Hi Vesna, The MAT WG chairs are very happy to see that the RIPE NCC is putting more resources into building a community around its measurements and tools efforts, but also to ensure that the project goes more into the direction of self funding. All the best for your new job, and let us know if we can be of service. ck On behalf of the MAT WG Chairs. On Sep 5, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Daniel Karrenberg wrote:
Gentlepeople,
I am very happy to announce that we have a new community builder for measuremnts and tools: Vesna Manjolovic. Many of you will know Vesna already as a trainer and through her very enthousiastic work on our IPv6 promotion and IPv6 related measurements. Vesna has been with the RIPE NCC for more than 10 years; it gives me great pleasure to promote her to a position that makes optimal use of her capabilities and ambitions.
Vesna's first priorities will be to establish relationships with current and potential sponsors of RIPE Atlas and to help develop a plan for the evoloution of RIPE TTM. RIPE Atlas sponsors and RIPE TTM customers will hear from her soon.
The decision to hire internally not only affirms that initiative and effort are rewarded at the RIPE NCC; it also provides the budgetary room to engage another person to help with the community building for measurements: Ann Barcomb will therefore join Vesna in October.
From that time both Vesna and Ann will start to work on additional goals such as building a strong community around RIPEstat.
Please join me in welcoming Vesna and help her to achieve her goals, which are also our common goals.
Daniel