[ripe-chair-discuss] Chair nomination process

>>> I am failing to understand what I sense is questioning of why we are 
>>> providing input and even if we should provide input.
>>
>> I should clarify - I am not saying you are questioning the input, but 
>> some of the discussion on the list certainly reads like it. Apologies 
>> if this could be read to mean otherwise.
>
> We are in hallway mode again.

i am deeply saddened at the tenor of our discussion on this list.  this
is not the european cooperative culture which keeps me coming back to
ripe after i have left the arin, apnic, ... communities.

usually, i would assume it is the medium; email sucks.  but we're all
old dogs at this, and should know how to use email.  and we're all old
enough to be beyond second guessing as a sport.

do we really feel the process is wrong and we were not heard when we
reached consensus on the process?  do we really question the integrity
of the nomcom?  do we really question the integrity of the nominees?

i, for one, do not question any of these.  sadly though, i am wondering
if the tenor and negativity on this list should cause me to rethink my
participation.

randy