NomCom 2023 Volunteer Selection Process

[NomCom Chair 2023 <[e-mail]>]

Please volunteer for the NomCom by the end of June.  The final list of volunteers will be determined on 2023-07-01.

Volunteer here: https://datatracker.ietf.org/nomcom/volunteer
Or send me an email.

The final list will be announced shortly after 2023-07-01, with a few days given to contest the inclusion of people.

Volunteer selection will use the process documented in RFC 3797.  With the following seeds:

* The seven numbers from Euro-Millions (https://www.euro-millions.com) on Friday, 2023-07-07.
* The six numbers from US Mega Millions (https://www.megamillions.com/winning-numbers) on Friday, 2023-07-07.
* The eight numbers from Australian TattsLotto (https://www.thelott.com/results) on Saturday, 2023-07-08.
* The nine numbers from the Japanese Takarakuji Loto 7 (https://en.lottolyzer.com/result/japan/lotto-7) on Friday 2023-07-07.

This year, I will be using a revised process in case someone decides to decline their selection.  I am publishing a hex string that is the result of running SHA-256 multiple times over a secret known only to me and Rich Salz (the 2022 NomCom chair).  This is a one-time password, an idea documented in RFC 1760.

9bafddd9bc4478a9e09778abc06b9551671aeb3f442a5b0bca53bc67a1f01048

In case someone declines their selection to the NomCom or is otherwise unable to serve, I will reveal the next preimage of the hash and include that in the RFC 3797 input when selecting any replacements.  To be precise, a lowercase hex encoding of the preimage will be included as a fifth source (that is, in Python parlance, f'{p.hex()}./' will be appended to the MD5 input).  Then I will run the selection process again, using a list that excludes any people who were selected, disqualified, declined, or are unable to serve.  This should help speed the process.

Thanks,
Martin Thomson
[e-mail]