On 9 Oct 2019, at 20:59, denis walker <dw100uk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:Hi GuysWould one of you be willing to act as a spokesperson and give a short introduction in the DB-WG session on Thursday? Just outlining who you all are and what your plans for the coming months are.cheersdenisco-chair DB-WGOn Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 14:51:54 CEST, Bijal Sanghani <bijal@euro-ix.net> wrote:Hi Hans Petter,I am happy to be here and it’s nice to see a good competent list of volunteers, I look forward to working with you all :)Please use this (bijal@euro-ix.net) email address for me and my bio is below.Regarding the first meeting at the coming RIPE meeting, I am there for a really short time and would appreciate it if we could meet during one of the below slots;1. After 5pm on Tuesday2. Wednesday breakfast 8am3. Wednesday lunch4. Wednesday after NCC Services wg5. Thursday Breakfast 8am6. Thursday during the first session (AA and IPv6)I created a doodle to collect replies - https://doodle.com/poll/mwqnqm5e7he73mpvIn terms of agenda, since the meeting is next week, here’s a first draft proposal;1. Welcome2. Select chairs3. Agree systems and tools i.e. google docs / dropbox / Trello etc4. Agree charter - any changes?5. Agree high level requirements and next steps6. Take aways and actions/timelines7. Next meetingPlease let me know if I have missed anything, I look forward to seeing you next week and hope one of the time slots above works for us all.Kind regards,BijalBijal’s experience includes DNS management for DEMON Internet, Provisioning Engineer at Level 3 and Senior Operations Engineer at FLAG Telecom and Reliance Globalcom, where she was involved from the beginning to build the FLAG IP network.
In her role at Euro-IX she brings the members together to share ideas and experiences on technical, commercial and regulatory matters, and works on other IXP related projects such as the IXPDB and support programs to help IXPs in need.
Bijal has been involved with the Peering and Interconnect Community since 2003, she’s been a RIPE NCC Services Working Group Co-chair since 2005 and was elected on to the PeeringDB Board in 2017 where she currently serves as a Director.
On 8 Oct 2019, at 09:53, Hans Petter Holen <hph@oslo.net> wrote:Thank you all for volunteering to the database task force.I have noted the following volunteers, which I believe to be a good composition:* Peter Koch* Shane Kerr* Nick Hilliard* Bijal Sangani* Sara Marcolla* James KennedyI will ask the RIPE NCC to set up a web page and a publicly archived mailing-list for the Task Force.Please confirm that you are still willing to participate and which email address you would like to subscribe to the list.Also, send us a short bio to be published on the taskforce page in order to provide transparency to the larger community.Since the RIPE community and the database working group will potentially have to implement the findings from the working group, database working group chairs and eventually the RIPE Chair may have to evaluate consensus on the proposal, so I believe it is better for us not to be directly involved. We will of course be following the work and give advice when needed.It would be great if you could find time to meet and select one or two chairs for the task force during the RIPE meeting.I have also set aside time on the agenda for the RIPE Community Plenary on Thursdayfor the chair to present the charter, members and timeline, as well as opening for community input.The RIPE NCC will provide reasonable administrative support if needed, and legal support, since this task force may touch upon legal obligation of the RIPE NCC.There has been no comments to the draft charter, which I have included here for your reference.RIPE Database Requirements Task Force
Daniel Karrenberg
*Version 1.1*
### Rationale
The RIPE Database is now almost 30 years old [[ripe-13]]
(https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-013 "RIPE Databases").
During all this time, the community has developed the functionality of
the Database incrementally. Today some new frictions have emerged such
as changing privacy requirements and the use of the RIPE DB by parties
outside the traditional community, specifically law enforcement. Because
of these frictions and changing needs, the community consensus about the
functionality of the RIPE DB has become less obvious. Therefore it is
now time to take stock and to establish a clear consensus about what
functionality the RIPE DB should provide in the future.
### Charter
The RIPE Database Requirements task force shall develop a RIPE document
listing all the [requirements]
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requirements_engineering "Wikipedia") for
the RIPE DB and their rationales. The task force is a small and focused
drafting team of two to five persons and not a representative body. The
task force will consult the RIPE community and other interested parties.
Consensus building will take place in the appropriate RIPE working
groups and possibly specific BoFs. The task force will regularly publish
draft versions of the document.
### Document Scope
The purpose of the document is to establish community consensus at the
general level. The document will be the new requirements specification
for the RIPE DB. It shall provide clear guidance for the evolution of
RIPE DB functionality, including the removal of current functionality
that is no longer required.
The document will prioritise requirements as much as possible. The
document shall list the purpose of each RIPE DB function and consider
the relevant privacy aspects, making the document useful in the context
of privacy regulations such as the GDPR. The document shall allow easy
updates as community needs change.
Software development, deployment and other implementation details are
out of scope. Despite being scoped as a requirements document, the
document shall not prescribe a specific engineering methodology for
subsequent steps in the process.
### Methodology
The RIPE Chair shall appoint the task force after a call for volunteers.
Volunteers are expected to contribute significant amounts of text and to
collect community feedback. The task force will regularly publish
revised drafts based on this feedback. The task force may conduct BoF
sessions to discuss drafts with the community.
### Time Line
The task force will start its work at [RIPE 79]
(https://ripe79.ripe.net/ "RIPE 79, 14-18 October 2019") and produce the
*first* draft by December 2019. The task force will deliver a document
for last-call at RIPE 81 in October 2020. If the community does not
achieve consensus by RIPE 81, the task force will give a report listing
the open issues and propose a plan to resolve them.