[cooperation-wg] On the Nature of WG Chairs...

Afternoon,

There has been a lot of discussion on list and at the session today 
about the "job requirements" of a WG Co-Chair, especially in relation to 
how well they know the community or how embedded they may be in it.

There is precedent for situations where a WG's Co-Chairs may be a mix of 
people who are long standing members of the community and "subject 
matter experts" who are more recently arrived. Of course those who are 
more recently arrived do need to make a commitment to becoming suitably 
involved, but we need to be careful about perfect being the enemy of done.

This is especially relevant, I think, in Co-operation where the whole 
point is outreach and bringing more stakeholder groups into the 
community, or at least into contact.

I make no comment about the current candidates for Co-Chair(s) of the 
WG, it is more of a general observation that should be taken into 
account for the discussion.

Thanks,

Brian

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