[dns-wg] Volunteer list for RIPE DNS working group chair

dknight> I struggle to reconcile our efforts toward impartiality with
dknight> the notion of having the chairs encouraging a preferred
dknight> candidate.


jim> It depends on what's meant by encouragement. I'm fairly sure Paul
jim> means approaching someone (or more than one) and saying "Have you
jim> ever thought of becoming a WG co-chair?".

Yes. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

The DNS community has a lot of folks who have been around and known each
other for a very long time. That's a good thing but can make it very
intimidating for someone "new" to volunteer. Being a bit more active in
finding promising folks who haven't had a chance to contribute as much
yet seems like a good thing.

And I'm sure all the chairs have been and will be very supportive of
anyone new. But also saying that to a potential volunteer explicitly
also might make someone more comfortable about putting their hat in the
ring.