[ripe-list] NomCom has Started Candidate Selection

[See https://blog.ripe-nomcom.org/nomcom-starts-candidate-selection/ for 
a version of this message with convenient links.]

Before and during RIPE 80 there were calls for the NomCom to halt the 
process and calls to re-open the call for nominations. See the archives 
of the ripe-chair-discuss and ripe mailing lists.

The NomCom has listened carefully to these discussions and decided in 
its 5th meeting to postpone candidate selection and seek community 
support for continuing the process before proceeding. After further 
consultation within the NomCom I have published this request via this 
mailing list on 25 May.

The NomCom pondered the whole community discussion again in its 6th 
meeting and decided unanimously to continue with candidate selection at 
the next meeting.
Last Friday the NomCom has re-affirmed this decision at its 7th meeting 
and started with candidate selection.

The NomCom stresses that it has carefully addressed all suggestions made 
during the discussions and that it has not taken its decisions lightly 
or without regard to what has been said. We considered *all* input as 
well as the current circumstances and concluded that there is no 
consensus in the community to deviate pragmatically from the agreed 
process as it is codified in ripe-727 and ripe-728.

Now that we have made the decision according to our mandate and the 
process agreed by the community before, we ask the community to unite 
and support us in our effort.

Daniel Karrenberg
Chair
RIPE 2020 NomCom