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Job Snijders
job at instituut.net
Sat Nov 5 18:06:32 CET 2016
Hi Denis, This is expressing my approval. See Item 3 of the Chair Selection Process: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/db/database-wg-chair-selection-process Regards, Job On Sat, Nov 05, 2016 at 05:55:31PM +0100, denis wrote: > 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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