Norbert: The regional positions are selected by some process independent of NCUC; we have nothing to do with it. So I am not sure whether they are currently up for nomination or not. I suspect not, I think we are a bit late ;-) >>> Norbert Klein <[log in to unmask]> 01/28/04 10:34PM >>> Are also the regional members of the PIR Council positions up for nominations, or only the NCUC PIR AC position? Norbert = > PIR Advisory Committee: Call for nominations > > Public Interest Registry, which operates the .org TLD, has an > Advisory Council made up of leaders from a broad spectrum of the > noncommercial world. The Council serves as a means of > incorporating worldwide input on policies, strategies, programs, > and services affecting the noncommercial community. > > The NCUC is asked to nominate one member of the PIR Advisory > Council. Last year, YJ Park was our representative. It is time > to appoint a new representative. The next meeting of the PIR > Adv. Council will be in Washington, DC in March. > > Under our charter, the Executive Committee appoints our PIR > Advisory Council representative. Members however can nominate > people to represent us. > > This year is a critical one for the PIR AC representative. > The EC intends to develop a proposal for long-term support for > the NCUC and submit it to PIR via the Advisory Council. Whoever > represents us at PIR must be able to help develop this proposal > and win support for it among all the other PIR members. > See http://www.pir.org/about_pir/a_c/ for a list of current > members. > > Please nominate anyone you think suitable and willing. > Self-nominations are acceptable. The Exec. Committee needs to > make a decision about this fairly quickly. > > Thanks, > > Milton Mueller > NCUC Chair -- Norbert Klein Open Forum of Cambodia Phnom Penh/Cambodia