2020 has really shown how reliant we all are on the Internet for everything that we do and that reliance will only increase in the years to come, no matter what a return to 'normal' will look like. As we can all see from the recent RIPE Lab articles that Governments/Regulators/Competent Authorities are drafting a whole new set of proposal's whilst tweaking existing ones, then of course there is the ongoing discussion about a new IP address protocol.
So 2021 is more important than ever that the technical community has a voice. I would like to see the Cooperation WG and the RIPE community help to inform those discussions, of course working closely with the excellent work that the RIPE NCC are already doing in this space. During 2021 and for years to come, I would like to see the cooperation WG and RIPE community have far more interaction and meaningful discussions, not only between ourselves but with external stakeholders. I would work hard to make sure that these interactions were on a regular basis and not left just to the RIPE meetings, which would allow the RIPE community to have a more timely input. Also, allowing those of the community that may not normally have access to decision makers the opportunity to do so, no matter what part of the RIPE region they are from. I would also like to see more dialogue between the other RIR's (but that's another discussion for later on) With regards the question posed by Alex - I don't believe there is a conflict of interest with my employer and this position - Firstly, policies are not normally discussed in this group and secondly, having been involved in the RIPE community for many years I know that the robust policies and procedures that are in place will highlight if the community think there is - I trust the community. Cheers Dick On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 09:26, Lars-Johan Liman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, and my best wishes to you all for a healthy and prosperous 2021. > > I would like to second Sander's support for Desiree. I think she would > make an excellent co-chair for this WG. > > Cheers, > /Liman > #---------------------------------------------------------------------- > # Lars-Johan Liman, M.Sc. ! E-mail: [email protected] > # Senior Systems Specialist ! Tel: +46 8 - 562 860 12 > # Netnod Internet Exchange, Stockholm ! http://www.netnod.se/ > #---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [email protected] 2021-01-02 16:27 [+0100]: > > Hi, > > > On Tue, 2020-12-15 at 13:46 +0000, KEMOS Achilleas wrote: > >> Dear Group, > >> Following the call for third co-chair posted on 30 November, we are > >> pleased to announce that we have two candidates that have expressed > >> and confirmed their interest for the post of the third co-chair: > >> > >> - Desiree Miloshevic > >> - Richard Leaning > > > I have worked with Desiree in the past, and I fully support her as co- > > chair of this working group! > > > Cheers, > > Sander > > -- *Richard Leaning* Director of Trust & Safety - Outreach Cloudflare
