[db-wg] WG Chairs Selection

Dear WG

It is now two weeks since we entered the review phase and we still have
four candidates

David Hilario
Piotr Strzyżewski
William Sylvester
Denis Walker

In my view nothing has been raised by any member of the WG that
disqualifies any of these four from standing.

Since we have four candidates for the three co-chair positions available
I would like to take us to the next phase of the process which is to ask
the four candidates if any of them would like to step down. In
particular I would like them to consider whether they have:

1) The approval of their employer and/or the resources to attend the
majority of RIPE meetings during their term of office.

2) The time and resource available to properly monitor the mailing list
between RIPE meetings.

3) A sufficient knowledge of the RIPE Database to enable them to
adequately understand and comment on proposals that the WG may make

4) The temperament to deal with members of the WG who may get very
passionate about technical matters related to the DB, may not have
English as their first language and may have different ideas on what
constitutes reasonable debate.

5) An understanding of the Policy Development Process (although the WG
has not developed policy for a long while, such knowledge is part of the
equipment of any WG chair).

Candidates have three days to consider these questions and either stand
down or continue. If they wish to stand down they may either do so on
the list or by direct email to me and I will relay it in a neutral
fashion to the list.

At the end of three days, if no candidate has taken a decision to stand
down, I will invoke the random selection process. This is likely to take
place during next week when the Board and RIPE Chair are available in
Amsterdam and a suitable hat and witnesses may be procured.

Best regards

Nigel