Dear Working Group members,
Between now and our meeting in Rome, we'd like to invite the candidates to say why they would like to co-chair the working group, and we'd ask participants in the WG to express support for one or other candidate.
I am Janos Zsako, one of the candidates. I suspect many of you, if not most of you know me already from the RIPE meetings that I have been attending since RIPE 21 which happened to be also in Rome, back in 1995. I have attended most RIPE meetings since. I was on the Executive Board for 12 years and I was adviser to the EB for another 5 years. I was the Treasurer for 9 years, and I have been continuously following the activity of several Working Groups, including the NCC Services one - from its inception. I participated in several Task Forces over the years. I think - and hope - that the activity of this Working Group will increase in the years to come, especially as the budget for next year had to be cut significantly, and on a longer term the community will have to decide carefully which activities and projects should be sustained or introduced. I expect to have more discussion on these topics. I would like to serve the community with my knowledge and work, in order to keep the RIPE NCC and the RIPE community the leading factor of the Internet. I think I could be useful in this role of NCC Services co-chair. I would be very honoured if you selected me for this task. Best regards, Janos
Cheers, Rob & Bijal