Call for Nominations for New Internet2 Advisory Councils

The final report of the Governance and Nominations Committee (GNC) was approved by the Internet2 Board of Trustees in January 2007. One of the primary recommendations of the GNC was to replace the existing Internet2 Advisory Council structure with four new Councils that are heterogeneous, defined by operational function and more tightly connected to the membership, to management, and to the Board. The recent announcement by Jeff Lehman and Tracy Futhey of the plan to bring Internet2 and NLR together into a single organization included a commitment to adopting the GNC governance structure.  Therefore, it is expected that once the Definitive Agreement is signed, the four Advisory Councils will be Internet2-NLR Advisory Councils.

To that end, the GNC is now seeking individuals to serve on the new Councils in the following heterogeneous categories.  Each Council has three seats from each of these constituency groups:

  1. CIO Representatives
  2. Regional Network Representative
  3. Researcher Representative
  4. Industry Representative

Nominations can be submitted by anyone regardless of Internet2 affiliation.  The nominations are open to any member of Internet2, as defined by the current membership categories.  Self-nominations are welcome. Candidates can be nominated for one or more of the councils and may also be nominated in one or more constituency category. Each council also includes 3 slots to be appointed by the Board in accord with the recommendations set forth in the GNC final report.  Experienced individuals from non-member organizations that could be considered for appointment to a Council may be nominated as such.  Additional seats will be added to each Council by the NLR Board through a process of their choosing.  Nominations must be received by Monday, May 7, 2007.

The four councils are:

  • Architecture & Operations Advisory Council (AOAC)
  • Applications, Middleware & Services Advisory Council (AMSAC)
  • Research Advisory Council (RAC)
  • External Relations Advisory Council (ERAC)

Nominations are closed now. Voting is anticipated to occur no sooner than early June.

The Governance and Nominations Committee consists of the following individuals:

  1. Steve Hall, Governance and Nominations Committee chair, Industry Strategy Council chair
  2. David Lassner, University of Hawaii, Applications Strategy Council chair, Governance and Nominations Committee vice-chair
  3. Mary Sue Coleman, University of Michigan
  4. Kristine Hafner, University of California Office of the President
  5. Gwen Jacobs, Montana State University
  6. Michael Krugman, Boston University and Northern Crossroads GigaPoP
  7. Larry Landweber, University of Wisconsin Madison, Network Research Liaison Council chair
  8. Jack McCredie, University of California Berkeley, Network Planning and Policy Advisory Council chair
  9. Marilyn McMillan, New York University
  10. Harvey Newman, California Institute of Technology
  11. Mike Roberts, The Darwin Group
  12. Pankaj Shah, OARnet, division of Ohio Supercomputer Center

Nominations are closed now. Voting is anticipated to occur no sooner than early June.

For more information about the nominations and elections process, please refer to the Internet2 Governance and Nominations Wiki.

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