[members-discuss] External thoughts on the Executive Board Election TF

Hi,

On Sat, Nov 07, 2020 at 12:35:20PM +0000, Harry Cross wrote:
> The NCC made a lot of noise at RIPE81 about trying to attract new members
> and new "blood" into the NCC and community. Locked doors and locked away
> decisions and suggestion making won't help with this - but this is just an
> opinion.

You are squarely mixing "RIPE community" and "RIPE NCC".

The RIPE NCC is a formal organization which has an executive board, 
flowing money, and paying members.  And members *vote* on what the EB
should do, and how their money should be spent.  And yes, this excludes
all non-members from the final decision.

The RIPE *community* is "all of us", and this is the primary focus of
the RIPE meeting (of which the RIPE *member* AGM on wednesday evening is 
not a part, it just happens to happen in the same week to reduce 
travelling).

RIPE is open, and the RIPE WGs solicit "fresh blood" to bring new
impulses to the community.

The RIPE NCC is not open in the sense of "anyone can come and influence
RIPE NCC business".

Gert Doering
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