[ripe-chair-discuss] RIPE Chair Selection Process

> On 8 Oct 2018, at 16:05, Roger Jørgensen <rogerj at gmail.com <mailto:rogerj at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2018, 14:57 Malcolm Hutty <malcolm at linx.net <mailto:malcolm at linx.net>> wrote:
> On 08/10/2018 13:50, Joao Damas wrote:
> > 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).
> 
> That's a material distinction.
> 
> Checking the text, it says
> "The RIPE Working Group Chair collective will be responsible for forming
> a Nominations Committee (NomCom)."
> 
> which is consistent with Joao's interpretation, but arguably ambiguous
> and was in fact misunderstood by at least two people here.
> 
> Perhaps a small edit, to say,
> 
> "The RIPE Working Group Chair collective will be responsible for
> selecting and convening a Nominations Committee (NomCom)."
> 
> would clarify what they actually need to do?
>  
> 
> Agree, thats a better text. 

Also agree.

> Quick check... Are there a definition of "The RIPE Working Group Chair collective" or is it fully understood by everyone? 

Well, I use it to mean “the set of people who are RIPE working chair-people at that point in time”. I also take the use of “Collective” here as a bit of tongue-in-cheek term by the native English speakers amongst us who, as tradition mandates, question and slightly slight every and any sort of structure. Correct me if I am wrong.

Joao
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