Fellow NANOG Aficionados, If you’ve ever asked or wondered how you can make a significant contribution to the NANOG organization, I have good news. Nominations <https://www.nanog.org/elections/2017/CommitteeNominations> are now open for the NANOG Program Committee <http://nanog.org/elections/2017/PCcandidates>! This committee is wholly responsible for the construction and curation of the program content that attendees experience at each of the three yearly NANOG conferences. You’ll join a highly skilled, dedicated and diverse group of people that are united in their desire not only to improve the NANOG organization, but to make our industry, as a whole, better. More specific detail surrounding committee member responsibilities is available here <https://www.nanog.org/governance/pgm/member_responsibilities>. Committee nominations will close at 9:00 PM ET on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. The NANOG Board of Directors will make appointments on the afternoon of February 21, 2018. Emails detailing the selection results will be sent to candidates shortly thereafter, and a full announcement will be sent to the nanog-announce distribution list during the following week. Volunteer participation on NANOG committees isn’t just critical to our success -- it is our lifeblood. If you are interested, please consider running for a position. If you know someone that you believe would be interested, please nominate them. The nomination form <https://www.nanog.org/elections/2017/PCnominationform> accepts either self or 3rd party nominations. For those of you that are interested but uncertain, please feel free to approach me, or any of the other board members personally. We’d love to hear from you, and sincerely hope that our collective enthusiasm for contributing to this organization will help sway you to join us on our journey. As always, our dedicated professional staff stands ready to answer your questions at operations@nanog.org. Finally (I know I’m a bit late), I’d like to extend my best wishes to each of you for a happy and healthy 2018. I look forward to seeing you on February 19 in Atlanta for NANOG 72 <http://www.cvent.com/events/nanog-72/event-summary-4d16fb4c959e4dceb0002423a182e949.aspx> . Thanks, --ryan (for the NANOG Board of Directors)