Dear all,

During the conference in Athens a couple of week ago, I noticed that the RIPE community could use some help in their relations with the European Institutions and other governmental organisations.

Given my background in both technology and legislation/policy I thought I could lend a hand.

I worked 8 years in the European Commission and worked (among others) on the current European Telecoms legislation. Currently I work in the CTO office of Ofcom - the U.K. national telecom regulator.   If you want more background information on me, feel free to check out my LinkedIn profile: uk.linkedin.com/in/alainvangaever/

Therefore – if the RIPE community approves – I would like to introduce my candidature for co-chairing the RIPE Cooperation working group.

With kind regards,

Alain Van Gaever