Usenix Board nominating committe report

[paw@northstar.dartmouth.edu]

Folks -

If you haven't seen the Nominating Committee report for the
upcoming Usenix elections, take a peek.  No females, and no sysadmins.
Last _I_ looked (admittedly, several months ago), more than half of 
Usenix members were SAGE members (and it's unclear how many are Usenix
members solely because it's a requirement to be a SAGE member).

Don't get me wrong - all the folks the nominating committee has selected
are good people, and probably will be fine Board members.  I've been
a Usenix member for over 10 years, and as far as _Usenix_ goes, this may be
a good decision.  I'm just not sure what effect (if any) this might have on
SAGE...

Nominations are still open (they close 1/26).  See 
	http://www.usenix.org/whatsnew/election.html
for details.  This _is_ a serious undertaking, though - prospective Board 
members need to realize the time- and energy- committment involved.  The
best thing to do if you're interested in running is to get in touch with
one of the current Board members (see http://www.usenix.org/directory/board.html
for a list) and ask them about it.

Happy Y2k to all.

Pat Wilson
paw@dartmouth.edu