Re: CfCC - Call for a co-chair

Nic: first off, thank you for all the amazing work on webperf over the
years!

Second, awesome, glad that you're interested. I'll set up some time for us
to discuss what this would entail, commitments, etc.

On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 12:27 AM Andy Davies <dajdavies@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>