Hi All-

Thank you for the introduction Leo.  

I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself and provide some information about my background.  

I have spent my entire professional career helping the Internet grow and expand, with over 30 years of technical, operations, and leadership experience in the industry.  For most of those years, I have worked within the IP address and Domain Name Registry systems (both RIR and pre-RIR) and have been actively involved in the global coordination of Internet addressing policy.  (https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-nobile-6aa0b52/) 

I served as the Co-Chair of the Messaging, Malware, and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) Names and Numbers Committee (IP addresses and Domain Names) for several years and was a Chair of both the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Registration Services Coordination Group (RSCG) and the Public Safety Coordination Group (PSCG), two joint RIR coordination groups that I helped to establish.

I have been attending RIPE meetings for the past 25 years and have met many of you, but it is hard to meet everyone given the large number of attendees.  During those years, I have worked very closely with both RIPE NCC staff members and RIPE community members.   I  now have the time to devote my energy and focus to giving back to the community, and continuing my passion of helping the Internet grow and thrive.  I feel like this opportunity with the RIPE community is the perfect fit.

I look forward to working with all of you.

Best,
Leslie Nobile






On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 10:42 AM Leo Vegoda <leo@vegoda.org> wrote:
Dear Address Policy WG,

We are delighted to announce that we have a candidate for co-chair:

Leslie Nobile, Independent Consultant

The formal selection will happen in our first session at RIPE 92, on Thursday 21 May.

Kind regards,

Leo Vegoda, for the co-chairs


> On 10 Feb 2026, at 10:16, Leo Vegoda <leo@vegoda.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Address Policy Working Group,
>
> You can now nominate yourself as a potential co-chair for the Address Policy WG. You do this by writing to apwg-chairs@ripe.net with your name and your affiliation. Please do not self-nominate on this list.
>
> I am not seeking reselection, so we need a new co-chair.
>
> Send your nomination to apwg-chairs@ripe.net by 15 March.
>
> We will publish the list of candidates on 23 March.
>
> The candidates may then introduce themselves to the list. The Working Group will make its selection during the Address Policy WG session at RIPE 92 in Edinburgh.
>
> If you are interested in serving as a co-chair of this Working Group, you are welcome to speak to Alex, Franziska, or me, to learn what we do off-list. Mirjam and Anna, as RIPE Chair and Vice Chair are also happy to answer any questions you have. And, you can also seek input from RIPE NCC staff and previous co-chairs.
>
> Our selection process is documented here:
>
> https://www.ripe.net/community/wg/active-wg/ap/address-policy-wg-chair-selection-process/
>
> You can also read the Job Description here:
>
> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-692/
>
> A RIPE Working Group Chair Training course is available at the RIPE NCC Academy:
>
> https://academy.ripe.net/enrol/index.php?id=16
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Leo Vegoda, for the co-chairs

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