[ripe-chair-discuss] RIPE Chair Selection Process

On 14/10/2018 13:21, Daniel Karrenberg wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> Before we discuss how to select a person to fill the role of "RIPE
> Chair" we should have consensus about what that role is. As the
> Accountability TF points out, we do not have that yet. Consensus about
> the role itself  will guide us in establishing consensus on a selection
> process. Doing it the other way around, or in parallel, is neither
> rational nor effective.
>
> Therefore I suggest that we put the discussion of the selection process
> on hold and work to make serious progress on the role description during
> the coming week. Maybe we can even have a consensus call on Friday! This
> quickly addresses one of the recommendations of the Accountability TF as
> well.
>
> Over the last couple of months I have drafted the RIPE document below.
> The text is based on my personal knowledge of the RIPE Chair role from
> its inception until the present time. It incorporates comments from
> knowledgeable members of the community including the current chair and
> some WG chairs.
>
> Let us establish consensus about the status-quo first and let us avoid
> mixing that with a discussion about how to evolve the role. Once we have
> consensus about the status-quo we can continue the discussion on the
> selection process from a more solid basis. We can also have a discussion
> about evolving the role itself based on changes to a consensus document.
>
> Please let the list know whether you agree/disagree to proceed like this!
>
> Please suggest new or alternative text for the document below so that we
> can make progress towards consensus.
>
> Daniel
I like this, it isn't too formal and it's descriptive rather than
prescriptive, which always seems to me to be the best way of proceeding
in cases such as this.

Where i differ is in thinking that the process of selecting the RIPE
Chair can pretty well be decoupled from the job description. However I'd
not lose sleep if we decide to sort out the job description first.

Is it appropriate to formalise the job of the vice chair at this time
(if we decide to have a vice chair)?

Nigel