Hi, On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 03:17:40PM +0100, Sander Steffann wrote:
It is Gert's turn to step down, and he has announced he will do this at the upcoming RIPE meeting. This means we have an empty position and are looking for volunteers to step forward. The job description and responsibilities are documented in https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-542.
Gert has indicated that he is volunteering to serve another term,
Right. So, I hereby volunteer for another two-year term (and after that, I'll probably retire as a WG chair, so this is the start of a hopefully smooth transition to new chairpeople...). As a matter of introduction, I'll just lazily copy-paste from the mail I sent about two years ago, and just adjust the dates... Gert Doering * age 45 * shoe size 47, preferrably wearing sandals * university diploma in physics, but into networking since about 24 years * the ISP I work for is SpaceNet, AS5539 - a regional ISP in Munich, DE, who provides mostly "datacenter" and "managed hosting" services these days (but used to provide access, so I know both sides of the medal) * hands-on-geek - network, peering, unix admin - and long-time LIR contact, so I know both the operational side of "IP networks" and the bureaucracy side of "I want a Class C network!" - "here's a /29" haggling. * attending RIPE meetings since RIPE 24 in Berlin, 1996 (missing two since then, Dublin I and Prague II) * address policy working group co-chair since RIPE 44 in Amsterdam, 2003 (https://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-44/meeting-report) - then still called the "LIR working group". My plans for the WG are mostly the same as I did in the previous years - help shape address policies for the RIPE region that are workable for all affected users, and do so in a hopefully neutral and construtive way. Further, facilitate a constructive dialogue between the RIPE NCC and the RIPE community regarding address policy issues. (I *still* do expect the WG to eventually wind down, as we seem to have reached the point where IPv4 policies do not succeed anymore due to too vastly conflicting interests, and IPv6 policies seem to be "good enough" for most cases, so the occasional tweak here and there... we'll see :-) ) Gert Doering -- me -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279