<div>Colleagues:</div><div><br></div><div>Elections for three of the six elected positions on the NewNOG/NANOG Board of Directors will be held in October 2011, for two-year terms ending in October 2013. </div><div><br></div>
<div>The current Board members whose terms are expiring are:</div><div><br></div><div>•<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Steve Feldman</div><div>•<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Sylvie LaPerriere</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Duane Wessels </div><div>•<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Mike Smith (Completing a vacant seat on the Board)</div><div><br></div>
<div>Steve is term-limited and cannot be considered for re-election until October 2012. </div><div><br></div><div>For more information about the role of the Board, or to find out more about what's involved in being a Board member, please consult the NANOG bylaws or contact someone who is already serving and ask them directly. </div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.nanog.org/governance/documents/By-Laws_20110104.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nanog.org/governance/documents/By-Laws_20110104.pdf</a></div><div><a href="http://www.nanog.org/governance/board.html" target="_blank">http://www.nanog.org/governance/board.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Per the bylaws, Board members must be members of NANOG and attend at least two of three NANOG meetings per year while in office. Also, a reminder, only NANOG members will be eligible to vote in the 2011 Election process. Confirmed candidates will also be asked to complete a questionnaire describing their qualifications, and to submit a statement of candidacy to be presented at the members meeting during NANOG 53."</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Each candidate must declare any and all affiliation(s) relevant to NewNOG, which will include his or her main employer, as well as any other major relationships (for instance, if a candidate's primary employer is a nonprofit entity which is sponsored by a vendor, the candidate would declare both the nonprofit and the vendor as affiliations).</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>HOW TO NOMINATE SOMEONE </div><div><br></div><div>If you care about NANOG as a forum, and think you would like to take a turn at volunteering your time to help make it better, please consider either volunteering yourself or nominating someone else. </div>
<div><br></div><div>There is no limit to the number of nominations that may be submitted by a single person. Individual nominees will be contacted directly to confirm that they are willing to accept the nomination, and so that they can supply a biography for the NANOG web page. </div>
<div><br></div><div>To submit a nomination, send the nominee's full name and contact details to <a href="mailto:nominations@nanog.org" target="_blank">nominations@nanog.org</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>The deadline for nominations is 11:59 PM EDT on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. The candidates are encouraged to make brief comments and/or accept questions from the community at the NANOG 53 Members Meeting. </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>ELECTION TIMELINE</div><div><br></div><div>As a reminder, the full election timeline is: </div><div>August 9:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> Board Nominations begin </div>
<div>August 6:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> Board Candidate information posted/nominations close </div><div>September 6:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> Deadline for submitting bylaw amendments</div>
<div>September 21:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> Ballot approved </div><div>October 9, 2:00 PM EDT:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Voting opens</div>
<div>October 11, 5:00 PM EDT:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Voting closes</div><div><br></div><div>Results will be announced on September 12 at 9:00 AM EDT.</div><div><br></div>Betty on behalf of the 2011 Elections Subcommittee<br>
-- <br>Betty Burke<div>NewNOG/NANOG Executive Director</div><div><br></div>