On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Johan Helsingius <[email protected]> wrote: > I really regret I couldn't be physically present this > morning, but it appears there was a fair bit of good > discussion.
almost never too late:-) a few comments inline > On 26-05-16 11:47, Meredith Whittaker wrote: > >> * *Johan Helsingius* -- (tentative nominee, as above). I'm not sure of >> his background or interest, but I invite him to disclose this in an >> email here. > > "Sic transit gloria mundi"... :) > > I guess there is poetic justice that having at one point (when IP > packets were still conveyed by pterodactyls) been the largest > provider of anonymity on the net (some of you might remember me > as [email protected]), I have now managed to achieve anonymity > among the younger generation of the RIPE community. where you active at RIPE in the earlier days ? and if so where? <snip> > On the downside, I have spent far too much of my life in the > corporate world - after having been part of putting together > the first pan-European ISP, I ended up as CTO and EVP of > the ill-fated carrier and IP services operator KPNQwest. > Having realized I am not very compatible with corporate > structure and hierarchy, I have since been involved with > smaller technology companies. I spent a number of years as > the chairman of the board of IoT device manufacturer Viola > Systems (now part of ABB), and having been a board member > for a long time, I just got appointed chairman of the > board for IoT services provider BaseN. > > I am currently the Nomcom appointee in the Non-Contracted > Parties House of the ICANN GNSO Council. <snip> > As to my view of the role of a co-chair for this WG, > I think RIPE-542, as posted by Hans Petter, sums it > up pretty well. Will try to participate in the discussion > and answer any questions, but will be on the road with > sporadic connectivity until Monday evening. so you're also active elsewhere in the Internet community, that's great! And with that said, think you'll be an excellent co-chair with Meredith and preferable one more :-) -- Roger Jorgensen | ROJO9-RIPE [email protected] | - IPv6 is The Key! http://www.jorgensen.no | [email protected]
