[mat-wg] LAST CALL: MAT WG Chair selection process

Dear MAT-WG,

I waited one more week and no objections have been raised, so from now on this process is in place.

best regards,

ck
MAT WG Chair


> On 23 Mar 2015, at 13:12, Christian Kaufmann <christian.kaufmann at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear MAT WG,
> 
> so far there was no negative feedback about this process.
> If I do not hear anything till end of this week (27th March), I declare this process as valid and will issue the first call for the vacant CoChair position.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Christian Kaufmann
> MAT WG (Co)-Chair
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 20 Feb 2015, at 14:31, Christian Kaufmann <christian.kaufmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear MAT WG,
>> 
>> as you might have seen on other RIPE WG mailinglists or experienced at the last RIPE meeting in London, all the WG's are coming up with a documented and transparent Chair selection process.
>> 
>> In the past - the Chair which wanted to leave organised himself a replacement which was then accepted via humming or show of hands during the WG Session.
>> 
>> This was not allowing people which where interested in becoming a chair but did not know about the upcoming change to run for this position. Also did WG Chairs tend to stay for a long time so there was not much chance for other people to become a Chair.
>> The new process should solve this problems and also confirm every so often that the WG still want to have the existing chair as chair.
>> 
>> My proposal for the MAT WG is the following, which is basically identically to what others like the DBWG are doing.
>> 
>> 1. A call for interested parties is made on the WG mailing list at three yearly intervals, or as needed
>> 2. Interested parties have 2 weeks to make their interest known via the mailing list
>> 3. The MAT-WG chairs issue a call for discussion as per normal. WG members express their approval or otherwise of the presented candidates.
>> 4. After two weeks the chairs declare consensus as they would do for a policy proposal
>> 
>> This process would be used to reconfirm the existing chairs as well.
>> 
>> Please let me know if this proposal suits our WG or not in the next 4 weeks.
>> After we agreed on a process I will issue the first call for the vacant CoChair position.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Christian Kaufmann
>> MAT WG (Co)-Chair
>