NomCom Chair -- 29 September 1998 -- IETF-Announce -------------------------------------------------- Final Call for IETF Nominations Committee Volunteers Hi, The annual call for volunteers to serve on the IETF Nominations Committee went out a while ago. This is the final notice. It's not only an important job, but by being on the nominations committee, you can immunize yoursefl from being selected by it! To qualify, you must have attended at least two of the past three IETF meetings, be available for some fairly intense activity including a substantial number of telephone calls , including conference calls, probably for a period of about three months, and meet the other requirements in and agree to follow the procedures outlined in RFC 2282. It would be very helpful, but not a requirement, that you plan to attend the December IETF meeting. The ten voting members of the NomCom will be selected from the qualified volunteers by an independently verifiable fair process that will be posted later. Steve Bellovin has been appointed NomCom liaison from the IAB. IESG members whose terms are expiring, along with their areas, are as follows: Harald Alvestrand (Operations & Management) Scott Bradner (Transport) Patrik Faltstrom (Applications) Thomas Narten (Internet) IAB members whose terms are expiring are as follows: Steve Deering Tony Hain Erik Huizer Cyndi Jung Robert Moskowitz Charlie Perkins It is possible that the NomCom will have to fill more or fewer slots than this list, due to the creation or elimination of positions by the IESG, resignations, transfers, etc. The nominations committee is a crucial part of the IETF. Please volunteer if you have not done so already and are sure you can put in the time needed. To volunteer, please email your name, telephone number(s), and email address to no later than Thursday, October 1, 1998, and put "NOMCOM VOLUNTEER" in the subject line. The list of volunteers will be checked by the Secretariate for attendance and should be final by October 8th and the committee members selected from the volunteers by mid-October. The remaining nomcom milestones are not yet set because the date of the Sprint IETF meeting is not yet certain; however, the bulk of the nomcom work will probably be done from the December 1998 IETF meeting through mid-February, 1999. This nomcom will also be responsible for filling later occuring vacancies. Thanks, Donald E. Eastlake, 3rd non-voting Chair, upcoming NomCom 318 Acton Street, Carlisle, MA 01741 USA Internet: dee3@us.ibm.com +1-978-287-4877, fax +1-978-371-7148