Dear members: We need to appoint someone to serve on the ICANN Nominating Committee. NCUC gets to appoint one representative. The Nomcom plays a very important role in selecting Board members and in appointing people to the Councils of the supporting organizations. The person we send to the Nomcom will have to assess numerous candidates for these positions and work to achieve consensus with other Nomcom committee members on the best candidates. Karen Banks was our appointee for the last two years, I hope she has time to add some words about what it was like and what any person who volunteers should be prepared for. Travel costs to meetings are covered, as I understand it. I am asking for nominations or self-nominations. The Executive Committee actually makes the selection, but we need to have candidates. Milton Mueller Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology ------------------------------ Internet Governance Project: http://internetgovernance.org