If we have options 1 or 3, we are saying that the RIPE chair is a
full-time position -- is that a statement we're all comfortable
making? (Hans Petter, I would love to hear your view about how much
time your responsibilities take, throughout the year)
I think #1 would entail a large raising of
I too am inclined towards a variant of option 3.
- option 1 to me is simply too much heavyweight structure for a single-
person role.
- option 2 I feel is exclusionary to otherwise well-matched candidates,
and places the role at risk of capture by employer vested interests.
On 02/20/18
Support Option 2.
Option 1 could move RIPE Community to uncomfortable lands of formalized
organization, with unspecific for responsibilities Community
Option 3 might cause conflicts of interests, making RIPE Chair dependent on a
bad will of NCC's board or management.
Kind regards,
Alexander
At the last Executive board meeting I took an action to start a
discussion on the RIPE-list about the notion of remuneration for the
RIPE Chair.
We were fortunate that Rob B had an employer who didn't mind him
devoting unlimited amounts of time to the RIPE community. Now that Rob
is no longer
