Dear Colleagues, This is a call for nominations or volunteers to co-chair the RIPE DNS working group. ************************************************************************************* Please DO NOT reply to this message if you wish to propose a volunteer. ************************************************************************************* Call for RIPE DNS Working Group Chair ------------------------------------------------------ In accordance with the chair selection process we announce that the term of one of our co-chairs (Shane Kerr) will soon expire and we would like to invite volunteers, or nominations for someone to become a co-chair of the DNS working group. Anyone may volunteer, and anyone may be nominated by someone else. Note that having served two terms, in accordance with the selection process Shane is not eligible. To do this, please send a mail to <dns-wg-chairs@ripe.net> before Friday 7 October 2022. It would be helpful for candidates to give some words as to why they think they ought to be a co-chair, what new ideas, or improvements they might bring, and so on. We will publish the list of volunteers, along with anything the volunteers wish to include with their nomination, to this mailing list on Saturday 8 October 2022. Discussion and support (or opposition) for each candidate can then be offered on the list. At the DNS working group session at RIPE 85, Joao and Moritz hope to announce consensus based on the mailing list discussion. Timeline -------- Friday, 30 September This call for volunteers posted to the dns-wg mail list Friday, 7 October Deadline for volunteers Saturday, 8 October List of volunteers and call for support posted to the mail list Wednesday, 26 October Deadline for showing support for volunteers on the mail list Thursday, 27 October DNS WG session at RIPE 85 References ---------- The RIPE working group chair job description is included in ripe-692: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-692 The DNS working group chair selection process is documented here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/dns/dns-wg-chair-selection-process We have 3 co-chairs so the term is 3 years. The current approach was announced on this mailing list on 2018-07-17: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/dns-wg/2018-July/003566.html As always, please feel free to reach out to any of the chairs directly, to us as a group at dns-wg-chairs@ripe.net, or discuss this or any other any relevant topic on this mailing list. Cheers, -- Shane On behalf of the dns-wg chairs