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denis
ripedenis at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Nov 5 17:55:31 CET 2016
Hi Job Are you announcing the result or is this just your endorsement? Because it reads like the result.. cheers denis On 05/11/2016 13:55, Job Snijders wrote: > Dear working group, > > I fully support Piotr, William & David to be the new team of chairs. > > I find in the below answers very encouraging signs that William > Sylvester and David Hilario will be good co-chairs, I thank them for > stepping forward as volunteers. > > I think the three of them present a good, diverse outlook on the RIPE > database and its constituents; not only with solid "behind-the-scenes" > experience, but also the much needed real end-user perspective on > things. > > Furthermore I'll emphasizse that Piotr, William & David are members of > our community in good standing. One of their common traits that comes to > mind first is a willingness to help, to listen to the community. > > I seek in DB-WG's next leadership not only a clear view on how the > database works and its potential, but also the ability to act as a > bridge between different-minded people. A continuation of the > consensus-based, bottom-up model is crucial to the database's future. > > Kind regards, > > Job > >>> Can you elaborate further on your motivation why you want to volunteer >>> as chair of the DB-WG? What role does the database play in your >>> professional work? > > On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 03:31:34PM +0000, William Sylvester wrote: >> Thank you for your questions, I use the database daily in my >> professional work as our customers depend heavily upon the accuracy >> and usability of the database. We use the database for writing data to >> the database and also for reading the data in the database. I am very >> involved with customer education, object maintenance, and interacting >> with the many interfaces provided for the database. >> I have volunteered to help the working group because we need to be >> looking to the future of the database. As a co-chair, I would like to >> work to increase the working group member participation, work with my >> co-chairs to identify consensus for the many initiatives, and through >> consensus provide the necessary features to all the users of the >> database. >> The database is a global system used around the world. As a working >> group we have many items to discuss. Items like data validation, >> object access control, authentication, usability, and concerns from >> law enforcement. Finding consensus on these items has a great impact >> on the Internet as a whole. I would like to leverage my 20+ years of >> experience in Internet directory services to help the working group >> address our changing Internet environment. >> Best regards, >> William > > On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 10:18:36AM +0000, fransossen at yahoo.com wrote: > >> Thanks for the questions. >> >> I left the NCC a little over a year ago and I am now going to be >> working with the RIPE Database again as part of a new job, mainly >> simple contacts and network registration. >> When I first started using the RIPE Database, it was an open Database >> where users could change almost any data and break any policies. >> It was confusing for the users and generating a lot of work for the RIPE NCC staff. >> >> Many new users were confused as to why they were able to make changes >> that were not allowed, many experienced users were having "bad script >> days" and making changes that then required the intervention of the >> RIPE NCC to fix. >> >> While working for the RIPE NCC I was involved in creating the sets of >> business rules that prevents the deletion or modification of data >> considered "maintained" by the RIPE NCC. >> >> That greatly improved the overall data quality and lowered the amount >> of time spent by the RIPE NCC in restoring information and having to >> to contact the users and also improved the user experience at the same >> time. >> >> Many hours were spent in testing new releases to test new >> functionalities and discovering what would eventually break the >> expected behavior of the RIPE Database. >> >> I would like to continue with that and help in further enhancing the >> usability of the RIPE Database, I know how it works and how to not >> break it fundamentally when implementing changes to its behavior. >> I am not a coder, my views and use of the RIPE Database is one from a >> user perspective only, based on the available public tools only. >> >> I like to investigate how to achieve the intended goals of the RIPE >> Database, registration of networks and contacts while adhering to the >> RIPE policies, all this in the less cumbersome way possible. >> That experience should be as painless as possible for all users, basic >> users and power users alike. >> >> Any changes should always be analysed with pros and cons to see what >> will break if implemented, and how to then circumvent this and ensure >> continuity of expected functionalities. >> >> Cheers, >> David Hilario > >
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