Raouf,

Congratulations on this appointment. We all look forward to a successful and productive tenure by you as IFIP WG6.6 Chair. And I would like to take this opportunity to thank Wolfgang for all that he has done for our community in this position. Wolfgang's energy and commitment have been key in the smooth and successful operation of all the activities of this WG.

Adarsh

-----Original Message----- From: Augusto Casaca [mailto:augusto.casaca@inesc.pt] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 4:35 AM To: ifip-nm@first.gmd.de Cc: TC6; Plamen Nedkov Subject: New WG 6.6 chairman

The appointment of an IFIP Working Group Chairman is formally made by the Technical Committee. It is a pleasure to announce that TC6 ratified the nomination of Raouf Boutaba as the new chairman of WG 6.6, the former chairman's, Wolfgang Zimmer's maximum time-in-office, having expired under IFIP rules.

This ratification took place after a search made by a committee of three (Wolfgang Zimmer, Augusto Casaca and Harry Rudin) and a polling of the members of WG 6.6.

We congratulate Raouf, thank to the WG 6.6 members for their active support, and wish WG 6.6 continued success.

With best regards Augusto Casaca, Wolfgang Zimmer, Harry Rudin