Working group chair rotation 1
Hello working group, As we now have a working group chair rotation/selection process in place it is time to start that process for the first time! After long deliberation (a.k.a. a random number generator) we have decided that Gert is going to be the first chair to step down. He will do so at the upcoming RIPE meeting (RIPE 70 in Amsterdam). He has also volunteered again and is therefore our first candidate. If anybody else wants to volunteer then please make yourself known on this mailing list before the start of RIPE 70. Cheers, Sander & Gert
Hi, On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 12:08:17PM +0200, Sander Steffann wrote:
As we now have a working group chair rotation/selection process in place it is time to start that process for the first time! After long deliberation (a.k.a. a random number generator) we have decided that Gert is going to be the first chair to step down. He will do so at the upcoming RIPE meeting (RIPE 70 in Amsterdam). He has also volunteered again and is therefore our first candidate.
So, you can hear it from myself - I'm still willing to serve as APWG chair for at least one additional round of two years. This is important work, and it is still fun (most of the time), so here I am. The whole WG chair rotation(-or-not) thing will be done by Sander, so I'll abstain on anything formal. Gert Doering -- still APWG chair :) -- 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
Hi Gert, Are you going to formally introduce yourself to the mailing list for those that might not know who you are and what your shoe size is ? And can we expect the usual election talks / promises on where we are going in the next period with you at the helm ... Personally I would like to know what we are getting ourselves into ... ;) Regards, Erik
Hi, On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 01:58:03PM +0200, Erik Bais wrote:
Are you going to formally introduce yourself to the mailing list for those that might not know who you are and what your shoe size is ?
And can we expect the usual election talks / promises on where we are going in the next period with you at the helm ...
Personally I would like to know what we are getting ourselves into ... ;)
Well, if you ask so nicely :-) - here's the short form Gert Doering * age 42 * shoe size 47, preferrably wearing sandals * university diploma in physics, but into networking since about 22 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". And now for the future plans * listen to the community and to the RIPE NCC RS on where current policy causes avoidable friction * guide policy proposals through the PDP, finding ways that solve the problem at hand *and* get consensus from the community (or accepting failure if something is just not agreeable) * and *not* having personal ambitions here besides "help in creating policy that is easy to follow, distributes resources in a as-fair-as-possible way, and is good for the Internet" I think the last part is especially important: the APWG chairs should *not* follow their own agenda, but help and guide the community in agreeing on policy. While I do have opinions (galore!), as the AP WG chair, it's not my job to push for my personal goals. Of course there is: * find and push volunteers to actually write up policy documents that reflect what was discussed at RIPE meetings, so things are not forgotten but followed through :-) Basically - I intend to continue doing what I've done the last couple of years. "Continuity in this space". Eventually, I expect to wind down the AP WG as we'll have achieved a point where policy is perfect, and we do not need to have the WG actively meet every meeting anymore. But this is still some time away. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- 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
participants (3)
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Erik Bais -
Gert Doering -
Sander Steffann