Dear colleagues, We have received 30 volunteers for the RIPE NomCom so far. This is a great start, but I believe we can do better. Therefore, after consulting with the RIPE Chair and the RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman, I am extending the deadline for volunteering by two weeks, until Sunday, 1 December 2019 . The NomCom plays an essential role in the self-governance of our community by selecting the RIPE Chair and Vice Chair. As such, it is important that the NomCom members are selected from a diverse pool of initial volunteers. As this is a new process, we also need to ensure that everyone is aware of what the NomCom does and how its members are randomly selected. We have had excellent leadership from both Rob and Hans Petter to date, but RIPE cannot rely on good fortune to ensure this remains the case. If you consider yourself a member of this community, please support the process - either by volunteering yourself or encouraging others to step forward as potential NomCom members. For details see the message below. Daniel Karrenberg Chair of the 2019-2020 RIPE NomCom —— Dear RIPE Participant, RIPE will choose its next chair and a vice chair by way of a nominations committee. Ten volunteers, randomly selected from the community, will make that choice with the help of the whole community. These ten people plus a number of non-voting liaisons and advisors will form the NomCom. The NomCom will start to work around January 2020 and make its selection soon after the next RIPE meeting in May of that year. The job of the NomCom is to select people who have what it takes and also have the support of the community. As chair of the 2019-2020 Nomcom, my job is to organise the work and help the volunteers with making their choice. Therefore I call on you to volunteer. Ideally we are looking for about 100 volunteers representing a broad range of RIPE participants. Ten of those people will be randomly selected to serve on the NomCom. To qualify for serving as a voting volunteer you have to have attended three of the five most recent RIPE meetings up to the meeting taking place this week in Rotterdam. For details about the procedures and duties of the NomCom you may refer to documents ripe-727 and ripe-728. The deadline for volunteering is Sunday November 10th 2019. The only way to volunteer is by using the form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ripenomcom Daniel Karrenberg Chair of the 2019-2020 RIPE NomCom