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

[Laura F McGinnis]

Thank you all for your support. I'm looking forward to leading this group 
to complete the specification and begin moving the specification forward.

LM

At 12:40 AM 3/1/2006 +0900, Hiro Kishimoto wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Given that there is no objection to Laura McGinnis's chair
>nomination, GFSG has discussed and approved her as the UR-WG's
>new chair.
>
>Congratulations Laura. And please bring UR-WG forward!
>
>Thanks,
>----
>Hiro Kishimoto
>
>Stephen M Pickles wrote:
>>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
>>==================== Stephen M. Pickles ====================
>>Technical Director, Grid Operations Support Centre
>>Manchester Computing
>>Room G49.1, Kilburn Building
>>The University of Manchester           tel: +44 161 275 5974
>>Oxford Road                            fax: +44 161 275 6800
>>Manchester M13 9PL          stephen.pickles at manchester.ac.uk

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