[cooperation-wg] Chairs of this wg

Feel free to start a discussion about requirements, Jim. With the
understanding that among those biggest requirements are:

   - Willing
   - Able to attend
   - Available

Bicycle shedding other qualities may be fun, but I don't think useful as it
pertains to making this selection.


On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> wrote:

>
> > 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 :-)
>
> <AOL Mode*>
> me too!
> </AOL Mode>
>
> *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.
>
>
>


-- 
Meredith Whittaker
Open Research Lead
Google NYC
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