[members-discuss] EB Election Task Force and Moderating members-discuss

Dear members,

I would like to first address the issues around the Executive Board
Election Task Force. We decided to appoint all those who volunteered for
the task force. We did so to be as inclusive as possible and to ensure a
wide variety of views from as diverse a group of people as possible. The
board has no issues with any views regarding the election process, and
it is right to give people the benefit of the doubt.

However, behaviour on the mailing list and on the task force must adhere
to the RIPE Mailing List/RIPE Forum Code of Conduct, which is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/ripe-mailing-list-ripe-forum-code-of-conduct

The board has delegated to the task force and its chair the powers to
warn and if necessary remove members of the task force who do not adhere
to the code of conduct.

I also regret to inform you that the Executive Board has decided to
again place the members-discuss mailing list in moderation. We had hoped
that lifting moderation outside an election campaign would be possible,
but this has proven not to be the case. Moderation will remain in place
at least until the next RIPE Meeting takes place.

Emails will not be approved to be posted to the list that do not meet
the requirements of the code of conduct or that do not meet the intended
purpose of providing members with a means to discuss membership issues
among themselves.

The moderators of the list will be one member of the Executive Board and
one member of RIPE NCC staff. Mails will be moderated during office
hours. A separate archive of all mails including those rejected by the
moderators will be available for transparency at:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss-unmoderated/

Regards,

Christian Kaufmann
Executive Board Chairman
RIPE NCC