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Job Snijders
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Mon Nov 21 11:11:14 CET 2016
On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 05:21:57PM +0100, Gert Doering wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 05:16:33PM +0100, Horváth Ágoston János wrote: > > While this is very insightful (thanks for sharing, Erik), I think we > > are switching from professional to a personal level here. > > > > If anywhere, in RIPE NCC, physical presence should not be viewed as a > > number one priority. Even a 'company-sponsored' chair can be denied > > travel by employer or have other business to take care of during the > > meeting week. If physical presence is an issue, I propose we fix that > > problem, not accept and then enforce limitations. > > We might all wish otherwise, but "chairing a working group" is really > best done in presence... > > Of course it will happen that a WG chair cannot attend - and this is > why WGs have two or three co-chairs. But this needs to be the exception. > > So, a WG-chair-cancidate needs to be aware that this will busy him two > weeks a year, and that this comes with travelling - but I do not see an > issue with this in the current candidate set. They all are not naive > newcomers but seasoned DB veterans that have attended enough meetings > to understand what will be asked of them. I do have a problem with a chair who is only willing to travel to meetings if he is a chair, and habitually insulted and bullied RIPE NCC staff without remorse. We should also consider that a knowledgeable working group participant does not equal being a great chair. Regards, Job
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