[ripe-chair-discuss] RIPE Chair appointment procedure

I seem to remember a point being made when a person was being identified for a similar role in another community. I think the point is pertinent here:

We already know the person who will be the RIPE Chair.

By that I mean that we are not in a widespread head-hunting exercise. We are not going out to recruit somebody. 

I think we are more trying to identify somebody who already participates and has being doing so for a while.

We are looking for somebody who is ready and able to take on the role and who will start with the necessary goodwill from the community.

When Rob indicated Has-Petter nobody in the room asked, “Who?” And I think most people also knew that he would do a good job.

Having recently seen some quite sophisticated processes in the political field resulting in strange outcomes I think we can do better. I think we know enough to keep it simple and aim for an appropriate outcome.

Gordon