On 6 Apr 2020, at 20:18, Warren Kumari wrote:
Hi there,
I've read this (and the minutes) a number of times, and am still
unable to parse -- it sounds the summary is: "Hans Petter will
transition from Chair to ad interim Chair until there is a new chair"
-- is that correct?
Note that I think that this is a *perfectly* fine outcome[0], I'm just
trying to parse / understand...
W
[0]: ... and thanks for being concerned about the CoI, and for being
willing to serve / your service...
On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 12:55 PM Hans Petter Holen <h...@oslo.net>
wrote:
I am starting as Managing Director of the RIPE NCC at 1. May 2020. I
have already informed the NomCom that I have withdrawn my nomination
for the role of RIPE Chair, but this still puts me in a situation
where I hold both the positions as RIPE NCC MD and as RIPE Chair
until the NomCom has made its appointment. Serving both positions may
be seen as a conflict of interest.
To resolve this I have informed the Working Group Chairs collective
that I will resign as RIPE Chair as of 30 April.
When the RIPE Chairs resigns, then according to RIPE 727 the working
group chairs will have to appoint a “chair ad interim” to serve
until the NomCom has selected a permanent chair and the RIPE NCC
Executive Board has confirmed the selection.
See: the “Continuity” section in RIPE 727
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-727
The NomCom expects to have confirmed candidates in July. It is
reasonable to expect that the confirmed candidates would be able and
willing to assume their roles well before RIPE 81.
The matter was discussed on the wg-chair list and in a call on 30
March 2020 made the following decision:
"The WG chairs have taken notice of Hans Petter’s intention to step
down as RIPE Chair; we respect the reasons behind it. The NomCom
process is already under way and the NomCom expects to have confirmed
candidates by the end of July. Therefore, we have asked Hans Petter,
and he has agreed, to take the role of RIPE Chair ad interim after
his resignation and to help with a speedier-than-foreseen transition
once the selection process for a new Chair and Vice Chair concludes."
https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/cc/summaries/minutes-of-second-remote-ripe-80-planning-call
Hans Petter Holen
RIPE Chair
--
I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad
idea in the first place.
This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing
regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair
of pants.
---maf
