Hello everyone, Elections for three of the six elected positions on the NANOG Steering Committee will be held in October 2008. The currently-serving Steering Committee members whose terms are expiring are Joe Provo, Randy Bush and Philip Smith. Randy and Philip have also served two consecutive terms so, as per the charter, they cannot be considered for re-election until October 2009. The NANOG Steering Committee works closely with Merit to promote, support and improve NANOG. The Steering Committee is responsible for the selection of the Program Committee and the Mailing List Committee, and is the community's instrument for ensuring that NANOG as an organisation remains open, relevant and useful. If you care about NANOG as a forum, and think you would like to take a turn at volunteering your time to help make it better, please consider either volunteering yourself or nominating someone else. For more information about the role of the Steering Committee, or to find out more about what's involved in being an Steering Committee member, please consult the NANOG charter or contact someone who is already serving and ask them directly. http://www.nanog.org/charter.html http://www.nanog.org/sc.current.html HOW TO NOMINATE SOMEONE You may nominate someone else, or yourself. There is no limit to the number of nominations that may be submitted by a single person. Individual nominees will be contacted directly to confirm that they are willing to accept the nomination, and so that they can supply a biography for the NANOG web page. To submit a nomination, send the nominee's full name and contact details to nominations@nanog.org. The candidates will be given an opportunity to make brief comments and/or accept questions from the community at the NANOG44 Community Meeting, Sunday, October 12th, beginning at 5:30 PM, PDT. IMPORTANT DATES Tue 2008-08-12 Call for Nominations issued Tue 2008-09-09 Last day for SC Nominations to be received Sun 2008-10-12 Voting for the 2008/2008 NANOG SC opens at Noon PDT Tue 2008-10-14 Voting for the 2008/2009 NANOG SC closes at 1 pm PDT Results will be announced at the close of the meeting Philip Smith (on behalf of the NANOG Steering Committee) --