[address-policy-wg] Address Policy WG Co-Chair - James Kennedy Steps Down

Dear all,

> the […] you conveniently cut out from Randy’s e-mail does not look like 
> a proper call for volunteers and I bet that’s what Randy was pointing to.

I agree with Elvis here.
The omitted part was:

"We have informed you in September about the fact that James Kennedy is
moving into a new role at the RIPE NCC

We have found a willing participant from the community to help us fill
the gap and join the AP-WG Chair collective."

This kind of suggests that no proper process was followed.

HOWEVER

on 18 September 2023 Leo & Erik sent a mail to the list with the subject
"Address Policy WG Co-Chair - James Kennedy Steps Down"
which contained the following paragraphs:

"You will have seen the recent announcement that James Kennedy has
joined the RIPE NCC as Chief Registry Officer. He's stepping down from
his community leadership roles, including as co-chair of the Address
Policy WG.

Because we still have two co-chairs there is no immediate need to
recruit a replacement. Instead, we'd like to encourage anyone
considering joining the team to contact us to discuss what is
involved.

You can write to us and we can schedule a call. You can also approach
us at RIPE 87 in Rome."

The selection process:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/active-wg/ap/address-policy-wg-chair-selection-process
states that:
"Once a year one of the chairs will step down, allowing new candidates 
the opportunity to become chair. The chairs take turns stepping down, 
and this is announced to the working group mailing list at least one 
month before the start of a RIPE meeting."

Based on the above, to me, the second and third paragraph of the 
September mail looks like a proper call for volunteers. Therefore, I see 
no obstacle for Alex to be selected as WG co-chair at this meeting.

At the same time, I want to state my support for Alex.

Best regards,
Janos