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Daniel Karrenberg
dfk at ripe.net
Tue Apr 7 11:47:17 CEST 2020
On 6 Apr 2020, at 20:18, Warren Kumari wrote: > Hi there, > > I've read this (and the minutes) a number of times, and am still > unable to parse -- it sounds the summary is: "Hans Petter will > transition from Chair to ad interim Chair until there is a new chair" > -- is that correct? > > Note that I think that this is a *perfectly* fine outcome[0], I'm just > trying to parse / understand... > > W > [0]: ... and thanks for being concerned about the CoI, and for being > willing to serve / your service... > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 12:55 PM Hans Petter Holen <hph at oslo.net> > wrote: >> >> >> 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 have already informed the NomCom that I have withdrawn my nomination 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 > > > > -- > I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad > idea in the first place. > This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing > regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair > of pants. > ---maf
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