[ripe-list] Follow up on the Dubai AGM - RIPE WG Chair meeting vouchers

The PC has the same thing (and my work no longer pays for RIPE, so I
am paying for it completely out of pocket).

While I would definitely love any financial assistance with the
meeting, last time it came up, we had a discussion about RIPE not
being a normal conference, and how the cost of a RIPE ticket does not
cover the costs of the meeting by far.

Basically I'm neutral on the idea -- I'd love it if it happens, but
knew what I was signing up for and am okay if it does not.



On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 7:27 AM, Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> wrote:
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>> On 18 Jan 2018, at 15:06, Erik Bais <ebais at a2b-internet.com> wrote:
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>> The only ‘benefit’ of picking up the WG Chair hat … is a WG Chair lunch
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> That lunch is the same as the one everyone else at the RIPE meeting gets. The only difference is it takes place in another room while a discussion of WG Chair business and meeting coordination takes place.
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>> I asked the Executive Board during the GM, if it is possible to add a RIPE meeting voucher for the RIPE WG Chairs as compensation.
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> Anything's possible I suppose. However I don't support this suggestion. IMO it's a Very Good Thing that WG Chairs are unpaid volunteers. Giving them freebies from the NCC will change the dynamics: for instance the WG Chairs become (subliminally) dependent on the NCC. We might also see unsuitable people trying to become a WG Chair for the freebies rather than to serve the WG or wider RIPE community.
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