[ripe-list] RIPE Chair transition

I am starting as Managing Director of the RIPE NCC at 1. May 2020. I have
already informed the NomCom that I have withdrawn my nomination for the
role of RIPE Chair, but this still puts me in a situation where I hold both
the positions as RIPE NCC MD and as RIPE Chair until the NomCom has made
its appointment. Serving both positions may be seen as a conflict of
interest.

To resolve this I have informed the Working Group Chairs collective that I
will resign as RIPE Chair as of 30 April.

When the RIPE Chairs resigns, then according to RIPE 727 the working group
chairs will have to appoint a “chair ad interim”  to serve until the NomCom
has selected a permanent chair and the RIPE NCC Executive Board has
confirmed the selection.

See: the “Continuity” section in RIPE 727
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-727

The NomCom expects to have confirmed candidates in July. It is reasonable
to expect that the confirmed candidates would be able and willing to assume
their roles well before RIPE 81.

The matter was discussed on the wg-chair list and in a call on 30 March
2020 made the following decision:

"The WG chairs have taken notice of Hans Petter’s intention to step down as
RIPE Chair; we respect the reasons behind it. The NomCom process is already
under way and the NomCom expects to have confirmed candidates by the end of
July. Therefore, we have asked Hans Petter, and he has agreed, to take the
role of RIPE Chair ad interim after his resignation and to help with a
speedier-than-foreseen transition once the selection process for a new
Chair and Vice Chair concludes."

https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/cc/summaries/minutes-of-second-remote-ripe-80-planning-call

Hans Petter Holen

RIPE Chair
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