I support Ulrich Wisser, Warmly,
Roy > On 29 Sep 2025, at 16:02, Yevheniya Nosyk via dns-wg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > I am glad to announce that we have 2 candidates for the co-chair position > that will become vacant at RIPE 91. > > We will now collect expressions of support (or opposition) from the mailing > list until Monday, 20 October 2025, and will announce the results on > Thursday, 23 October 2025 during the DNS working group session at the RIPE > 91. > > Our candidates are, in the order received: > > ***************************************** > > Name: Antonio Prado > Nominated by: self-nomination > Statement of Antonio: > > I would like to put my name forward as a volunteer for the position of > co-chair of the RIPE DNS Working Group. > > I have been active in the RIPE community for several years, serving on the > RIPE Programme Committee since 2018 and contributing regularly with talks on > DNS, BGP, and Internet governance. My professional background is in Internet > infrastructure, where I work closely with independent ISPs and research > institutions, with a focus on DNS operations, security, and resilience. > > In addition to my operational work, I have written both academic and popular > articles, as well as books – among them "BGP from Theory to Practice", which > I co-authored. These activities reflect my ongoing interest in making complex > technical topics accessible to different audiences, something I believe is > important also in the context of a working group. > > If selected as co-chair, I would like to continue the WG’s tradition of being > a space for both deep technical exchange and open community dialogue. In > particular, I would focus on: > > - fostering participation from operators of all sizes, especially smaller > ISPs that often remain underrepresented; > - strengthening the link between DNS operations and broader topics such as > security, resilience, and regulatory developments; > - supporting collaboration across different communities and helping to bring > new contributors into the WG. > > I see this role not only as a way to give back to the RIPE community, but > also as an opportunity to help ensure the DNS WG remains a relevant and > inclusive forum for the years to come. > > ***************************************** > > Name: Ulrich Wisser > Nominated by: David Huberman > Statement of Ulrich: > > Currently I work as technical engagement manager Europe for ICANN. Before > that I have worked at .se for 15 years as developer and DNS expert where I > among other things implemented DNSSEC in all production systems. I have > served as co-chair for the Centr-Tech working group, have been on the > DNS-OARC program committee and still organize the tech track of the Nordic > Domain Days. > In my spare time I read sci-fi, dabble with home-automation and I throw > people (I am a licensed judo instructor). > > ***************************************** > > Best regards, > Yevheniya, for the RIPE DNS working group co-chairs (Willem, Moritz and me) > > > ----- > To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, > please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/dns-wg.ripe.net/ > As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with the > email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. > More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ ----- To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/dns-wg.ripe.net/ As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/
