[GNA-G All] Re: GNA-G Leadership Team Nominees & Request for feedback

Dear GNA-G Community members, The GNA-G NomCom for the leadership team would like to remind you that the call for community feedback closes by the end of next week.The NomCom welcomes community advice. If you prefer one of the nominees, have a view on the best composition of the LT, or have other advice for the NomCom, please let us know before Sunday December 5th 23.00 GMT. Feedback can be sent to: nominations@lists.gna-g.net<mailto:nominations@lists.gna-g.net> or the NomCom members individually. All feedback will be treated confidentially and will only be used by the NomCom for deciding about filling in the open LT positions. Kind regards, Alexander van den Hil SURF ________________________________ From: Alexander van den Hil &lt;alexander.vandenhil(a)surf.nl&gt; Sent: 09 November 2021 10:37 To: GNA-G Community &lt;all(a)lists.gna-g.net&gt; Cc: nominations(a)lists.gna-g.net &lt;nominations(a)lists.gna-g.net&gt; Subject: [Nominations] GNA-G Leadership Team Nominees & Request for feedback Dear GNA-G Community member, The GNA-G Nominations Committee (NomCom) is pleased to announce 8 nominees for the GNA-G Leadership Team (LT). Now is the time for the GNA-G community to give feedback and guidance to the NomCom. The nominees On October 12th, the NomCom opened the call for Nominations. We are very happy with the response to that call. We are pleased to announce the nominated individuals: * Tim Chown (JISC, UK) * Ivana Golub (PSNC, Poland / Croatia) * Julio Ibarra (Florida International University, USA) * Francis Bu-Sung Lee (SingAREN, Singapore) * Ed Moynihan (Indiana University, USA) * Magreth Mushi (North Carolina State University, USA) * Omo Oaiya (WACREN, Ghana / Nigeria) * Marco Teixeira (RedClara, Brazil) * The current Leadership Team consists of four co-chairs: Erik-Jan Bos (NORDUnet, Denmark / the Netherlands), Buseung Cho (KISTI, Korea), Harvey Newman (Caltech, USA), and David Wilde (AARnet, Australia) and has two vacancies. The vacancies will be filled with 2 people from the candidates above, selected by the NomCom. The attached document presents each of the nominees, including their motivation, their nominators and seconders. Request for feedback To assist the NomCom in selecting the candidates with the best fit for the LT, the NomCom seeks community advice. If you prefer one of the nominees, have a view on the best composition of the LT, or have other advice for the NomCom, please let us know. Feedback can be sent to: nominations@lists.gna-g.net<mailto:nominations@lists.gna-g.net> or the NomCom members individually. All feedback will be treated confidentially and will only be used by the NomCom for deciding about filling in the open LT positions. Nomination Timeline 12 October 2021 - Call for Nominations opens 31 October 2021 - Nominations close 9 November 2021 - Announcement of candidates by the NomCom, community feedback opens 5 December 2021 - Community Feedback closes 15 December 2021 - NomCom announces new LT members during GNA-G VC. NomCom members Celeste Anderson (Pacific Wave) – USA Lars Fischer (NORDUnet) – European Nordics Alexander van den Hil (SURF) – The Netherlands Bruno Hoeft (KIT) – Germany Michael Stanton (RNP) – Brazil Shukri Wiener (TENET) – South Africa Should you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to reach out to (one of) the NomCom members. Kind regards, Alexander van den Hil SURF