Subject: [sacm] Fwd: NomCom 2016-2017 Call for Volunteers

From: Adam Montville <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 19:04:10 -0500

All:

If you haven’t seen the announcement, NOMCOM is calling for volunteers.  Please consider volunteering for NOMCOM, which is a valuable service you can perform for the IETF.

Kind regards,

Adam

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: NomCom Chair 2016 <[email-masked]>
> Subject: NomCom 2016-2017 Call for Volunteers
> Date: May 19, 2016 at 2:03:42 PM CDT
> To: "IETF Announcement List" <[email-masked]>
> Reply-To: [email-masked]
> 
> Subject: NomCom 2016-2017 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 = 91 (Honolulu)      \
>       92 (Dallas)         \
>       93 (Prague)          -*** ANY THREE!
>       94 (Yokohama)       /
>       95 (Buenos Aires)  /
> 
> 
> If you qualify, please volunteer. Before you decide to volunteer, please
> remember that anyone appointed to this Nomcom will not be considered as a
> candidate for any of the positions that the 2016 - 2017 Nomcom is responsible
> for filling.
> 
> Some 229 people have already volunteered by ticking the box on the IETF 95
> registration form. 131 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 2017 IETF meeting,
> and thus the positions for which this nomcom is responsible, are
> 
> IAOC:
> 
>    Lou Berger
> 
> IAB:
> 
>    Ralph Droms
>    Russ Housley
>    Robert Sparks
>    Andrew Sullivan
>    Dave Thaler
>    Suzanne Woolf
> 
> IESG:
> 
>    Jari Arkko (GEN)
>    Deborah Brungard (RTG)
>    Ben Campbell (ART)
>    Spencer Dawkins (TSV)
>    Stephen Farrell (SEC)
>    Joel Jaeggli (OPS)
>    Terry Manderson (INT)
>    Alvaro Retana (RTG)
> 
> 
> 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 (with the
> exception of GEN) have at least one continuing AD.
> 
> The primary activity for this nomcom will begin in July 2016 and should be
> completed in January 2017.   The nomcom will have regularly scheduled conference
> calls to ensure progress. There will be activities to collect requirements from
> the community, review candidate questionnaires, review feedback from community
> members about candidates, and talk to candidates.
> 
> While being a nomcom member does require some time commitment it is also a very
> rewarding experience.
> 
> As a member of the nomcom it is very important that you be able to attend IETF97
> (Seoul) to conduct interviews. Being at IETF96 (Berlin) is useful for
> orientation.  Being at IETF98 is not essential.
> 
> Please volunteer by sending me an email before 23:59 UTC June 20, 2016, as
> follows:
> 
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: Nomcom 2016-17 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 5 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/2016/
> 
> 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
> few weeks.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Lucy Lynch
> [email-masked]
> [email-masked]
>