[ripe-list] Stepping down as RIPE Chair
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Melchior Aelmans
melchior at aelmans.eu
Mon Aug 31 22:34:57 CEST 2020
Thanks Hans Petter for your contributions!! All the best Mirjam and Niall!! On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 3:10 PM Hans Petter Holen <hph at oslo.net> wrote: > > 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 >>> >>> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/attachments/20200831/333813b6/attachment.html>
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