April 2022 - iot-wg - mailman.ripe.net

it's co-chair selection time!
by Jim Reid 16 May '22

16 May '22

My term as WG co-chair ends at RIPE80 or theresabouts. I will not be standing for another term. First of all, bringing in new and hopefully younger faces to freshen things up is long overdue. Second, I only volunteered to bootstrap the new WG. That has been completed. So it’s time to step away and let the WG find somebody else. There’s some info on WG co-chair responsibilities in RIPE692. Anyone interested in applying who wants more advice on what the job entails, likely time commitments and so on is welcome to contact Sandoche or myself. Or any other recent/current WG co-chair for that matter. I would also ask potential candidates to start a *new thread* -- eg "Your name for co-chair" or something like that -- when they post on the list so there are meaningful and relevant Subject: headers which make it easier to make a consensus judgement. It’ll save the current co-chairs reading every message on the mailing list to decide if they contain something in favour or against a particular candidate. This will also make it clearer for other members of the list to express their support (or not) for a candidate. Anyone can volunteer to become a co-chair and you can even nominate yourself. There’s no requirement to have N people nominating a candidate for them be considered for selection (for values of N > 1). Ideally, it would be good to be able to announce the new co-chair at RIPE80. Though that could be too short notice since the meeting’s just under 4 weeks away. If you think more time is needed to decide, please speak up. There’s no firm deadline and we should take our time about making this appointment - provided of course the new co-chair is in place in plenty of time for RIPE81. Although I think 4 weeks (ish) should be long enough to find a new co-chair, this is for the WG to decide too.

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Call for volunteers or nominations for RIPE IoT Working Group co-chair
by sandoche Balakrichenan 13 May '22

13 May '22

Dear Colleagues As Constanze's term as IoT WG co-chair is about to end with RIPE 84, this is a call for nominations or volunteers to co-chair the RIPE IoT working group. *********************************************************************** Please DO NOT reply to this message if you wish to propose a volunteer. *********************************************************************** I would ask for each candidate to start a new thread with, e.g., "[name] for co-chair", and for members to utter their support by replying to the respective thread. Provided there are no reasoned objections from the WG, I'd like to set *May 16th* as a deadline for showing support on the mailing list, so that we can announce the decision on *18th May* during the IoT WG sesssion at RIPE 84. More information about WG co-chair responsibilities (https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-692). If you'd like further information, don't hesitate to contact me or Constanze. Have a nice day! Sandoche

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Re: [iot-wg] Call for volunteers or nominations for RIPE IoT Working Group co-chair
by Constanze Dietrich 14 Apr '22

14 Apr '22

Hi everyone! [Scroll down for the TL;DR] I am proud that so many of you trusted me to do a good job as co-chair two years ago and I'm happy that I was given the chance to move things forward together with Sandoche. I've also given the past two years some thought... While we could see some ideas for the WG in action, such as discussing a possible role of ISPs in securing (private) IoT networks, learning more about your individual interests and motivation in a survey and covering the governance side with Marco Hogewoning's regular updates, my main vision "to enable the members of the working group to get into an active exchange" had to be played in hard mode during the pandemic. With having to rely on merely virtual communication and meetings (and enterprises being focussed on a somewhat reliable delivery of their core services rather than advancing IoT technologies), I'd put it that way: Not all our strengths could be put into play in those two years. ;) Two years later, things are about to change again. With physical meetings in sight, I foresee much more interaction and motivation to engage in working groups such as ours, and while many enterprises face new challenges due to the war in Ukraine, some may actually pick up their IoT advances again... However, my professional environment has changed slowly but considerably since mid-2021 and it is unlikely that, for the time being, I'll be able to muster the time that the WG deserves and that the regular meetings require. Hence, I've decided to not stand again this time and let someone new take up the role as Sandoche's co-chair for now. (Sandoche, it's not you; it's me. ;) So... I encourage everyone interested to consider giving it a shot! It was a pleasure to chair the IoT WG sessions at the virtual RIPE meetings, but, honestly, I'm REALLY looking forward to the next meeting in my hometown Berlin and hope to see many of you there! :) _____________________________________ --> TL;DR: I won't stand again this time. As for Michael's remarks: In my opinion, I don't think one should end things during a crisis (which a pandemic undoubtedly is!) and that also applies to this working group. It would be a shame to close it, i.e. give it up, NOW. A few words regarding the selection process: After the call for volunteers yesterday, Mirjam suggested we might collect nominations off the list to avoid hesitation and (too) early support for the first volunteers. As that approach is backed by good experiences of other WGs, we could give it a shot. (Asking for opinions here... ;) Kind regards Constanze

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Re: [iot-wg] Call for volunteers or nominations for RIPE IoT Working Group co-chair
by sandoche Balakrichenan 14 Apr '22

14 Apr '22

Hi Michael, On 13/04/2022 19:24, Michael Richardson wrote: > > I went to read the IoT WG charter wondering what it was we were supposed to > be doing in the first place :-) > > https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/active-wg/iot says: > > The Internet of Things (IoT) Working Group will operate under the following charter: > > (1) To discuss challenges and opportunities of "IoT" for the RIPE community > (2) To serve as a focal point for the RIPE NCC regarding community input to > their IoT activities, including liaisons with other organisations > (3) To invite IoT communities for a dialogue on matters of operational > relevance, including security, the numbering system, and applicability of > standards > (4) To develop positions of the RIPE community on IoT matters > > {I numbered the points} > > I think that we've done a small bit of (4). > I don't think that we've done (2) at all. > On (1) and (3) we've done bit and pieces. ==> I agree with you that we have not been able to fulfill the charter requirements, even partially. With Constanze, we tried to engage the community by conducting surveys (to understand the community requirements), sending newsletter initially (so that discussion could be kick-started based on it) and even trying to have interim meetings. >

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Call for Presentations [IoT WG session]
by sandoche Balakrichenan 12 Apr '22

12 Apr '22

Hi everyone! As you're probably already aware, RIPE 84 (https://ripe84.ripe.net/), we will be held from from May 16 to 20 in Berlin. It's an opportunity to meet you all after two years :-) The IoT WG session is scheduled on WEDNESDAY, 18th May, 9:00 to 10:00 CET If you have any presentation proposals, discussion topics, or something else that could be important and/or interesting for IoT enthusiasts and professionals in the RIPE community, please send a mail to <iot-wg-chairs@.ripe.net <http://ripe.net>>. We're looking forward to your ideas and proposals! :) Sandoche & Constanze --

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