And, for what is worth, I agree with Shane’s statements Joao
> On 25 Sep 2018, at 12:23, Shane Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Joe, > > On 2018-09-25 02:01, Joe Abley wrote: >> On Sep 24, 2018, at 13:55, Shane Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello DNS working group, >>> >>> The nomination period for the RIPE DNS working group chair selection >>> finished yesterday. We had a single volunteer, Dave Knight. >> Dave is clearly the right person for the job, quite aside from also >> being the only available option :-) > > [chair hat off] > > I think so too! > >>> Please offer whatever support (or opposition) you have for Dave on the list. >> This is a bit of a strange process. When your choice is reduced to a >> single well-qualified option, is it not possible just to skip to the >> end? > > [chair hat on] > > We did not consider the case where only a single volunteer would come > forward, nor the case where no volunteers came forward. I know we do not need > to be too strict, but I would prefer not to change the selection process in > the middle. I do not think that any harm is done by following it. > > [chair hat off] > > Even in the case where only a single option is available, allowing the > working group to show support reinforces the legitimacy of the volunteer, > both to the outside world and to the working group itself. It is quite > possible that a candidate could come forward which made working group > participants uneasy, and having a chance to say so seems useful to me. > >>> Thank you Dave for volunteering! >> I would suggest everybody buy him a beer in Amsterdam, but that seems >> like it would be an awful lot of beer for one person. > > I hear Dave also likes cola, and I think that he is there for DNS OARC/CENTR > too, so we can spread the love around in various ways. 😉 > > Cheers, > > -- > Shane >
