Dear IPv6 Working Group,

 

The term of Christian Seitz, who has been one of the co-chairs of the IPv6 Working Group since RIPE 87, ends with the RIPE 93 meeting in Sofia in October.

Thus, we have a call for candidates.

The term of a IPv6 WG co-chair is three years. A current co-chair may stand for re-selection at the end of their term or may resign voluntarily at any time.

 

What is the IPv6 WG doing:

 

The working group activities may be anything useful in helping people to deploy IPv6, and to manage IPv4/IPv6 co-existence. These activities include:

 

* Outreach

* Education

* Sharing deployment experiences

* Discussing and fixing operational issues

 

The co-chairs also prepare the program for the IPv6 WG session at the RIPE meetings.

 

The working group will cooperate with operators and others, both inside and outside the networking industry, to share resources and combine efforts.

 

The tasks and expectations of a WG co-chair are described here: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-861

 

A WG co-chair must comply with the Code of Conduct: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-766

 

If you feel you are interested in this or have any questions on this, you can drop the current co-chairs a note:   ipv6-wg-chair at ripe.net

Please do not send your note to this list, but only to the chairs. (do not use the reply to)

We kindly request you to respond at latest Friday 9 October 2026 midday CET (Amsterdam), when the call for candidates will be closed.

 

After this we will announce the candidates on this list, and you can express your support or concerns.

However, the official selection will take place at the RIPE 93 Meeting in Sofia during the IPv6 Working Group session.

 

On behalf of the IPv6 WG co-chairs,

 

Christian, Wolfgang, Ray