Hi all, having seen the need to find somebody from NCUC for a short term role in the NomCom – which requires a lot of knowledge of the different sections of ICANN for which the NomCom has to search, find, evaluate, and finally appoint people - I thought I might volunteer. From the time when I had served on the NomCom, I remember that it was quite a steep learning curve that had to be taken – for all there – before we had worked out a common understanding of the procedures how to handle the huge task with the instruments we had: motivating outreach, then the paperwork applying common criteria on the candidates submissions, accompanied by an ever tighter schedule of teleconferences in order to arrive at a convincing shortlist of candidates for the final round of decisions. If my offer should meet the requirements for somebody to jump in midway and leave again when a full replacement will be available, let me know. Norbert Klein Open Institute Cambodia