[ripe-list] Stepping down

Dear all,

Following the inception of Accountability Task Force at RIPE73, I have
accepted to be part of it as well as to contribute to the work in the
Co-Chair position alongside William Sylvester.

Unfortunately seeing the tone of the recent discussions around the Task
Force in various mailing lists, I’ve lost my motivation to pursue a role
within the Task Force. Words like “amateur lawyers” are being thrown into
discussions in relation to the Task Force. I don’t know what is meant with
this or who is intended to be addressed with that actually but I personally
find this neither helpful nor constructive in the context of the
discussions taking place. It is not only NOT inline, in my belief, with our
expected standard behaviours but it also distracts from the actual work
that TF members should be focusing on.

I also observed that after 6 months of its inception there is still
questioning around the Task Force’s remit and its scope. This made me
question as well whether or not this is a topic that has general support of
the larger community.

I am very time challenged in my day job and considering the points above,
it would just not be wise for me to stay in the TF under these current
circumstances. Accordingly I have decided to step down from both member
status as well as the Co-Chair position of the Task Force.

I personally believe the areas and topics Accountability TF has planned to
look into are important for the future of an healthy RIPE Community and so
I will be continuing my participation as a community member when they
publish their work.


Kind regards

Filiz Yilmaz
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