Hi,
I promised Peter Steinhäuser, that if there is no volunteer yet Im brave
enough to step up and apply for the co-chair for this IOT Workgroup.
Im a complete newcomer this RIPE is my first RIPE and I joined this work
group mailing list this afternoon.
Im 56 years old and have degree in communication engineering driving my
passion for electronics and radio communication. On top I did an MBA which
helped to settle with English apart from my mother language German.
I live and work in Germany, Frankfurt area and while Im more IT Application
driven in my professional live (I work as a department leader for a small
Telecommunication provider running the Business Support Applications from
CRM to billing, Processes, Project management, Data Security and ISO
certifications), the IOT kicks in with my hobby amateur radio and the
passion, to melt together old ham amateurs and the current maker scene.
We do run in our area a network on Lora just switched to chirp stack
various projects going on which are about to combine (partly self-developed)
very low energy consuming sensors and radio links to build up various data
driven smart solutions. Im the president of an amateur radio club, running
a yearly exhibition where we more and more go into the mission of IOT
sensors and radio interfaces as a base of many clever solutions. Hence, I do
not have a professional background on IOT (yet), however Im connected to
various groups who just drive initiatives on measuring humidity on fields to
optimise the water consumption for growing plants, monitor bees health,
urban weather project and so on.
So, if you dont mind getting somebody on board being passioned about the
subject IOT, settled with the electronics, the radio link and being nosy
about all the project you can do with it but not being linked into a
professional provider Im happy to jump in.
If you dont find, that is a good solution, please be honest and speak up.
Its an idea and I find IOT too important to just let it down without any
volunteer. Maybe that encourages others to apply as well?
We will see us tomorrow in the workgroup session.
Best Regards
Peter Wehrle
(contact data and a picture is in the participant list)
