Dear wg, As mentioned at the last wg-meeting, one of the co-chairs, James Alderidge, has started working for the RIPE NCC, and as one of the unwritten rules of the LIR-wg is that it should be chaired by non RIPE NCC staff, James is no longer serving as a co-chair of this wg. Last time we had an election the wg deceided that one chair and two co-chairs was suitable. As I find it good practice to hold an open election from time to time I propose that we do an election for all 3 chairs. I would like to propose to the WG that we do a open nomination process on the lir-wg list up until lets say one month before the next RIPE meeting (27 to 31 January 2003) for chair and two co-chairs and that we do the chair election at the next wg meeting in Amsterdam. This should give the wg a good opportunity to discuss potential candidates. Best Regards, Hans Petter Holen lir-wg chair.