[cooperation-wg] Cooperation WG co-shair self nomination

Hello all,

I'm interested in working with you to continue to the growth and
development of an empirical, technically-founded, data-based voice in
policy and governance. I would be taking on this role in my personal
capacity, not as a representative of my employer.

Bio/soapbox:

I'm a Program Manager at Google Research, focusing on Open Source and Open
Data (net: how do we provide verifiable data in place of rhetoric and
assurances of trustworthiness?).

I know many of you (hello!), and those I know have likely heard me
monologue about the need for the technical community's input in
policymaking. This is my wheelhouse -- in the quest not to totally mess up
the Internet, I can think of few things more important. Both because naive
political mandates could seriously harm the utility and viability of the
most revolutionary engine for human communication since Gutenberg, and
because (listen up) these same careless mandates almost certainly take no
account of the way networks *actually work,* hampering Operators (your)
agency to make sensible decisions and innovations. All that to say, I'd be
honored and happy to work with the formidable intellects at RIPE to help
develop this technical voice.


With some deference to brevity, I'll leave it there. Please ask me any
questions.

Cheers,
Meredith

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Meredith Whittaker
Program Manager, Google Research
Google NYC
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