[address-policy-wg] Working group chair rotation 1

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 01:58:03PM +0200, Erik Bais wrote:
> Are you going to formally introduce yourself to the mailing list for those
> that might not know who you are and what your shoe size is ?  
> 
> And can we expect the usual election talks / promises on where we are going
> in the next period with you at the helm ... 
> 
> Personally I would like to know what we are getting ourselves into ... ;) 

Well, if you ask so nicely :-) - here's the short form

Gert Doering

 * age 42
 * shoe size 47, preferrably wearing sandals
 * university diploma in physics, but into networking since about 22 years

 * the ISP I work for is SpaceNet, AS5539 - a regional ISP in Munich, DE,
   who provides mostly "datacenter" and "managed hosting" services these
   days (but used to provide access, so I know both sides of the medal)

 * hands-on-geek - network, peering, unix admin - and long-time LIR contact,
   so I know both the operational side of "IP networks" and the bureaucracy
   side of "I want a Class C network!" - "here's a /29" haggling.

 * attending RIPE meetings since RIPE 24 in Berlin, 1996
   (missing two since then, Dublin I and Prague II)

 * address policy working group co-chair since RIPE 44 in Amsterdam, 2003
   (https://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-44/meeting-report)
   - then still called the "LIR working group".

And now for the future plans

 * listen to the community and to the RIPE NCC RS on where current policy
   causes avoidable friction

 * guide policy proposals through the PDP, finding ways that solve the
   problem at hand *and* get consensus from the community (or accepting
   failure if something is just not agreeable)

 * and *not* having personal ambitions here besides "help in creating policy 
   that is easy to follow, distributes resources in a as-fair-as-possible
   way, and is good for the Internet"

I think the last part is especially important: the APWG chairs should *not*
follow their own agenda, but help and guide the community in agreeing on
policy.  While I do have opinions (galore!), as the AP WG chair, it's not
my job to push for my personal goals.

Of course there is:

 * find and push volunteers to actually write up policy documents that 
   reflect what was discussed at RIPE meetings, so things are not forgotten
   but followed through :-)

Basically - I intend to continue doing what I've done the last couple of
years.  "Continuity in this space".

Eventually, I expect to wind down the AP WG as we'll have achieved a point
where policy is perfect, and we do not need to have the WG actively meet
every meeting anymore.  But this is still some time away.

Gert Doering
        -- NetMaster
-- 
have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?

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