[ripe-chair-discuss] RIPE Chair Selection Process

On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 04:32:43PM +0100, Nick Hilliard wrote:

> > This will be presented during the plenary at RIPE 77 with the aim to
> > reach consensus on the process.
> 
> This looks mostly fine, with the exception of the involvement of the WG
> Chairs Collective in the NomCom appointment process.

I share this concern, both regarding the convener function as well
as the final appointig function.  The engineering reason is that
technically the RIPE chair presides the "collective" and thus
would have an essential role in the process.

> There is long running disquiet in the RIPE community about the WG Chairs
> Collective as an institution.

This is probably a bold statement, but in spite of (or maybe because of)
having been in that place in the almost distant past, I tend to share
that sentiment.

> In the interests of bottom-up process and transparency, it would be better
> to invest the nomcom mechanism in something else.

By the way, I'd consider overloading the PC with any function
quite equally undesirable.

In addition, the NomCom to be "representative of the RIPE community"
raises concerns although that might be a wording issue.

-Peter