[db-wg] WG Chairs Selection

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 05:21:57PM +0100, Gert Doering wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 05:16:33PM +0100, Horváth Ágoston János wrote:
> > While this is very insightful (thanks for sharing, Erik), I think we
> > are switching from professional to a personal level here.
> > 
> > If anywhere, in RIPE NCC, physical presence should not be viewed as a
> > number one priority. Even a 'company-sponsored' chair can be denied
> > travel by employer or have other business to take care of during the
> > meeting week. If physical presence is an issue, I propose we fix that
> > problem, not accept and then enforce limitations.
> 
> We might all wish otherwise, but "chairing a working group" is really
> best done in presence...
> 
> Of course it will happen that a WG chair cannot attend - and this is 
> why WGs have two or three co-chairs.  But this needs to be the exception.
> 
> So, a WG-chair-cancidate needs to be aware that this will busy him two
> weeks a year, and that this comes with travelling - but I do not see an 
> issue with this in the current candidate set.  They all are not naive 
> newcomers but seasoned DB veterans that have attended enough meetings 
> to understand what will be asked of them.

I do have a problem with a chair who is only willing to travel to
meetings if he is a chair, and habitually insulted and bullied RIPE NCC
staff without remorse.

We should also consider that a knowledgeable working group participant
does not equal being a great chair.

Regards,

Job