The new NANOG SC held its first meeting on Tuesday evening of NANOG44. One of the first action items for the SC (as per 6.1 in the Charter) is to appoint a new chair to serve for a one year term. After holding a vote, I would like to report that I have been accorded the privilege of being chair of the NANOG SC for the next year. As incoming chair, and on behalf of the new SC, I'd like to thank Philip Smith for his exceptional leadership in the last year as outgoing SC Chair, as well as thank him for his service to the community as member of the SC for many years. I would also like to extend the SC's significant thanks to Randy Bush for his long history of valuable contribution to NANOG and the SC during his term of service on the SC. Both he and Philip have put in enormous time and energy to help NANOG be what it is today. They leave large shoes to fill. The new Steering Committee is as follows: Betty Burke (Merit Appointee) Steve Feldman Patrick Gilmore Jared Mauch Chris Morrow Joe Provo Rob Seastrom with the MLC Chair (Kris Foster) and the PC Chair (TBA) serving as non-voting members. Joe Provo (for the SC) -- RSUC / GweepNet / Spunk / FnB / Usenix / SAGE