[ripe-chair-discuss] RIPE Chair appointment procedure, some ideas

Hello,

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Carlos Friacas <cfriacas at fccn.pt> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 16 Nov 2016, Jim Reid wrote:
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> (...)
>>
>>
>> When we talk of "election" before deciding that this is the way to go, it
>> unfairly biases the discussion in that direction. It creates a
>> mindset/environment which excludes other possibilities or discourages people
>> from suggesting them.
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>
> Making it a "not-so-appropriate-word" to use during a discussion, may also
> create some bias :-))
>

+ 1.

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>>
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>> IMO, the enthusiasts for electing the RIPE Chair need to first solve the
>> eligibility criteria. This is a difficult, perhaps impossible, problem to
>> solve in a forum like RIPE which is completely open and has no membership.
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>
> Everyone (in theory) has a voice. If there are no voices against...
> I also don't think that we absolutely need to close any eligibility criteria
> at a 1st try. :-)
>


+1.

While I do not agree with all the points Carlos has made, I think
content of his mail was totally to the point, well expressed, and
perfectly within scope of this mailing list and the discussion point
in hand.

Lets focus on the ideas instead of trying to police the discussions.
Everything can be discussed at once.
HPH and the community has enough maturity to read them all and process
them all together.
No need for categorisation or some kind of filtering.
The scope of the discussion list is clear; we are discussing a
selection process for RIPE Chair position.
Elections can be used as a form of a selection process and supporters
of that should not be put under any kind of pressure or impression
that they cannot raise their views already now.

Kind regards
Filiz



>
> Cheers,
> Carlos
>