[ripe-list] Re-opened Last Call for Draft Document: RIPE NCC Staff Participation in the RIPE Community

Disclosure: I am one of the founders of RIPE and both the first and a 
current employee of the RIPE NCC. I have also been the chair of the 2020 
Nominating Committee that made the recommendation mentioned in the document.

I agree with form and content of this draft. In my humble opinion it 
expresses the consensus that I perceive to exist in the RIPE community. 
It is encouraging that one of the authors is both a long standing and 
well respected member of the community as well as the current CEO of the 
RIPE NCC.

Well done!

Daniel

PS: I do recognise that the times when we were a community first and had 
corporate (governance) roles second are long gone. However the 
underlying spirit has served our community well, both in the past and at 
present.

We have nothing at all to gain from erecting excessive formal barriers 
that prevent individuals from doing the right thing. Oftentimes such 
barriers are an invitation to be gamed in service of particular agendas. 
Even worse such rules very often fuel cynical attitudes even among 
people who are very capable and would rather use their time and energy 
constructively.

As a community we have much to gain and little to loose by welcoming 
RIPE NCC staff to participate fully and -of course- transparently in the 
work we do.

On the other hand we have much to loose and little to gain by blindly 
copying behaviours and rules from public or corporate governance that do 
not fit our situation.

Daniel


On 21-07-2023 17:32, Niall O'Reilly wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> On 14 Jul 2023, at 13:29, I wrote:
> 
>> Unless there is strong feedback from others in the community not to bother, I will work with the other authors to revise the draft accordingly. After that, Mirjam or I will announce a fresh last-call period.
> 
> The revised draft is now available here:
> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/ripe-ncc-staff-participation-in-the-ripe-community-draft-v2
> 
> I take the opportunity to announce a re-opened last call period,
> to close at 04:00 UTC on Monday, 4 September 2023.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Niall O'Reilly,
> RIPE Vice-Chair
>