This only appears to be non-operational at first glance. As there are every year, there are IETF Area Director seats which the nomcom needs nominations to fill. Specifically, we need people with operational experience, and we need nominees in the Internet and Routing areas. Volunteer in your own defense, or nominate someone you think is smart and has been slacking lately. All you need to do is mail a name and email address to nomcom@ietf.org. The rest of this is the announcement which Bernard Aboba wrote for distribution within the IETF: _____________________________________________________________________________ The 2000 Nominations Committee is now soliciting nominations for the open slots on the IESG and IAB. Since WG chairs work with the members of the IESG and IAB on a regular basis, and are intimately familiar with the IETF process, chairs have unique insight. Please take the time, even if it is only a few moments, to send us your thoughts. Members of the community are encouraged to nominate candidates for any of the positions which are up for re-filling: IESG Terms ending in March, 2001: Fred Baker IETF Chair Scott Bradner Transport Randy Bush Operations & Management Patrik Faltstrom Applications Thomas Narten Internet Dave Oran Routing Jeff Schiller Security IAB Terms ending in March, 2001: Harald Alvestrand Ran Atkinson Rob Austein Steve Deering Tony Hain Geoff Huston Members of the community are encouraged to contact the nomcom to nominate someone for any of these positions, to provide input relating to potential candidates, or to provide comments regarding the past performance of incumbents, which will be considered during the deliberations of the nominating committee. Comments sent to the nominations committee will be kept in confidence. As noted in RFC 2727 "all deliberations and supporting information that relates to specific nominees, candidates, and confirmed candidates are confidential." Self-nominations are accepted. The deadline for nominations is midnight Monday, December 16, 2000. Early input is desirable so that candidates may be interviewed during IETF 49. The members of the NomCom can be contacted individually at the addresses below or collectively at nomcom@ietf.org. Additionally, the members of the NomCom will be identified at the IETF by a marker (as yet undetermined) on their name tags. People are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to talk to the members of the NomCom about nominations and other issues related to the IAB and IESG membership. The 2000 Nominations Committee Phil Roberts <qa3445@email.mot.com> Stuart Cheshire <cheshire@apple.com> Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com> Bill Woodcock <woody@zocalo.net> Hadriel Kaplan <hadriel@nortelnetworks.com> Alain Durand <alain.durand@eng.sun.com> Vijay Srinivasan <vijay.srinivasan@cosinecom.com> Hal Sandick <hsandick@nortelnetworks.com> David Robinson <david.robinson@ebay.sun.com> David Allan <dallan@nortelnetworks.com> Non-voting members: Bernard Aboba <aboba@internaut.com> (Chair) Avri Doria <avri@nortelnetworks.com> (Past Chair) Leslie Daigle <leslie@thinkingcat.com> (IAB liason) Allison Mankin <mankin@isi.edu> (IESG liason) The role of non-voting members (from RFC 2727) The nominations committee comprises at least a non-voting Chair, 10 voting volunteers, and 3 non-voting liaisons. The sitting IAB and IESG members each appoint a non-voting liaison to the nominating committee from their current membership who are not sitting in an open position. The Chair of the prior year's nominating committee also serves as a non-voting liaison.