In accordance with the NANOG Charter, we announce the 2006 NANOG Steering Committee nominations, Charter Amendments, and call for new Program Committee nominations. Many thanks to Merit Network for their impartial support and involvement with the NANOG community. The partnership we have developed enables transparent management and continued evolution of NANOG. On behalf of the SC, 2006 Steering Committee nominations will be accepted September 16 through October 1, 2006. To nominate an SC candidate, send the nominee's name and email address with a brief statement supporting the nomination to nanog-elections@nanog.org. Merit will confirm the nominee's acceptance and request a short bio from the candidate. Once complete, the list of candidates and their bios will be posted no later than Monday, October 2, 2006. The Steering Committee candidates will be given a brief opportunity to make comments and/or accept questions from the community at the NANOG 38 Community Meeting, Sunday, October 8, beginning at 6 PM, EST. In addition to Steering Committee elections, proposed revisions to the NANOG charter can be found at http://www.nanog.org/charter. Eligible voters may also propose additional charter amendments to nanog-elections@nanog.org by September 30, 2006. Submissions to include names and email addresses of petition signatories, which Merit may verify. Final recommendations for voting will be presented on the 2006 NANOG ballot. Elections will commence Monday, October 9 at 1:00 PM EST, and conclude on Tuesday, October 10 at 3 PM EST. The results will be shared at the close of NANOG38 in St. Louis. The voting mechanism is designed to ensure that each registered voter casts only one ballot. To respect privacy and protect confidentiality, the identity of the voter and the choices made on the ballot will be decoupled so there is not a way to know who voted for whom. To vote you will need a NANOG username and password. 2006 Program Committee nominations will be accepted October 3 through October 11, 2006. To nominate a PC candidate, send the nominee's name and email address with a brief statement supporting the nomination to nanog-elections@nanog.org. Merit will confirm the nominee's acceptance and request a short bio from the candidate to be posted to the NANOG web site. Refer to http://www.nanog.org/elections06 for current information. Additional links are: 2006 Eligible Voters: http://www.nanog.org/voters06.epl 2006 SC Candidate Bios: http://www.nanog.org/candidates06 2006 Charter Amendments: http://www.nanog.org/charter 2006 NANOG Election Ballot: http://www.nanog.org/ballot06 2006 NANOG Election and Charter results: http://www.nanog.org/results06 2006 NANOG PC Candidate Bios: http://www.nanog.org/pccandidates06 randy, for the SC