In March next year half of the current IAB and the current IESG positions are up for nominations. Currently there is one European in the IAB (Christian Huitema) and one in the IESG (me). I think that is too little of a European involvement, and we need to get more Europeans involved. So I plead with you all to help in achieving this, at least if you are supportive of the IETF. There are two ways you can help: 1) put your name up for the nominations committee. This committee is soon to be installed and will be drawn at random from those who volunteer. The committee will propose the candidates for the IAB and IESG. It is very important in my view that we get enough European names in "the hat" before they start to draw this committee. For more details see the message below. 2) put your name up for nomination into the IESG or IAB. We need good people there. I realise that this is not a simple request, but if you even think you might be interested and want more info on such a "job" (no payment involved :-), don't hesitate to contact me. Prettige Kerstdagen en een gelukkig 1994, Erik ------- Forwarded Message Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 20:11:13 -0500 From: "Vinton G. Cerf" <vcerf@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> To: ietf@CNRI.Reston.VA.US, internauts:;, isoc-interest@relay.sgi.com Subject: IAB/IESG Nominations Committee Chairman Appointed Dear Internauts and Internet Community members, I am pleased to announce that Fred Baker of ACC, Inc., has accepted the responsibility to chair the 1994 IAB/IESG nominations committee. This is, as always, an ambitious undertaking and now it is your responsibility to accept your own professional responsibilities to assist in any way you can. 1. Persons who have attended at least 2 IETF meetings in the last 5 years are eligible to volunteer to serve on the nominations committee. Volunteers should send email to: fbaker@acc.com with appropriate contact information (email address, work telephone, work fax, home telephone, home fax, postal address for any correspondence). The list of volunteers will be verified as to qualification using the IETF secretariat attendance records at CNRI. A nominations committee will be formed from a randomly selected subset of the qualified volunteers. 2. Paul Mockapetris and Jeff Case are acting as advisors (to serve as "corporate memory" of the 1993 committee). It is vital to identify qualified committee candidates from all constituents of the Internet community, especially those from outside the US since this segment is not always adequately represented. A list of IESG positions to be filled and IAB positions to be reconsidered will be published shortly. Please give serious consideration to possible candidates to fill these posts and make these suggestions known to Fred, who will share them with the committee. I wish each of you a most joyous holiday season and prosperous new year! Cordially, Vint Cerf President Internet Society ------- End of Forwarded Message