Subject: Re: Subject: NomCom 2015-2016 Call for Volunteers

From: Harald Alvestrand <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 19:56:49 +0200

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: [email-masked]
> 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
> [email-masked]
> [email-masked]
> 
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