Dear AP WG, Maybe not as timely as initially projected, but with no further delay ... We have 2 prospects for the Co-Chair position for the AP-WG, as Gert is leaving us as co-chair after 18 years of being one of the Chairs of the AP-WG ( since RIPE 44 in Amsterdam, 2003 ). Or the LIR WG as it was called back in those days.. ( https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-44/meeting-repo... ) Both Leo Vegoda and James Kennedy re-stated that they want to serve the WG as a co-Chair. Their motivation you can read below: James Kennedy: Clogg size M, preferably wooden. Relevant background - BSc degree in IT and Telecommunications from University of Limerick, 2005 - Various roles in technology in Luxembourg and Amsterdam before working for the Registration Services department of the RIPE NCC for 3.5 years - Now the IP Address Manager for tier 1 Internet access provider for over 8 years - Regular RIPE Meeting attendee and active RIPE community member - Author of address policy 2015-02: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-02 - Member of the RIPE Database Requirements Task Force: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/tf/rdb-requirements-tf Likes - Well maintained, accurate, reliable data - Smart process simplification - Bottom-up, consensus-driven, open policy development Goals as AP-WG co-chair - Facilitate and encourage open, constructive discourse on address policy related topics - Provide neutral guidance to community members interested in proposing address policy - Support productive communication between the RIPE NCC and the RIPE community regarding address policy issues in a post-IPv4 runout world Leo Vegoda: I had operational roles at two ISPs before joining the RIPE NCC's registration services team in 2000. I led the team for several years before joining ICANN to manage Internet Number Resources in its IANA team at the end of 2006. I then moved into ICANN's Office of the COO to focus on continuous improvement and organisational planning. I started a small business in 2020, and focus on helping organisations operating in the Internet infrastructure and community space. Clients include Euro-IX, PeeringDB, and UKNOF. I am also currently chairing RIPE's Code of Conduct TF. The first meeting I attended was RIPE 35, in 2000. I have previously submitted one policy proposal (https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2006-07) and have implemented several more, both at the RIPE NCC and ICANN. And Leo's response in reply to the info above, as to what his shoe size is ...
My shoes say 255, but that is a Chinese scale. Also, I think my feet have spread after a year of almost not wearing shoes.
Me and Gert had the pleasure on working with Leo and James in the last 6 months on topics in relation on the AP-WG related stuff. And I would suggest to the working group to extend, if the WG agrees, to accept both applicants, so that we are going to a 3 chair WG. I think they have a solid understanding of the policy making and background which is relevant for the AP-WG and a good addition to the position. During RIPE82 we will have the time in the agenda for the rotation process. If you like to support or have specific questions / concerns, please let us know via the mailing list or to myself directly. We will send out the AP-WG RIPE82 agenda shortly. Regards, Erik Bais On behalf of the AP-WG chair team.