Note - the announcement below came out somewhat mangled; this is NOT a draft, it's the official call for volunteers. There will be more copies.. Sorry about the bad copy/paste job! Harald Den 18. mai 2015 21:48, skrev NomCom Chair 2015: > > > > DRAFT - points with XX need to be updated! > > Subject: NomCom 2015-2016 Call for Volunteers > > The IETF nomcom appoints folks to fill the open slots on the IAOC, the IAB, > and the IESG. > > Ten voting members for the nomcom are selected in a verifiably random > way from a pool of volunteers. The more volunteers, the better chance we have > of choosing a random yet representative cross section of the IETF population. > > The details of the operation of the nomcom can be found in RFC 7437, > and BCP10/RFC3797 details the selection algorithm. > > Volunteers must have attended 3 of the past 5 IETF meetings. As specified in > RFC 7437, that means three out of the five past meetings up to the time this > email announcement goes out to start the solicitation of volunteers. > The five meetings out of which you must have attended *three* > are: > > IETF 88 (Vancouver), \ > 89 (London), \ > 90 (Toronto), *** ANY THREE! > 91 (Honolulu), / > 92 (Dallas) / > > If you qualify, please volunteer. However, much as we want this, before you > decide to volunteer, please be sure you are willing to forgo appointment > to any of the positions for which this nomcom is responsible. > > > 255 people volunteered by ticking the box on the IETF 92 registration form. > 149 of these have been verified as eligible. I will contact all of these shortly. > Thank you for volunteering! > > The list of people and posts whose terms end with the March 2016 IETF > meeting, and thus the positions for which this nomcom is responsible, are > > IAOC: > No terms expire at this time. > > IAB: > Mary Barnes > Joe Hildebrand > Ted Hardie > Erik Nordmark > Brian Trammell > Marc Blanchet > > IESG: > Alissa Cooper (ART) > Barry Leiba (ART) > Brian Haberman (Internet) > Benoit Claise (Operations and Management) > Alia Atlas (Routing) > Kathleen Moriarty (Security) > Martin Stiemerling (Transport) > > The Applications and Real-Time (ART) area is the expected new area > resulting from the merge of the APP and RAI areas. > All appointments are for 2 years. > The ART and Routing areas have 3 ADs and the General area has 1; all other areas have 2 ADs. > Thus, all areas have at least one continuing AD. > > > The primary activity for this nomcom will begin in July 2015 and should be > completed in January 2016. The nomcom will have regularly scheduled > conference calls to ensure progress. (We might dogfood WebRTC) > There will be activities to collect requirements from the community, review > candidate questionnaires, review feedback from community members about > candidates, and talk to candidates. > > Thus, being a nomcom member does require some time commitment; but it is also > a very rewarding experience. > > It is very important that you be able to attend IETF94 (Yokohama) to conduct interviews. > Being at IETF93 (Prague) is useful for orientation. Being at IETF95 is not essential. > > Please volunteer by sending me an email before 11:59 pm CET (UTC +2 hours) > June 22, 2015, as follows: > > To: nomcom-chair-2015@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Nomcom 2015-16 Volunteer > > Please include the following information in the email body: > > Your Full Name: __________ > // as you write it on the IETF registration form > Current Primary Affiliation: > // Typically what goes in the Company field > // in the IETF Registration Form > Emails: _______________ > // All email addresses used to register for the past 5 IETF meetings > // Preferred email address first > Telephone: _______________________ > // For confirmation if selected > > You should expect an email response from me within 3 business days stating > whether or not you are qualified. If you don't receive this response, > please re-send your email with the tag "RESEND"" added to the subject line. > > If you are not yet sure if you would like to volunteer, please consider > that nomcom members play a very important role in shaping the leadership > of the IETF. Questions by email or voice are welcome. > Volunteering for the nomcom is a great way to contribute to the IETF! > > You can find a detailed timeline on the nomcom web site at: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/2015/ > > I will be publishing a more detailed target timetable, as well as details > of the randomness seeds to be used for the RFC 3797 selection process, > within the next couple weeks. > > Thank you! > Harald Alvestrand > hta+nomcom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > nomcom-chair-2015@xxxxxxxx > >