Dear members of the RIPE Cooperation Working Group,
On 17 Oct 2013, at 10:38, Maria Häll wrote:
> As you all know Patrik Fältström has stepped down as co-chair of the
> Cooperation Working Group.
> As remaining co-chair I would like to nominate Niall O'Reilly as new co-chair
> of the WG.
> Niall will present himself on the list shortly.
That seemed to draw a flurry of other nominations, which I see as a
healthy sign.
I feel privileged that Maria nominated me, and congratulate the other
nominees on
seizing the initiative to self-nominate.
It's time that I introduced myself too.
As some of you will know already, I work in the IT Services Unit at
University College
Dublin (Ireland's largest university). I have been engaged in the RIPE
Community since
1990 [1] and have been Chair or Co-Chair in two RIPE Working Groups
which are now no
longer active: TLD [2] and ENUM [3]. I am familiar with the RIPE
Policy Development
Process, both from the oversight side and, more recently, as a policy
proposer.
While responsible for the IE top-level domain, I was one of the
co-founders of CENTR,
which grew from the work of the RIPE TLD WG. I am still involved in
the TLD scene, as
a member of AFNIC's Scientific Council [4].
I see the Cooperation WG, and especially item 3 of its Charter [5], as
having growing
significance, reflecting the increasing attention which civil society
is now having
to give to the impact of the technology which RIPE once had to promote
and foster.
I look forward to Maria's "suggestions how to move fwd" with choosing
co-chairs for
the WG and, whatever the outcome, will be glad to support the
leadership of the WG
in any way I can.
Best regards,
Niall
[1] http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-3/attendee-list
[2] http://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/inactive-working-groups/tld
[3] http://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/enum
[4]
http://www.afnic.fr/en/expertise/r-d/a-scientific-council-open-to-the-internet-community-2.html
[5] http://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/coop
