There are currently three vacant positions on the NANOG Program Committee. According to the draft charter[1]: "... the three Program Committee seats vacant as of May 2005 will be filled through appointment by the current committee after an open nomination process." Accordingly, the committee is soliciting nominations for these open positions, from now through Friday, June 10, 2005. ** Procedure ** To nominate yourself or someone else, please send mail to nominate@nanogpc.org with the following information, no later than Friday, June 10: - Your name - Nominee's name (if not you) - Nominee's email address - Nominee's phone number - Reasons why you believe the nominee is qualified to serve on the Program Committee. A committee member will contact each of the nominees to verify interest and possibly request additional information. Once all nominations have been received, the committee will begin selecting the three new members from among the nominees. The results will be announced to the nanog-announce list. ** Eligibility ** The draft charter states: "To be eligible to be appointed as a member of the Program Committee, an individual must have attended one NANOG meeting within the prior calendar year (12 months). " ** Duties ** Again quoting the draft charter: "The Program Committee is responsible for motivating/soliciting people to submit interesting talks, selecting the submissions which seem most appropriate (with some attention to presentation skills), and following up with speakers after acceptances to ensure that presentations are completed in time, with ample warning of potential problems with the presentation." "Each member of the Program Committee must review all presentations submitted for each meeting. The Chair may excuse a member from one meeting's review cycle due to extenuating circumstances, but if a member misses two meetings in a row, he or she may be removed from the committee." ** Length of term ** These appointments are temporary (as are those for the rest of the current committee), lasting only until the October 2005 meeting. The draft charter does require that the Steering Committee in forming their first appointed Program Committee, carry forward at least half the current members as of that time. If you have any further questions, please post to the nanog list, contact me directly, or entire committee at nanogpc@nanog.org. Finally, on behalf of the Program Committee, I would like to thank our three outgoing members, Barry Raveendran Greene, kc claffy, and Curtis Villamizar, for their years of dedicated service to NANOG and the Internet operations community. Steve Feldman PC Chair [1] The draft charter is available at http://www.nanog.org/charter05.html