[ripe-chair-discuss] RIPE Chair Selection Process

> On 7 Oct 2018, at 21:08, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
> 
> how did we come to this decision; the nomcom being the wg chair
> retirement home?  brandy and cigars?

Damn, missed those, again (well, if someone wants my share of the hypothetical cigar I will gladly pass it on) ;)

> 
>> This looks mostly fine, with the exception of the involvement of the
>> WG Chairs Collective in the NomCom appointment process.
> 
> aside from process issues which you point out, this would remove the
> chairs from candidacy, maybe not the wisest of moves, as a few of them
> actually *do* things.
> 

Actually, the way I understood it was the wg charts “collective” would admin the process of putting together the nomcom (a process that is itself undefined at this time and could be, as I seem to recall some discussion, similar to the random selection of the IETF). I didn’t sign up anywhere to be the nomcom because a self-appointed nomcom… defeats the purpose of an open nomcom.

>> There are other similar organisation structures on the internet who
>> have nomcom mechanisms which work well, which the RIPE community could
>> use.
> 
> the ietf's semi-randomiezed process comes to mind; though it is a bit
> complex.  but at least it is not an old girls'/boys' club.

Hmmm…, ballot stuffing of the pool from which members are picked may or may not have happened there, possibly unbalancing the process somewhat. Perfection is hard. I have no better system to offer though, just tuning of the process, if that.

> 
>> I'm not able to support the current proposal
> 
> nor am i.
> 
> randy
>