Hi,
While understanding the desire to proceed.. I would like to see a couple point
'sorted' before the NomCom proceeds.
1) The numeration of the RIPE Chair position wasn't clear to all, that this was
going to happen.. This will have an impact on the pool for suitable nominees ..
As this became clear after the Call for Nominees closed. I think that it is
something to re-visit.
2) Having a job at the NCC and stating in the bio, that it is considered a
leave of absence for the employer RIPE NCC, is not something that I would
expect. If someone is taking the role for the RIPE Chair and that is a paid
position, I would expect that he/she would quit the job and yes, it would
require a leap of faith to start in a new role. But stating upfront that there
is a backdoor into the current role / management position .. that is not how I
see that this works. It is not smart to have a direct financial relation to
the RIPE NCC for the RIPE Chair position.
With any person that is going to be RIPE Chair .. I would suggest doing a
contract with a Payroll Agency for a 10yr contract (as that would span multiple
periods of EB's and at least 2 RIPE Chair periods each of 5 yr.. ) ... The new
RIPE Chair and the current or future RIPE NCC MD should not have any (
financial ) leverage between each other and the RIPE Chair MUST be independent
and that can be this way.
3) With the current 4 nominees .. and the risk of 1 that might drop out due to
current discussions .. it would leave the NomCom with only 3 nominees left, for
2 positions.. I don't think that the NomCom can or should proceed.
If the NomCom decides to proceed, I would strongly suggest to re-open the Call
for Nominees .. restart there ... after all we have learned in regular PDP ..
sometimes a v2 or v3 is required and even if someone spots something just in
the Impact Analyses, it doesn't mean that you can ignore and proceed to the
Last call .. you have to revise, with new insight .. and restart. Sometimes to
the start and other times with just some minor tweaks to address the concerns..
I have faith in the NomCom as being chaired ... I have faith in the NomCom that
it is going to be impartial .. I know most, if not all of the members on the
NomCom.
And I don't think that blowing up the NomCom is required or asked, however we
have to re-visit a couple things before we proceed.
So for now, until this is properly addressed .. I would suggest to hold, review
and restart.
The other option would be that we wait a month, by that time HPH steps down as
Interim RIPE Chair as announced, that the WG Chair Collective appoint an
interim-interim RIPE Chair and let him/her decide on this.
And I hope that we don't Runout-runout of Interim Interim RIPE Chairs before we
complete this ... __
Regards,
Erik Bais
