Hello, I am strongly in favour of this proposal. Thank you for writing it.
The ability to be a WG chair should not be constrained by wealth, or at least as little as possible. And given the constraints in the proposal, I don’t see any significant potential for some kind of abuse. Sasha > On 4 Jun 2020, at 12:08, Hans Petter Holen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > To follow up on the proposal the community plenary at RIPE 80, to provide > financial support Working Group (WG) Chairs if needed, I would like > community input. > > The presentation can be seen at 7:45 into the video at > https://ripe80.ripe.net/archives/video/383/ > <https://ripe80.ripe.net/archives/video/383/> > > In principle, all RIPE Meeting attendees, including RIPE WG Chairs, Programme > Committee members and presenters are expected to cover the costs of > participating in a RIPE Meeting. However, in exceptional cases, for instance, > if a WG would end up with no Chair during a meeting, a WG Chair can ask the > RIPE Chair to request financial assistance from the RIPE NCC. This has mostly > been limited to waiving the meeting fee, not for travel and accommodation. > > The matter was discussed at RIPE NCC Executive Board meeting December 2018 > after it was brought to the attention of the RIPE NCC Executive Board through > one of its members. The board was positive to provide support also for travel > and accommodation if needed, and tasked the RIPE Chair trough EB402 tasked to > make a draft procedure. > > The proposal is modelled after the RIPE Fellowship program and can be found > at: > > https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/cc/ripe-working-group-chair-financial-support > > <https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/cc/ripe-working-group-chair-financial-support> > > If there is consensus from the community on this I will do a formal request > to the RIPE NCC for such support. > > Hans Petter Holen > ad-interim RIPE Chair > >
