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

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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>
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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

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