diff --git a/ietf/nomcom/migrations/0002_auto_20180918_0550.py b/ietf/nomcom/migrations/0002_auto_20180918_0550.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad4b76928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ietf/nomcom/migrations/0002_auto_20180918_0550.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.11.15 on 2018-09-18 05:50
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations
+import django.db.models.deletion
+import ietf.utils.models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('nomcom', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='feedback',
+            name='user',
+            field=ietf.utils.models.ForeignKey(blank=True, editable=False, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='nomination',
+            name='user',
+            field=ietf.utils.models.ForeignKey(editable=False, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/ietf/nomcom/resources.py b/ietf/nomcom/resources.py
index c967d470f..03e74f628 100644
--- a/ietf/nomcom/resources.py
+++ b/ietf/nomcom/resources.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class NominationResource(ModelResource):
     position         = ToOneField(PositionResource, 'position')
     nominee          = ToOneField(NomineeResource, 'nominee')
     comments         = ToOneField(FeedbackResource, 'comments')
-    user             = ToOneField(UserResource, 'user')
+    user             = ToOneField(UserResource, 'user', null=True)
     class Meta:
         cache = SimpleCache()
         queryset = Nomination.objects.all()