Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the formation of the RIPE Cooperation  
Working Group. This working group is an important forum in which to  
discuss cooperation between the many stakeholders in the Internet  
community, including business, government, regulators and civil  
society. It follows on from the work of the Enhanced Cooperation Task  
Force, community discussions at the RIPE 56 Meeting in May 2008, and  
the recognition that a more open dialogue between all stakeholders is  
vital to ensuring the continued stability of the Internet.

A draft charter for the working group can be found at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/cooperation/index.html

This page also contains a link to subscribe to the Cooperation  
Working Group mailing list (cooperation-wg@ripe.net).

As with all RIPE Working Groups, both the name and charter of the  
Cooperation Working Group are open for discussion, whether on the  
mailing list or at RIPE Meetings.

Co-chairs for the Cooperation Working Group will be Martin Boyle, from the .uk registry Nominet, and Maria Häll, from the Government Offices of Sweden.
We encourage everyone with an interest in multistakeholder cooperation to participate in this new working group, and we look forward to the working group making a valuable contribution to the RIPE community and its relationship with the  
broader Internet community.

Regards,

Martin Boyle and Maria Häll
Co-Chairs, RIPE Cooperation Working Group

Martin Boyle
Senior Policy Advisor
Nominet
Martin.Boyle@nominet.org.uk
Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road
Oxford OX4 4DQ
UK

Maria Häll
Deputy Director
Division for Information Technology Policy
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
maria.hall@enterprise.ministry.se
SE-103 33 Stockholm
SWEDEN