There is an opening on the NANOG Mail List Administration Panel. According to the draft charter[1]: "... The NANOG list will be administered and minimally moderated by a panel selected by the Steering Committee." Accordingly, the Steering Committee is soliciting nominations for this open position, from now through 17:00 GMT Thursday, August 13, 2006. ** Procedure ** To volunteer yourself or nominate someone else, please send mail to steering@nanog.org with the following information, no later than 17:00 GMT Sunday August 13, 2006. - Your name - Nominee's name (if not you) - Nominee's email address - Nominee's phone number - Nominee's employer - Reasons why you believe the nominee is qualified to serve on the Mail List Panel. We will contact each of the nominees to verify interest and possibly request additional information. Once all nominations have been received, the Steering Committee, in cooperation with the Mailing List Panel, will select the new member from among the nominees. The result will be announced on the nanog-announce mailing list. ** Eligibility ** Anyone actively reading the nanog@nanog.org mailing list is eligible. A nominee may not be a member of the NANOG Program Committee or of the NANOG Steering Committee. ** Duties ** Basic duties include reading the mailing list and assisting with keeping things on-topic. The team also deals with abuse issues as they arise. ** Length of term ** The charter does not specify ML Panel member term lengths. Open discussion of this is being led by the NANOG Steering Committee. If you have any questions, please post to the meta-discussion list, nanog-futures@nanog.org, or email nanog-admin@nanog.org and steering@nanog.org. Finally, on behalf of the Mailing List Panel and the Steering Committee, we would like to thank everyone for their help in making NANOG a useful environment for operators. randy for the SC & Chris Malayter, for the MLC