[address-policy-wg] WG chair re-selection procedure

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014, Sander Steffann 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

Well, I think this is a good start to address the problem of not having 
clear rule about how and when to select new chairs. While the proposal in 
itself looks OK, I wonder about

"each RIPE working group should have some rules regarding the re-selection 
of the chairs."

Does that mean that each WG will have rules, but they will have their own 
rules? Just a thought that "what if we could decide on common rules for 
every WG"?

Cheers,

Daniel Stolpe

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