[cooperation-wg] Chairs of this wg

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Johan Helsingius <julf at julf.com> wrote:
> I really regret I couldn't be physically present this
> morning, but it appears there was a fair bit of good
> discussion.

almost never too late:-)

a few comments inline


> On 26-05-16 11:47, Meredith Whittaker wrote:
>
>>   * *Johan Helsingius* -- (tentative nominee, as above). I'm not sure of
>>     his background or interest, but I invite him to disclose this in an
>>     email here.
>
> "Sic transit gloria mundi"... :)
>
> I guess there is poetic justice that having at one point (when IP
> packets were still conveyed by pterodactyls) been the largest
> provider of anonymity on the net (some of you might remember me
> as julf at anon.penet.fi), I have now managed to achieve anonymity
> among the younger generation of the RIPE community.

where you active at RIPE in the earlier days ? and if so where?


<snip>
> On the downside, I have spent far too much of my life in the
> corporate world - after having been part of putting together
> the first pan-European ISP, I ended up as CTO and EVP of
> the ill-fated carrier and IP services operator KPNQwest.
> Having realized I am not very compatible with corporate
> structure and hierarchy, I have since been involved with
> smaller technology companies. I spent a number of years as
> the chairman of the board of IoT device manufacturer Viola
> Systems (now part of ABB), and having been a board member
> for a long time, I just got appointed chairman of the
> board for IoT services provider BaseN.
>
> I am currently the Nomcom appointee in the Non-Contracted
> Parties House of the ICANN GNSO Council.
<snip>
> As to my view of the role of a co-chair for this WG,
> I think RIPE-542, as posted by Hans Petter, sums it
> up pretty well. Will try to participate in the discussion
> and answer any questions, but will be on the road with
> sporadic connectivity until Monday evening.

so you're also active elsewhere in the Internet community,
that's great! And with that said, think you'll be an excellent
co-chair with Meredith and preferable one more :-)


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