[cooperation-wg] Chairs of this wg

> On 1 Jun 2016, at 19:31, Roger Jørgensen <rogerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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me too!
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*Kids, ask the nearest Old Fart. :-)

Of the candidates that have emerged so far, I think the addition of Johan (Julf) and Achilleas would provide the right sort of balance and experience to complement what Meredith brings to the role.

IMO it would be great to have a co-chair from the government/regulatory side of things and another who has deep roots in the RIPE/Internet community. I think that’s what the WG needs. Well, that’s the combination I would like to see... Achilleas and Julf would nail those attributes in a way the other candidates don’t quite reach. They’re also based in the RIPE service region too, an added advantage.

Not that I have anything against the other choices. I’m sure they’d do a good job and they’re keen to get involved. Which counts for a lot. However it’s not ideal if all of a WG’s co-chairs, especially this WG’s, were based thousands of km away on the other side of the world. It’s likely that a co-chair of this WG might sometimes be needed for face to face meetings with government and regulatory officials from the RIPE service region. Or to have those interactions in their $dayjob and be able to update the WG about them.

Perhaps I’m guilty of naming names before the WG's clarified the requirements for its co-chairs. If so, maybe a discussion about that needs to reach consensus before the WG decides who the co-chairs should be.