[cooperation-wg] Cooperation WG Chair Selection Process - candidates and launch of the discussion

Dear all,

> Anyway, January 5 is approaching quickly, and Achilleas and I are facing the
> prospect of having to pick one of the co-chair candidates without much input
> from the WG members.

both candidates are perfectly qualified and even though (or maybe: because)
their track records differ, either one would be a good choice - and the
mix even better.  Therefore, I'll not express a preference and I'm not even
convinced that we need to make that call.  One doesn't have to be a chair
to get the ball rolling and with that I'd suggest we take advantage of
both Des' and Dick's contributions to the discussion to

a) schedule a virtual interim for, say, some time Feb
b) develop a work plan for 'raising our voices'
c) start/continue discussion on this list

>From my pov, we could have a 5-10 headed program committee, if that helps
(the wg chairs collective puts a ceiling on the number of rep's - but that's
a totally different governance issue).

The end of the year brought us intersting suggestions from Brussels(*) and
elsewhere and - as was already mentioned - the technical community's
recognition is challenged, so let's get together.

(*) Europe is larger and wider than the EU and the RIPE community is even
    more global, indeed.  I'm suggesting focus, not foreclosure. In the
    end, everybody will be faced with bright ideas.

-Peter