[ripe-chair-discuss] The RIPE Chair Selection Process - v0.4

On 20/03/2019 11:27, Brian Nisbet wrote:
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>> From: ripe-chair-discuss <ripe-chair-discuss-bounces at ripe.net> On Behalf Of
>> Jim Reid
>> Sent: Tuesday 19 March 2019 11:50
>> To: Daniel Karrenberg <dfk at ripe.net>
>> Cc: Discussion of the Selection of the RIPE Chair <ripe-chair-
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>> Subject: Re: [ripe-chair-discuss] The RIPE Chair Selection Process - v0.4
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>> I like this document a lot, especially the bit about using pragmatism and
>> common sense. We need to see much more of this. [ie Keep asking
>> ourselves “what would Rob do?”.]
> 
> I certainly agree here!
>  
>> One thing that worries me is the selection committee making the final
>> decision. I think that has to be for the RIPE community as a whole. ie The
>> selection committee recommends the candidate(s) and the community
>> endorses that recommendation. There should be a cleaner separation of
>> roles here.
> 
> And with this.
> 
>> It might also be an idea to insert some text after the bit about the WGCC
>> appointing an interim Chairman, say that stuckee’s term only lasts long
>> enough for the selection procedure to run and appoint a repalcement.
> 
> However here you have a procedural issue. If we've said that the Chair and Vice-Chair terms must be linked, either the stuckee is in place until the existing term ends, or the Vice-Chair term is truncated.
> 
> I would suggest that maybe this decision can be made by consultation between the Chair, Vice-Chair and WGCC, but we need to have something in place or we may end up with non co-terminating terms, which would be unnecessary complication?
> 
> Brian


I have struggled with this and come to the conclusion that it is easiest
to truncate the Vice Chair's term when the chair is no longer available.
In any case the selection procedure has to be initiated promptly. The
current text says as much. Any help appreciated with saying it more clearly.

In the corner case of both Chair and Vice Chair not being available the
text calls the stuckee Interim RIPE Chair for a number of reasons
including transparency to the outside world and preventing the stuckee
from 'using up' a term for the purposes of the two term limit. We will
that make that explicit in the next version.

Is there anything else I am missing in this regard?

Daniel