[ripe-chair-discuss] RIPE Chair Selection Process

> On 9 Oct 2018, at 01:09, Nick Hilliard <nick at foobar.org> wrote:
> 
> Jim Reid wrote on 08/10/2018 23:59:
>> There is*nothing*  in the current proposal which says this. Now
>> perhaps that language isn't clear enough. But it looks clear to me.
> 
> yes, but that isn't what I meant.  Consider the following:
> 
> 1. WGCC appoints nomcom

A process admin role. I would see this as a random selection process, not a personal selection process, otherwise we can get nasty loops. Given this should be purely an admin process of setting up the nomcom, following an established procedure, it could be done by a sub-set, at which point anyone considering throwing their name into the hat better not be part of the sub-set.

> 2. A WG chair throws hat into RIPE Chair ring

If that happens, at this points that WG chair would have to either step down or recuse her/himself from any further discussion on the process, even in read-only mode.

> 3. Nomcom, appointed by WGCC, selects that WG chair as candidate
> 4. WGCC selects that WG chair as RIPE chair-to-be

Two important bits here. First the fact that you are pointing out there is a loop. Hopefully the changes above would clear that.
Second, the word “that”, meaning one, the nomcom would need to choose one person not a pool, to be sanity checked (a check on process) then passed on to the RIPE plenary.

> unity approves the selection
> 
> Are you ok with this as an outcome of the process?  I'm not.
> 

Would the changes I outline above make sense to you?

Joao