[ripe-chair-discuss] RIPE Chair Selection Process

>>>> Would it work if we let PC appoint NomCom? There are probably problems
>>>> with this that I don't see.
>>> No. The same perceived problems arise with whatever group appoints the
>>> Nomcom.
>> 
>> so don't *appoint* the nomcom at all.  random selection.  but i already
>> said that.
> 
> I think the problem with a random selection is just that, it’s random,
> would you really want someone who has never been involved with the
> RIPE community picking the potential next RIPE chair?

the ietf has the same problem.  which is why it is random selection
from a QUALIFIED pool of volunteers.  in the ietf's case, the sole
qualification is attended N out of the last M meetings. where N and M
are in one of the RFC citations i gave.

it is somewhat odd that meeting attendance is the criterion in a
community which claims that the mailing lists are the place where work
is done.  and, of course, this is re-discussed.

it is all spelled out in horrid detail in the rfc cites i gave back in
this thread.  hard as it is to believe, the ietf is even more obsessed
about documenting corner cases than the ripe wannabe technical lawyers.

randy