Chairman Resigns

  > "Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet" <woeber at cc.univie.ac.at> writes:
  > 
  > >1) I (still) do not think it is right that an NCCer chairs a
  > >   this group. One of the missions of the group is to act as
  > >   a pressure group towards the NCC. I have expressed this in
  > 
  >   I'm not sure whether this is the one and only possible position. 
  >   My understanding was that the NCC as the Regional Registry has some
  >   responsibilities towards the Global Registry, and thus I don't see
  >   where a "pressure group" approach would fit into the picture.

While this is true, I view the local registries very much as customers
of the NCC as well. We provide a service for you. One of the tasks of
the local-ir group is to provide feedback (critisism, requests)
about that service to the NCC and maybe even complain to others
if the NCC doesn't provide the required service.
That is what I meant. Pressure group is really not the right word.

  > ...
  > 
  > >2) The NCC is currently understaffed and any reduction in the load
  > >   on all staff is welcome.
  > 
  >   This seems to be the most valid point.

Of course. That's why I made it last ;-).
But the other one is valid as well.

  > >So please be prepared that a new chairperson will have to be elected
  > >at the next meeting.
  > 
  >   While I don't want to try to keep bothering you to reconsider your
  >   decision - let me say that I think we (all the Local-IRs) were *VERY*
  >   happy with the way this WG was chaired by you. 

Thank you for your kind words. They really help sometimes.

  > I hope that we can find
  >   a way to keep this collaborative attitude instead of implementing
  >   "pressure groups" within RIPE.

I hope so too.

Daniel