[db-wg] violation of DB T&C by DB-WG co-chair, is it acceptable?

Bill,

a single issue has been addressed in your email, relating to the RIPE
NCC's actions in dealing with a violation of the RIPE DB T&Cs.

The core issue of the complaint, namely the actions of one of the WG
co-chairs, remains completely unaddressed.

Can you kindly inform the working group whether, and if so, when the
Database WG chairs intend to address this?

Nick

William Sylvester via db-wg wrote:
> This message is to follow up on thread created recently with regard to a
> reported violation of the RIPE Database Terms and Conditions. Several
> members have commented publically and a few privately on this matter and
> we wanted to publically addresses these concerns. The working group
> chairs after consulting with the RIPE NCC and the RIPE Chair have
> identified two primary issues in question; 
> 
>  
> 
>  1. A violation of the terms and conditions has been reported to the
>     working group, this is out of scope for the working group. Concerns
>     over usage in regard to the terms and conditions should be reported
>     to the RIPE NCC directly and not on the Database working group
>     mailing list.  RIPE NCC has the responsibility and the resources to
>     handle these violations appropriately. It is our understanding that
>     the RIPE NCC has a process they have followed, and have done so with
>     the complaint registered on the working group mailing list. It is
>     the RIPE NCC’s responsibility to investigate and take action as
>     appropriate. As the working group, with this item referred to RIPE
>     NCC, we consider this issue handled and closed. 
> 
>  
> 
>  2. Conduct of a co-chair for a working group. This is a much more
>     challenging issue, should a chair be held accountable for the
>     actions of an employer? What are examples of unacceptable behavior
>     for a chair and when misconduct is suspected, what action, if any,
>     should be taken? Currently in the RIPE community there are no
>     policies for the removal of a chair. In the history of the RIPE
>     community a working group chair has only been removed once. Chair
>     selection is conducted through the processes identified by each
>     working group. Lacking a defined process, it seems that the chair
>     selection process coming up is the primary way the working group
>     selects or changes the working group leadership. 
> 
>  
> 
> I have always found David to be a good person who cares deeply about the
> RIPE community, as a working group chair he has always handled working
> group business with the highest integrity. I urge the working group to
> consider mistakes we have each made as individuals, by our employers,
> and in life. As working group chairs, we serve the working group for the
> benefit of the RIPE community, we embrace open discussion from all
> working group members, and we strive to resolve issues transparently
> through community feedback and rough consensus. We continue to seek
> community guidance in all aspects of managing the working group and look
> forward to facilitating the database work in our working group.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> William on behalf of the
> 
> Database Working Group Chairs
>