<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am strongly in favour of this proposal. Thank you for writing it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The ability to be a WG chair should not be constrained by wealth, or at least as little as possible.</div><div class="">And given the constraints in the proposal, I don’t see any significant potential for some kind of abuse.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sasha </div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 4 Jun 2020, at 12:08, Hans Petter Holen <<a href="mailto:hph@oslo.net" class="">hph@oslo.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To follow up on the proposal the community plenary at RIPE 80, to provide financial support Working Group (WG) Chairs if needed, I would like community input.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>The presentation can be seen at 7:45 into the video at <a href="https://ripe80.ripe.net/archives/video/383/" class="">https://ripe80.ripe.net/archives/video/383/</a> <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In principle, all RIPE Meeting attendees, including RIPE WG Chairs, Programme Committee members and presenters are expected to cover the costs of participating in a RIPE Meeting. However, in exceptional cases, for instance, if a WG would end up with no Chair during a meeting, a WG Chair can ask the RIPE Chair to request financial assistance from the RIPE NCC. This has mostly been limited to waiving the meeting fee, not for travel and accommodation.<br class=""><br class="">The matter was discussed at RIPE NCC Executive Board meeting December 2018 after it was brought to the attention of the RIPE NCC Executive Board through one of its members. The board was positive to provide support also for travel and accommodation if needed, and tasked the RIPE Chair trough EB402 tasked to make a draft procedure. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The proposal is modelled after the RIPE Fellowship program and can be found at:<br class=""><div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><a href="https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/cc/ripe-working-group-chair-financial-support" class="">https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/cc/ripe-working-group-chair-financial-support</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If there is consensus from the community on this I will do a formal request to the RIPE NCC for such support.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hans Petter Holen</div><div class="">ad-interim RIPE Chair</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div>
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