IAB -- 18 May 1999 -- IETF-Announce ----------------------------------- New IRTF Chair in September During March, the IAB called for nominations for the position of Chair of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF), since Abel Weinrib expressed his desire to step down. We received twenty excellent nominations by the closing date of April 15, and had considerable diffculty choosing among those nominees willing to serve. After careful discussion, the IAB is pleased to announce the appointment of Erik Huizer as Chair of the IRTF for two years starting in September 1999. A short biography is attached below. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Abel Weinrib for his years of service, to thank the unsuccessful candidates for their willingness to serve, and to wish Erik every success. Brian Carpenter IAB Chair ========== Erik Huizer is the Managing Director of the SURFnet ExpertiseCentrum bv, a company based in the Netherlands that does network development, design, planning, support, training and consultancy for an international customer base. >From 1988 till 1994 he worked as a Technical Manager at SURFnet bv, the company that operates the Academic and Research network in The Netherlands. Huizer has extensive experience with Internet technology. He has been a member of the RARE (now Terena) Technical Committee from 1991-1994. He was an Area Director for the Applications area of the Internet Engineering Task Force from 1990-1995. He was a member of the Internet Architecture Board from 1995-1999. Huizer is currently involved with the GigaPort project (http://www.gigaport.nl/), the Dutch national project for the Next Generation Internet. Huizer received his Ph. D. degree in Science and Technology from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, in 1987.