[address-policy-wg] WG chair re-selection procedure
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Scott Leibrand
scottleibrand at gmail.com
Mon Sep 15 20:37:59 CEST 2014
Who determines whether consensus on a new chair has been reached? If a vocal minority objects to replacing the current chair and blocks consensus on a new one, does that mean he could continue chairing the WG indefinitely? -Scott On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Sander Steffann <sander at steffann.nl> wrote: > Hello working group, > > The collective of RIPE working group chairpersons has decided that each > RIPE > working group should have some rules regarding the re-selection of the > chairs. Gert and I have come up with the following: > > The RIPE Address Policy Working Group should attempt to maintain two > Chairpersons whenever possible. Once per year one of the chairs will > offer to stand down to allow new candidates to become chair. This will be > announced by sending an email to the working group mailing list at least > two weeks before the start of a RIPE meeting. Anybody is allowed to > volunteers for the chair position, including the chair who offered to > stand down. At the next RIPE meeting those present at the working group > session will determine by consensus who will take the available chair > position. If no consensus can be reached in the working group session > then the current chairs will stay to ensure the continued stability of > the working group. > > Those who volunteer to chair the RIPE Address Policy Working Group should > be aware of the responsibilities and work this involves. A generic > description of the responsibilities of a RIPE working group chair can be > found in RIPE-542 (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-542). Address > policy > working group chairs are also expected to coordinate with the RIPE NCC > Registration Services department on issues and/or questions arising in the > either the working group or the RIPE NCC regarding address policy. > > As working group chairs are usually determined by consensus during the > working > group session at a RIPE meeting we will also determine consensus on this > procedure there. Therefore please provide your feedback before or at the > next > RIPE meeting: RIPE 69 in London. > > Sincerely, > Gert & Sander > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/address-policy-wg/attachments/20140915/bddc96c1/attachment.html>
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