[ncc-services-wg] Should we have a RIPE archivist?

Hi,

>> Why, exactly?  In Address-Policy, for example, many of the current policies
>> go back to discussions we had years and years ago.  So having more easily
>> accessible archives of "old discussions" would help newcomers to understand
>> better why things evolved the way they did...
> 
> If APWG feels there is a need to guide newcomers, APWG can write a FAQ
> or newcomers document themselves. This should be a working group
> activity.

I think this goes beyond WGs, Gert was just using that as an example.  Who, for example, would curate the lir working group’s history?  Or netnews?

> To be honest I don't see a lot of value in this proposition. It already
> is part of RIPE NCC's duties to make the website and published documents
> usable and searchable. I'm not sure what an (opinionated?) historican
> really adds here. 

I can see a use for curating historical information regarding the NCC and the RIPE community, but I’m also wary of adding headcount at the NCC to do it.  Is this something, perhaps, that a team of volunteers (with suitable historical knowledge of the NCC and the community) could do as a task force?

Cheers,
Rob