[ripe-chair-discuss] Chair nomination process

randy at psg.com 2020-05-13 11:30 [-0700]:
> what would rob say?

+1 to that, Randy!

Democracy is an ideal that we strive towards. In a perfect world
everyone is equally engaged, everyone has equal ability to participate,
and equal interest and opportunity to carry their share of the
responsibilities. Unfortunately the world is not ideal.

The job of RIPE chair is one of being a facilitator. Not a lobbyist for
a certain contingent or opinion. The personal properties we should look
for are fairness, the ability to negotiate opinions, to create
compromise and to unite, not a strong voice for certain opinions.

I wish we had a perfect process. We don't. But to be honest, it's better
than many others. Transparency is a crucial point on my assessment scale.

I wish we hade a wide selection of excellent candidates. We don't. What
we have is a limited set of candidates, all of which, IMHO, are likely
to do a very good job if chosen. Responsibility of being RIPE chair is
something that only a limited set of peole can (for personal reasons)
and will want to carry.

I wish we had the same amount of engagement in _participating_ (as in
being an active member of a group or committee) in the process as we do
in criticising the output. We don't. I didn't quite see 200 ppl turn up
for a seat on the NomCom.

What we have is a limited set of, IMHO, balanced and reliable persons
who try to move forward with limited participation from the community
and with a limited set of, again IMHO, balanced and reliable candidates
- all according to a process that has been decided upon in democratic
ways. And they are very transparent about what's going on.

I cannot demand more than that, AT THE VERY LEAST not without putting my
name on the committee list of X, or without offering my name as a
candidate.

I will give my feedback to the Nomcom and support my favourite
candidate, and I will give the NomCom the cred the deserve.

YMMV.

				Cheers,
				  /Liman
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