[ripe-list] Stepping down as RIPE Chair

Hans Petter,

Thanks a million for a lot of excellent work. I look forward to seeing
you in your new capacity!

And a warm welcome to Mirjam and Niall!

				Cheers,
				  /Liman

hph at oslo.net 2020-08-31 15:09 [+0200]:
> I am now stepping down as RIPE Chair and handing over the role to Mirjam
> Kühne from tomorrow 1 September 2020.
> Niall O’Reilly will at the same time take on the role as the Vice-chair.

> It has been a pleasure working for the community as RIPE Chair since I took
> over from Rob Blokzijl in 2014. But as you all know, I will not go far, but
> continue to work for the RIPE NCC members and RIPE community in my new role
> as Managing Director for the RIPE NCC.

> Rather than waiting for the next RIPE meeting and doing the formal handover
> there, we think it is better to do the handover now, so we have a clear
> separation of the RIPE NCC MD and RIPE Chair roles when planning the
> upcoming RIPE Meeting.

> This has taken a bit longer than expected because we wanted to put in place
> proper segregation between the RIPE NCC and RIPE Chair. As RIPE NCC
> Managing Director, I have signed an agreement with Mirjam terminating her
> current employment from the RIPE NCC effective from 1 September. At the
> same time, the RIPE NCC executive board represented by the chair, Cristian
> Kaufmann and Treasurer Ondrej Filip, with the assistance of RIPE NCC HR
> Director and external legal advisor, has negotiated and signed a new
> contract with Mirjam as RIPE Chair for the duration of her RIPE Chair
> appointment. The contract is compliant with Dutch labour law but also
> ensuring the independence of the RIPE Chair and referring to the community
> processes as the only grounds for termination of the position.

> I believe that this addresses the concern raised regarding the independence
> of the RIPE Chair. In my time I was dependent on my employer Visma in
> addition to the travel funding from the RIPE NCC. Rob Blokzijl before me,
> was dependent on his employer NIKEF until his retirement and after that on
> the RIPE NCC, both fr travel funding but also remuneration for work for the
> RIPE NCC. The latter was not known to me until recently and I apologise for
> making erroneous statements about this in the past.

> I wish Mirjam Kühne and Niall O’Reilly all the best in their new roles and
> will work closely with them to hand over the open actions. This will be
> documented in a blog post on RIPE Labs.

> Kind Regards,
> Hans Petter Holen
> RIPE Chair 2014-2020


> On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 13:05, Hans Petter Holen <hph at oslo.net> wrote:

>> 
>> I would like to congratulate Mirjam Kühne and Niall O’Reilly on their
>> selection as our new RIPE Chair and Vice-Chair. Both Mirjam and Niall have
>> a long history within RIPE; they are experienced chairs, they understand
>> consensus, and they share the community's expectations in terms of
>> transparency and openness. I am sure they will continue to serve the
>> community well in their new roles.
>> 
>> After Rob Blokzijl passed the torch to me in 2014, this is the first time
>> we have selected our RIPE Chair (and now Vice-Chair) as a community. I want
>> to thank everyone who participated in this process - by standing as
>> nominees, volunteering to serve on the NomCom, providing feedback, or by
>> helping to establish the process itself.
>> 
>> I do want to acknowledge that concerns were raised quite late in the
>> process about the potential for capture or influence by the RIPE NCC.
>> However, I hope you will agree that the NomCom has chosen some good people
>> here. It is worth remembering that we operate on “rough consensus”, which
>> means that not everyone will fully agree with everything. That being the
>> case, we have plenty of time to consider further improvements to the
>> process before it starts again ahead of RIPE 91. There is also an
>> opportunity to work on improving the process for selecting working group
>> chairs and the community’s code of conduct, so I would like to encourage
>> you to volunteer for these efforts under the guidance of our new leadership.
>> 
>> So what happens next? I am eager to hand over my RIPE Chair
>> responsibilities. Mirjam and Niall will need time to fit their new RIPE
>> responsibilities alongside their existing ones. I don't expect this will
>> take too long, and I intend to exit the role pass onhand overam committed
>> to hand over the torch as soon as possible.
>> 
>> I am happy that I no longer have to occupy both the RIPE Chair and RIPE
>> NCC Managing Director roles. As the Managing Director, I am fully committed
>> to giving the new leadership and the RIPE Community the support needed,
>> just as my predecessors have supported me and my predecessor Rob Blokzijl.
>> 
>> In the meantime, I hope you will join me in wishing our new RIPE Chair and
>> Vice-Chair the very best... and with my RIPE NCC Managing Director's hat
>> on, I would also like to thank the outgoing RIPE Chair for his contribution
>> over the past six years.
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> 
>> Hans Petter Holen
>> 
>> (Outgoing) RIPE Chair / RIPE NCC Managing Director
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 12:55, Daniel Karrenberg via ripe-list <
>> ripe-list at ripe.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>> 
>>> The RIPE 2020 NomCom has selected Mirjam Kühne as RIPE Chair and Niall
>>> O'Reilly as RIPE Vice Chair. After interviewing all nominees, hearing
>>> substantial input from the community and a thorough discussion during
>>> three selection meetings all voting members voted to select Mirjam as
>>> Chair and eight out of ten voting members voted to select Niall as Vice
>>> Chair. The selection was subsequently supported unanimously by all
>>> members of the committee. We closely followed the process spelled out in
>>> ripe-727 and ripe-728. We regularly paused to confirm that the whole
>>> committee was comfortable with the process and its progress.
>>> 
>>> We were able to choose from a set of nominees who are all very capable
>>> and well respected in the community. We expect that the community would
>>> support any of them as their Chair. Our selection is in no way a
>>> negative statement about the nominees we did not select.
>>> 
>>> We selected Mirjam because the input from the community clearly favoured
>>> her. She is very widely regarded as someone who listens carefully to
>>> everyone and who helps the community to find consensus and move forward.
>>> We selected Niall because of the positive input we received about his
>>> track record with the community. Mirjam and Niall convinced us that they
>>> would work well as a team and complement each other.
>>> 
>>> The RIPE NCC board has confirmed the candidates in accordance with the
>>> process set out in ripe-727. The original time line called for a
>>> transition from Hans Petter to Mirjam and Niall during RIPE 81 in
>>> October. Hans Petter has since resigned as RIPE Chair because he
>>> accepted to be the new managing director of the RIPE NCC; he is
>>> currently also serving as RIPE Chair ad-interim. In this situation it
>>> makes little sense to stick to the original time line. Therefore we
>>> suggest that the outgoing and incoming Chairs arrange the transition
>>> among themselves as soon as practicable.
>>> 
>>> We plan to publish the NomCom report about this first run of the
>>> selection process in September before our term ends at RIPE 81. We
>>> expect to make suggestions for improving the process and look forward to
>>> the community discussing and deciding the process for the next
>>> iteration.
>>> 
>>> We thank everyone who supported the NomCom, especially all nominees and
>>> the many members of the community who made time to give us their input.
>>> 
>>> Finally we call on the whole community to welcome and support Mirjam and
>>> Niall in their new roles!
>>> 
>>> Daniel Karrenberg - Chair - RIPE 2020 Nomcom
>>> 
>>>