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: nomcom-chair-2016@ietf.org
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
llynch@civil-tongue.netnomcom-chair-2016@ietf.org