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Meredith Whittaker
meredithrachel at google.com
Thu May 26 15:04:24 CEST 2016
Brian, this is an excellent point. The perfect should not be the enemy of the done, and we should understand that there are a mix of qualities that can make for effective co-chairs, especially in the Coop-WG. Discussion of what these qualities are is productive and welcome, of course. Best, Meredith On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Gordon Lennox <gordon.lennox.13 at gmail.com> wrote: > I generally agree with you. But I think we need to discuss "out-reach" > more. > > Representing the WG in other fora has proved problematic in the past for > obvious reasons. > > I also tend to think that in any case "out-reach" has too be something for > the whole WG and not an additional task just for the co-chairs. > > Gordon > > On 26 May 2016 at 14:19, Brian Nisbet <brian.nisbet at heanet.ie> wrote: > >> Afternoon, >> >> There has been a lot of discussion on list and at the session today about >> the "job requirements" of a WG Co-Chair, especially in relation to how well >> they know the community or how embedded they may be in it. >> >> There is precedent for situations where a WG's Co-Chairs may be a mix of >> people who are long standing members of the community and "subject matter >> experts" who are more recently arrived. Of course those who are more >> recently arrived do need to make a commitment to becoming suitably >> involved, but we need to be careful about perfect being the enemy of done. >> >> This is especially relevant, I think, in Co-operation where the whole >> point is outreach and bringing more stakeholder groups into the community, >> or at least into contact. >> >> I make no comment about the current candidates for Co-Chair(s) of the WG, >> it is more of a general observation that should be taken into account for >> the discussion. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Brian >> >> -- >> Brian Nisbet, Network Operations Manager >> HEAnet Limited, Ireland's Education and Research Network >> 1st Floor, 5 George's Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1 >> Registered in Ireland, no 275301 tel: +35316609040 >> web: http://www.heanet.ie/ >> >> > -- Meredith Whittaker Open Research Lead Google NYC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/cooperation-wg/attachments/20160526/80754a52/attachment.html>
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