Chairman Resigns

 Daniel, Wilfried,
...
  > 
  > 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.
Even more important is the opportunity to put the local-ir forces
together to defend the Internet address room ... 
 ...
  >   > 
  >   >   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. 
  > 
I want to second this.
  > 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
  > 
Juergen