After being the Executive Director of the IETF since the creation of the post 12 years ago, Steve Coya has chosen to accept the post of Director of Business Development at Foretec. Barbara Fuller, of Foretec, has been named acting Executive Director. She has been a project manager at Foretec for four years; before this, she was a project manager at MITRE, for projects both Internet-related and non-Internet-related. Her bio can be found at http://www.foretec.com/about.html. We wish to thank Steve for his long years of dedication in the service of the IETF, overseeing the secretariat's work through many years of rapid growth, tens of thousands of Internet-Drafts and many, many challenges. When you see him in San Francisco please thank him for his significant contributions to the IETF process and wish him success in his new position. Albert Vezza President Foretec Seminars, Inc.