This is the call for volunteers to participate in the 2006/07 IETF Nominations Committee (NomCom), the committee that will select this year's nominees for the IAB and the IESG. Details about the Nominations Committee and its operation can be found in RFC 3777. The NomCom is the IETF's way of choosing its leadership. Typically, half of the positions on the IAB, half of the positions on the IESG and one IAOC position are filled by the NomCom each year. It is possible that the NomCom will have to fill more or fewer slots due to the creation or elimination of positions, resignations, transfers, etc. IESG positions that will be reviewed by this NomCom are: General Area (IETF Chair) -- Brian Carpenter Applications Area -- Ted Hardie Internet Area -- Mark Townsley Operations and Management Area -- David Kessens RT Apps & Infrastructure Area -- Jon Peterson (currently on one year term) Routing Area -- Bill Fenner Security Area -- Russ Housley Transport Area -- Lars Eggert (currently on one year term) IAB members whose positions will be reviewed by this NomCom are: Bernard Aboba Loa Andersson Kurtis Lindqvist Dave Meyer Dave Thaler (currently on one year term) Lixia Zhang The IAOC member whose term will expire is: Jonne Soininen For the NomCom to work as it should, the pool from which the volunteers are chosen should be as large as possible. The more people who volunteer, the better chance we have of choosing a random yet representative cross section of the IETF population. Volunteering for the NomCom is also a great way of serving the IETF community -- so please volunteer! NomCom members are barred from nomination during the year they serve, even if they later resign. Therefore, being selected for the NomCom provides complete immunity against selection for the IAB, IESG or IAOC during that year. People who volunteer should be sure they can the afford the time to meet the responsibilities of participating on the NomCom, which will amount to several hours per week over the next 4 to 5 months. The task involves the following activities: - Reading candidates' statements - Participating in a weekly 2 hour conference call. - Attending the IETF meetings held during the selection process. - Conducting interviews with candidates. - Speaking to IETF participants about the candidates, the job requirements, or the process. All NomCom deliberations and supporting information that relates to specific nominees, candidates, and confirmed candidates are confidential. The NomCom members will be exposed to confidential information as a result of their deliberations, their interactions with those they consult during the selection process, and from those who provide requested supporting information. All members are expected to handle this information in a manner consistent with its sensitivity. To qualify as a volunteer, a person needs to have attended 3 out of the last 5 IETF meetings. Anyone who meets this requirement is invited to volunteer by emailing your name, telephone number(s), and email address to andrew.lange@alcatel.com no later than noon in San Jose, California on August 9, 2006. Please put "NOMCOM VOLUNTEER" in the subject line. Once the list of volunteers closes it will be announced and published at: http://www.ietf.org/nomcom/index.html We will run the selection process against the list of volunteers and announce the results on August 16, 2006. Ten NomCom voting members will be chosen from the pool of volunteers according to the procedure described by Donald Eastlake in RFC 3797, "Publicly Verifiable Nominations Committee (NomCom) Random Selection." The source of randomness will be based on the shares-traded number of 12 stocks selected by the NomCom chair. The official shares-traded numbers (denoted in 000s) will be drawn from the August 16, 2006 Wall Street Journal which reports the sales figures from the previous trading day - August 15, 2006. If trading in any of the stocks is suspended, then the shares traded will be assumed to be 0. The NomCom voting members will start their term on August 23, 2006, after the IETF community has had a chance to review the random selection process. Please volunteer! Thank you! Andrew Lange andrew.lange@alcatel.com STOCKS USED IN THE NOMCOM SELECTION PROCESS: American Greetings (AM) Canon ADR (CAJ) Clorox (CLX) Ingram Micro (IM) Monsanto (MON) NY Times (NYT) Office Depot (ODP) Steinway (LVB) Electronic Arts (ERTS) Gilead Sciences (GILD) Papa Johns (PZZA) Ryanair ADR (RYAAY) _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
