[ur-wg] New chair for UR-WG proposed

[Stephen M Pickles]

At the UR-WG meeting at GGF16 last week, we discussed the
problem that the current chairs of UR-WG are no longer
active in GGF. The consensus of the meeting was that the
current chairs need to be replaced.

Laura McGinnis was nominated as the new chair of UR-WG,
accepted the nomination, and had unanimous support from the
meeting. Indeed, Laura has effectively been acting chair for
some time.

This decision needs to be confirmed on the list, and ratified
by the GFSG.

If you have any comments on or objections to this course of
action, or would like to nominate an alternative or additional
chair (self-nominations welcome), now is the time to speak.
You may do so on this list, or by private communication to
your Area Directors. (UR-WG is in the Management Area, and
its Area Directors are Hiro Kishimoto and John Tollefsrud).

I would like to take the new chairs proposal to the GFSG,
which next meets on Tuesday. So please make any comments
by Monday.

I will send out a more comprehensive set of notes
from the UR-WG meeting at GGF16 shortly.

Stephen

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