Dear OGF Community - The Open Grid Forum (OGF) Nominations Committee (NOMCOM) is soliciting nominations for open OGF positions. These positions need to be filled to ensure the continued functioning of the OGF Standards function. There are positions open in the following roles: - OGF President (1 position) - Vice President - Standards (1 position) - Vice President - Events for OGF-43, OGF-44, OGF-45 (1 position each) - Area Directors, preferable with focus on Data Management, Clouds, and Federation, but also open at-large (multiple positions) All members of the OGF are eligible to stand for these positions and are encouraged to do so. You can submit your candidate nominations to nomcom@ogf.org or to any of the NOMCOM members listed further below. Self-nominations are accepted and encouraged! You can get further information about the positions, the requirements for the positions and the selection process by sending an email to nomcom@ogf.org with your questions. Further information is also available at http://redmine.ogf.org/projects/nomcom/wiki/Openings. Terms begin as soon as possible and last for two years. Terms can be extended. Deadline for nominations is December 15, 2014. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED TO NOMCOM WILL BE KEPT IN CONFIDENCE AND WILL BE USED ONLY DURING DELIBERATIONS OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE. NOMCOM Committee members: Inder Monga (imonga@es.net) Freek Dijkstra (freek.dijkstra@sara.nl) Andre Merzky (andre@merzky.net)