Dear Ana and all,
As far as WG 6.9, I am happy to include you in the group and your email in the list. Personally, I will appreciate very much your collaboration. I think we can do some interesting things in India.
I'm planning to do a "virtual" meeting soon.
Nevertheless I have to say that the way people joins a working group is still unclear to me.
Joining the working group is not totally regulated. There are different models: - we may ask people who are known in the area due to publications, establishing of important intiatives etc. and then include them immediately after having obtained their willingness to contribute (which should be a little more than just a friendly smalltalk statement) - at the other end of the spectrum we could initiate a very detailed voting procedure where interested candidates supply there candidature by expressing their visions, including their CV etc. The voting would then be made by the actual WG members - and it might happen that the outcome is negative! Every few years the membership would have to be renewed by applying the same mechanism. This - to my opinion a little bit too much formalized - procedure is done for example by WG 7.3 (Modelling and Performance Evaluation). They want to keep the membership list small in order to keep the number of nonactive people as low as possible. You are free to define your own ideas but maybe you should have a look into the last pages of the recent meeting documents where the tasks of chair, wg chair, and national delegates are listed. You might want to contact other wg chairs about their habits in that respect. Best regards Otto