[ripe-chair-discuss] RIPE Chair Selection Process
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Carlos Friaças
cfriacas at fccn.pt
Sun Oct 14 21:42:16 CEST 2018
On Sun, 14 Oct 2018, Daniel Karrenberg wrote: > Colleagues, > > Before we discuss how to select a person to fill the role of "RIPE > Chair" we should have consensus about what that role is. As the > Accountability TF points out, we do not have that yet. Consensus about > the role itself will guide us in establishing consensus on a selection > process. Doing it the other way around, or in parallel, is neither > rational nor effective. > > Therefore I suggest that we put the discussion of the selection process > on hold and work to make serious progress on the role description during > the coming week. Maybe we can even have a consensus call on Friday! This > quickly addresses one of the recommendations of the Accountability TF as > well. > > Over the last couple of months I have drafted the RIPE document below. > The text is based on my personal knowledge of the RIPE Chair role from > its inception until the present time. It incorporates comments from > knowledgeable members of the community including the current chair and > some WG chairs. > > Let us establish consensus about the status-quo first and let us avoid > mixing that with a discussion about how to evolve the role. Once we have > consensus about the status-quo we can continue the discussion on the > selection process from a more solid basis. We can also have a discussion > about evolving the role itself based on changes to a consensus document. > > Please let the list know whether you agree/disagree to proceed like this! Agree. Cheers, Carlos > Please suggest new or alternative text for the document below so that we > can make progress towards consensus. > > Daniel > > > -------- > > The RIPE Chair > > Daniel Karrenberg > [looking for co-authors] > > ripe-xxxx > > DRAFT - Version 0.5 > October 2018 > > Scope > > We describe the role of the RIPE chair as it has evolved from 1989 > until the present time. We intend to document current practice > specifically for the sake of those who have not witnessed its evolution. > This documents represents RIPE community consensus about the role. > > Function of the RIPE Chair > > The RIPE chair ensures that the RIPE community functions well. > > This one sentence fully describes the role, function and task of the > RIPE Chair. All current practices described below all directly follow > from this. > > > Current Practices of the RIPE Chair > > This is not intended to fully describe the activities of the RIPE chair > or to prescribe the actions of the RIPE chair in any way. > The ordering is not intended to convey any meaning either. > > The RIPE chair sets the agenda for the RIPE meetings and chairs the > meetings. > > The RIPE chair determines the location of the RIPE meetings. > > The RIPE chair ensures that RIPE establishes consensus about how RIPE > operates, particularly about formal procedures. > > The RIPE chair ensures that useful WGs and task forces are properly > created, chartered and disbanded. > > The RIPE chair ensures that WG chairs are properly selected. > > The RIPE chair chairs and supports the WG chair collective as necessary. > > The RIPE chair monitors the work of RIPE and intervenes where necessary. > > The RIPE chair ensures that the results of RIPE work are communicated to > other parties, such as the RIPE NCC, other RIRs and government bodies. > Note: RIPE is not formally represented in other organisations. > Therefore the RIPE chair does not formally represent RIPE anywhere. > > The RIPE chair reports their actions to the community as appropriate. > > The RIPE chair delegates their duties when appropriate to an appropriate > person or entity such as the RIPE NCC, a working group chair or a > committee, such as the RIPE programme committee. > Note: Between 1990 and 1992 the RIPE Chair delegated some of his duties > to a vice chair. >
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