[members-discuss] RIPE Executive Board Seat Discussion

Hi Alex,

That is exactly it. We have seen a fair amount of discussion regarding 
the pricing model changes, and the overall budget yet zero discussion 
regarding any candidate for election. I'm glad to see that several 
people outside of the incumbents are applying for positions on the 
board, thank you for sending that link. However, there is still a huge 
deficit in participation overall both for candidates and nominations.

41~ out of 20,000+ members have made their voice heard in regards to the 
candidates. It's obvious these individuals are campaigning directly and 
privately to LIR holders whom they know on a personal level to receive 
these nominations which is fine in its self, but does nothing to foster 
involvement from the wider membership base.

I have not nominated or supported a candidate yet as I have not seen 
anything come across in the way of an individual who has even shown 
interest in such, however I hope that fostering a discussion such as 
this may allow potential candidates to bring themselves to light and 
receive nominations from the greater community just as the pricing 
discussions have engaged a lot of people.


Daniel~


On 4/26/23 10:56, Alex Le Heux wrote:
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>> On 26 Apr 2023, at 17:51, Daniel Pearson <daniel at privatesystems.net> wrote:
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>> Alex,
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>> I do appreciate your sarcasm as it's not lost on me here, but I think what is perhaps lost on you is that the same three individuals who's term is expiring are the same and only three individuals currently up for re-election.
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>> If the membership takes no action, which it currently is not, then the membership cannot expect any major change in view point either from the board.
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>> That is the whole point of this discussion is to bring attention to the fact that currently, none of these seats are being challenged as far as I can tell and suggest that doing so might be beneficial.
> So you’re really just calling for more candidates to step forward? Is that it?
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> Several who are not currently on the board already have:
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> https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2023/executive-board-election/nominations-support
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> A few have received enough nominations of support, a few others have not (yet).
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> Have you nominated or supported a candidate yet? :)
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> Cheers,
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> Alex Le Heux
> Network Architect
> Tucows Inc / Ting Fiber
> aleheux at tucowsinc.com
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>> On 4/26/23 10:46, Alex Le Heux wrote:
>>> Alex Le Heux
>>> Network Architect
>>> Tucows Inc / Ting Fiber
>>> aleheux at tucowsinc.com
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>>>> On 26 Apr 2023, at 17:37, Daniel Pearson <daniel at privatesystems.net> wrote:
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>>>> Hi Alex,
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>>>> On 4/26/23 10:26, Alex Le Heux wrote:
>>>>> Hi Daniel,
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>>>>>> Many of us are obviously very concerned about the direction that RIPE is heading with its charging scheme and their failure to acknowledge that you cannot discuss a charging scheme change without addressing the budget.
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>>>>>> I would like to propose that we as RIPE members, discuss and identify 3 candidates whom we can nominate and elect to the executive board that will address things from the perspective of its users and help keep this organization in check.
>>>>> Just for context: What do you think that the job of the current executive board members is and how do you think they have gotten their seat?
>>>> In simple terms, their job is, or at least should be, to execute the RIPE mission statement and be proper stewards and representatives of the members at large.
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>>>> I would hate to assume how anyone received their seat, however working in open source and being a board member of a non-profit myself I personally know and understand the lack of interest people show when they are asked to invest their time for free into a project.
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>>>> How do you think they have gotten their seat?
>>> You can read all about that here:
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>>> https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board
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>>> Spoiler: They’re elected by the membership
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>>> Cheers,
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>>> Alex
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