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TO:      CREN Member Reps and BITNEWS

FROM:    CREN Nominating Committee
         Posted by Amanda Rushing, Assistant Board Secretary

RE:      Elections for CREN Board of Trustees


   It's election time again for the CREN Board of Trustees!  We know that
it seems pretty early, but we are anixous to get your input for the
upcoming elections.  There are four positions open on the 12-member
board, and the three-year terms will begin January 1994.

   Anyone from a Member Institution may nominate candidates for a
Trustee position.  Please send your suggestions to the 1994 Nominating
Committee, NOMINATE@BITNIC (via BITNET) or Nominate@BITNIC.EDUCOM.edu
(via Internet).  The committee members are:

          Geraldine MacDonald, Chair      SUNY Binghamton
          William Yundt                   Stanford University
          Suzanne Johnson, Non-trustee    INTEL


   Candidates must be employed by a Member Institution of CREN.
A listing of Member institutions, sorted by state, may be obtained
from LISTSERV.  Send your request to LISTSERV (via BITNET)
LISTSERV@BITNIC or (via Internet) LISTSERV@BITNIC.EDUCOM.edu
and request the document:

            STATE SITELIST

   Your nominations and ideas are critical in providing insightful
leadership to guide CREN in its networking future.  We would appreciate
your suggestions by September 30, 1993.

Please follow the suggested guidelines when nominating a
candidate:

1.   Give the individual's name, title, department and institution.

2.   Include the individual's e-mail address and telephone number.

3.   Specify in a short paragraph why you believe this person
        would be an asset to CREN and its membership.  Include
        any relative experience you may know of, if possible.

   Announcements and updates on the election process will be forwarded
via electronic mail to the Member Representative list and BITNEWS
The membership vote will be conducted via a postal mailing to the
Member Representatives sometime in November 1993.  The elections
will become official at the Annual Meeting of the Members held by
proxy in January 1994, (date to be announced).

     In order for a Member Institution to have a vote in the election,
there must be an offical appointment form on file naming the Member
Representative.  If the representative has changed, please note that
changes to the Nodes File "dir" tag are not recognized without
written notice from the CEO or other high ranking official of your
institution. The current listing of CREN Member Representatives
may be obtain from LISTSERV entitled MEMREP LISTINGS.  An
official appointment form is also available from LISTSERV
entitiled MEMREP FORM.

     If you have any questions or need additional information,
please contact Amanda Rushing at RUSHING@BITNIC (BITNET) or
Rushing@CREN.net (Internet).

   The CREN Board consists of 12 members, listed below.  The terms
of the four Board Members with asterisks by their names will expire
in January 1994.  These individuals may be nominated to serve
another term.

   Term
   Expires      Member                  Institution
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   1996     Jan Baltzer              Maricopa Community College Sys
   1996     Douglas Bigelow          Wesleyan University
   1995     Ronald Briggs            U of Texas at Dallas
 * 1994     Miriam Drake             Georgia Institute of Tech.
   1995     Ira Fuchs                Princeton University
 * 1994     Ben Klein                CUNY System Office
   1995     Matthew Korn             AOL
 * 1994     Geraldine MacDonald      SUNY Binghamton
   1996     George Sadowsky          New York University
 * 1994     Martin Solomon           U of South Carolina
   1995     Mark Strawcutter         Indiana U of Pennsylvania
   1996     William Yundt            Stanford University

   We look forward to your participation and suggestions.