[address-policy-wg] WG chair re-selection procedure

On 16 Sep 2014, at 10:44, Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist at gmail.com> wrote:

> Concordet voting is most likely the fairest approach to all.

Voting makes no sense in an open forum such as RIPE which has no membership and anyone can literally walk in off the street and vote.* Sorry. I'm OK with voting for members of the PC. That has no role in policy-making. RIPE works by consensus when it comes to policy matters. IMO it would be very unwise to abandon that.

Voting for a WG chair would be the start of a slippery slope. Next, we'd be voting on policy proposals. Or voting on which proposals can get discussed in the WG. Pretty soon, the focus will be on process rather than policies. We'll end up turning into ICANN. Or even the ITU.

* This was one of the issues the WG Chair Collective struggled with. Suppose a WG wanted to get rid of a WG Chair and he/she buses in enough "supporters" to win any vote.