The 2002-2003 Nominations Committee is now soliciting nominations for the open slots on the IESG and IAB. Please take the time, even if it is only a few moments, to send us your thoughts. Members of the community are encouraged to nominate candidates for any of the positions which are up for re-filling: IESG Terms ending in March, 2003: Harald Alvestrand IETF Chair Scott Bradner Transport Randy Bush Operations & Management Patrik Faltstrom Applications Thomas Narten Internet Bill Fenner Routing Jeff Schiller Security IAB Terms ending in March, 2003: Ran Atkinson Rob Austein Fred Baker *Steve Deering Sally Floyd Geoff Huston *Please note that Steve Deering is on sabbatical and will not be a candidate to return to the IAB. Members of the community are encouraged to contact the nomcom confidentially 1) to nominate someone for any of these positions (please provide the email address of any nominee), 2) to provide input relating to potential candidates, or 3) to provide comments regarding the past performance of incumbents. All of this information will be considered during the deliberations of the nominating committee and will be held in confidence by the nominating committee. We emphasize that comments sent to the nominations committee will be kept in confidence. As noted in RFC 2727 "all deliberations and supporting information that relates to specific nominees, candidates, and confirmed candidates are confidential." Self-nominations are accepted. The deadline for nominations is midnight Friday, November 22, 2002. Early input is desirable so that candidates may be interviewed during the Atlanta IETF meeting. The members of the NomCom can be contacted individually at the addresses below or collectively at nomcom@ietf.org. Additionally, the members of the NomCom will be identified at the IETF by a small orange dot on their name tags. People are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to talk to the members of the NomCom about nominations and other issues related to the IAB and IESG membership. The 2002-2003 Nominations Committee Edward Lewis Alec Brusilovsky Michael Richardson Eva Jonsson Stephen Trowbridge Frank Alfano Thomas Kurien Dennis Beard Richard Draves Eva Gustafsson Non-voting members: Phil Roberts (chair) Allison Mankin (IESG liaison) Eric Rescorla (IAB liaison) Theodore Ts'o (previous nomcom chair) The role of non-voting members (from RFC 2727): "The nominations committee comprises at least a non-voting Chair, 10 voting volunteers, and 3 non-voting liaisons. The sitting IAB and IESG members each appoint a non-voting liaison to the nominating committee from their current membership who are not sitting in an open position. The Chair of the prior year's nominating committee also serves as a non-voting liaison.