop Report
    I-D Exists, IAB stream
    IAB Shepherd: Not assigned

  • draft-iab-nemops-workshop-report-01
    Report from the IAB Workshop on the Next Era of Network Management
    Operations (NEMOPS)
    I-D Exists, IAB stream
    IAB Shepherd: Not assigned


1.6. IAB Review of WG Charters - No updates this week

Datatracker: https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/chartering/

  • Digital Emblems (DIEM)
    Area: INT
    Internal Review
    IESG Telechat: (not on agenda)
    IAB Shepherds: Suresh Krishnan, Mirja Kühlewind
    IAB Reviewer: Wes Hardaker

  • Update to IANA Considerations (IANABIS)
    Area: GEN
    Approved pending the naming of chairs
    IESG Telechat: (not on agenda)
    IAB Reviewer: Mirja Kühlewind


1.7 IAB Appointments

  The next appointment will be for the Community Coordination
  Group (CCG), which will begin in May.


2. IGF Proposal

  Dhruv Dhody presented their proposal for an IGF presentation,
  which is due on 2025-03-12. Dhruv has been working with Olaf
  Kolkmann, Mark Nottingham, and Mirja Kühlewind to develop the
  proposal. The IAB discussed past attendance at IGF meetings and
  goals of having IAB representation there. Work on the proposal
  will continue.


3. BOF Coverage at IETF 122

  The IAB discussed IAB coverage of BOFs and PRGs at IETF 122.
  Attendance is reflected on the IAB wiki at:
  https://wiki.ietf.org/group/iab/Bof122


4. IAB Agendas at IETF 122

  Cindy Morgan reviewed the general outline of IAB meetings and
  events at IETF 122 (https://wiki.ietf.org/group/iab/Agenda122).
  Mirja Kühlewind will work with the Liaison Coordinators to
  propose times for Liaison Coordinator office hours at IETF 122.


5. Update to IAB Statement on Inclusive Language

  The IAB has a statement on inclusive language (https://
  datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iab-statement-on-inclusive-
  language-in-iab-stream-documents/) that pointed to a NIST
  document that is no longer available (NISTIR3866). The IESG has
  a similar statement and has updated their link to an archive.org
  version of the NIST document. The IAB agreed to do the same and
  update the link to https://web.archive.org/web/20250203031433/
  https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2021/NIST.IR.8366.pdf.


6. Next IAB Meeting

  The next IAB meeting will be on 2025-03-16 in Bangkok for IETF 122.