[ripe-chair-discuss] Chair nomination process

Hi Gert,

> On 13 May 2020, at 20:12, Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Nurani,
> 
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 07:22:39PM +0200, Nurani Nimpuno wrote:
>> For as long as I have been part of this community, we always been
>> extremely responsible and clear about the separation between the
>> RIPE NCC and the RIPE community. RIPE NCC staff members do not
>> participate in the policy development process,
> 
> Yes and no to that.  We have been tried to be explicit in making
> that distinction clear (and constantly failed, people use "RIPE" and
> "RIPE NCC" interchangeably, and nobody really seems to mind),

Weeeell, people do get confused, yes. But both RIPE and in particular the RIPE NCC always try to be crystal clear about the distinction between the two. 

> but 
> nothing in the PDP says "a NCC employee is not allowed to have an
> opinion on policy and voice that".  The PDP is quite clear here.
> 
> I think more important than "is someone with an opinion about policy
> a NCC employee or not" is "be very *transparent* in policy making”

I disagree with that assessment. 

If you want to claim that the policy process is truly community driven and you want to avoid any accusations of it being controlled by those who allocate the IP resources, then this principle sits at the heart of our community values. 


> - so,
> discussions on the public lists, in the (public and archived) meeting, 
> and so on, following the agreed PDP, with an appeals process if people
> suspect something shady.  And I think we do achieve that transparency.

For the record, I do as well. Mostly. :)

Nurani 




> 
> Gert Doering
>        -- nomcom member, and involved in policy making for a while
> -- 
> have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?
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