Urgent Call for Nominations for Open Grid Forum Area Directors The Open Grid Forum (OGF) Nominations Committee (NOMCOM) is soliciting nominations for open positions as Open Grid Forum Area Directors. These positions need to be filled immediately to ensure the continued smooth running of the OGF Standards function. The open positions arise from resignations and from the transition from the GGF and EGA to the merged OGF where previous Area Directors have moved to other leadership 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 below. Self-nominations are accepted. Due to the requirement to fill these positions urgently the deadline for nominations for these positions is midnight Sunday, September 10th, 2006 UTC. Positions: There are positions open in the following areas: • Area Director Data (up to 2) • Area Director Management (up to 1) • Area Director Security (up to 2) Area Directors are responsible for management and development of a specific topic or area in OGF, but some flexibility is also desirable as Area Directors may be asked to deal with important issues from other areas. 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://www.ggf.org/nomcom. Notes: The OGF membership programme is described at http://www.ogf.org/ merger_docs/MembershipIndividual.pdf. This is an interim call for positions that require immediate filling. The full NOMCOM process will start at GGF18, with the aim of having new Vice Presidents, Area Directors and at large board members in place by Spring 2007. Terms begin as soon as possible and last until Spring 2007. These terms may be extended to full-length 3-year terms through the normal NOMCOM process. To make a nomination send an email to nomcom@ogf.org or contact anyone of the members of the nominating committee below. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED TO NOMCOM WILL BE KEPT IN CONFIDENCE AND WILL BE USED ONLY DURING DELIBERATIONS OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE. NOMCOM 2006 Committee members: Jill Arnold jillar - internet2.edu Neil P Chue Hong N.ChueHong - epcc.ed.ac.uk Michel Drescher Michel.Drescher - uk.fujitsu.com Thomas J Hacker hacker - purdue.edu Tomasz Haupt haupt - cavs.msstate.edu Ralph Niederberger r.niederberger - fz-juelich.de Andreas Savva andreas.savva - jp.fujitsu.com Alan Sill Alan.Sill - ttu.edu Thomas Soddemann Thomas.Soddemann - rzg.mpg.de Philipp Wieder ph.wieder - fz-juelich.de NOMCOM 2006 non-voting members: Sven van den Berghe sven.vandenberghe - uk.fujitsu.com (Chair) Dietmar Erwin d.erwin - fz-juelich.de (Previous Chair) Ramin Yahyapour ramin.yahyapour - udo.edu (SG Liaison)