[ripe-chair-discuss] RIPE Chair Selection Process

> On 11 Oct 2018, at 15:59, Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> wrote:
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>> On 11 Oct 2018, at 15:40, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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> Yes, there is a contradiction there. Sort of. However for RIPE, we're appointing a Chair whose responsibilities largely focus around RIPE meetings, not the work or policy-making that supposedly gets done on RIPE's mailing lists. Drawing from the people who regularly participate in RIPE meetings for both the Nomcom and Chair seems the most sensible choice to me.

I don’t think we should forget those who are active in the community that can’t attend the RIPE meetings for whatever reason, by active I mean via the mailing lists or remote meeting participation. 

So I think the criteria should be to have been active in the RIPE community over the last x years by attending at least y RIPE meetings OR by being active on a RIPE mailing list in the last x years.

Regards,
Bijal

(where x and y could possibly = three) :)


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