[ripe-list] The NomCom Requests your Support

On 26 May 2020, at 12:53, Alex de Joode wrote:

> So I would like to see a statement from the nomcom if they perceive 
> this to be a potential issue.

 From the NomCom minutes, meeting of April 1st (no joke!)  Note that 
this is before all the input on ripe-chair-discuss.

“3.1 Conflicts Of Interest of Nominees

The committee considered discussions in the RIPE community about whether 
it was appropriate for individuals simultaneously to hold one of the 
RIPE chair roles and also be a RIPE NCC employee.

The context of those particular discussions was the announcement that 
Hans Petter Holen, the outgoing RIPE chair, had accepted employment at 
the RIPE NCC. The committee will also consider the same kinds of 
questions in the context of nominees who are currently RIPE NCC 
employees.

The committee agreed to treat this in the context of considering 
conflicts of interest of nominees in general and to defer this 
discussion until after meeting the nominees and hearing their declared 
conflicts and how they propose to address these.”

https://blog.ripe-nomcom.org/2nd-meeting-of-the-ripe-2020-nomcom/

So yes we are aware of the potential ‘issue’.

We are also aware of the input to us. We have responded to it when it 
happened and we will take it into account in our further work.

The RIPE NCC board has told us that they are also aware and that they 
will be seeking solutions according to their mandate and community 
input. As far as I can see the RIPE NCC board is doing everything they 
can to avoid having influence on the RIPE Chair selection process beyond 
playing their role in the agreed process.

As to your other questions: The NomCom has agreed to not get ahead of 
itself and solutioneer ad lib, possibly in areas outside our mandate. We 
will first concentrate on our mandate to find the best people for the 
roles according to the agreed process. We will tackle the unforeseen 
related issues second and only insofar as we have a mandate for it. We 
may decide to provide suggestions to those with a mandate such as the 
RIPE NCC board and the community at large after that. And finally we 
will make a report that the community can use to review the process.

Daniel
NomCom Chair