Re: CfCC - Call for a co-chair

I think it would be a fab idea!

On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 15:05, Nic Jansma <nic@nicj.net> wrote:

> Hi Yoav, Ilya, Philippe!
>
> I would like to throw my name into the hat for consideration as the
> co-chair.
>
> I've been involved in the group since its inception when I was at
> Microsoft, when we were trying to develop a new thing called
> "msPerformance" and decided that we should collaborate with Google on their
> "WebTiming" proposal.  Through Microsoft, SOASTA and now Akamai I've tried
> to participate in all of my roles.  I've been lucky that the companies I've
> worked for have valued my participation as well.  I hope you can tell that
> web performance is my passion!
>
> As a consumer of this data, I think I bring a unique point of view to
> these specs, and I would advocate for the developers and companies that
> would be the users of these APIs.  One of my main commitments for my role
> at Akamai is ongoing participation in the W3C, as we see it as an important
> venue to share our ideas and help shape these web APIs.  I would be happy
> to commit to all of the administrative tasks outlined.
>
> Regardless of whether I'm chosen or not, I'm looking forward to
> participating in the group for as long as I can.  It's been fun to see it
> mature over time and take on so many great specs and initiatives!
>
> Thank you all!
>
> - Nichttp://nicj.net/
> @NicJ
>
> On 2/13/2020 3:43 AM, Yoav Weiss wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> Later this year we’ll be renewing our charter and, looking ahead, it’s
> clear that while we’ve made significant progress over the past few years —
> thank you all for great collaboration — there is still a lot for us to
> think about, explore, and build to help improve performance on the web.
>
> To that end, with Todd’s departure at the end of last year, we would love
> to backfill his co-chair position to help us keep the group humming and
> productive: help with day-to-day group and W3C operations, reinforce and
> build new connections between groups and wider developer ecosystem, and
> help steer our web performance efforts towards where the web performance
> community needs them most.
>
> On the tactical side, you’d be committing to help:
> Run bi-weekly group calls, record them, and make sure they are properly
> minuted - by assigning scribes and making sure the minutes properly reflect
> the call.
> Organize agenda for and run the group’s F2F meetings: TPAC, interims, etc.
> Support and work with spec authors to help them unblock outstanding
> issues, and help them move their work along the W3C track.
> Engage with wider industry to help us keep the flow of precious feedback
> on all the various proposals and incubations.
>
> If this sounds exciting, and something that you’d be interested and able
> to commit time to, please reach out to Ilya, Philippe, and myself and let
> us know you’re interested.
>
> Cheers :)
> Yoav
>
>
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