[db-wg] WG chair selection procedure

  This proposal seems to me simple, transparent, fair, and brilliant.

  Nice one!
  Niall

At Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:42:30 +0100,
Nigel Titley wrote:
> 
> Folks
> 
> We need to have a documented procedure in place by the end of the next
> WG meeting for the affirmation and re-affirmation of WG chairs.
> 
> I strongly feel that voting has no place in the running of RIPE
> working groups and also feel that inability to attend a RIPE meeting
> should not be a barrier to either becoming a chair or participating in
> the selection process. So I propose the following procedure.
> 
> 1. A call for interested parties is made on the WG mailing list at
> yearly intervals
> 2. Interested parties have 2 weeks to make their interest known, again on
> the mailing list
> 3. The DB-WG chairs issue a call for discussion as per normal. WG
> members express their approval or otherwise of the presented
> candidates.
> 4. After two weeks the chairs declare consensus as they would do for a
> policy proposal
> 
> I would propose a maximum number of 3 co-chairs. If at the end of the
> discussion phase there are more than 3 proposed co-chairs then a call
> is made for any of the candidates to withdraw. If there are still more
> than 3 candidates then names are put into a hat and the first three
> names drawn from the hat will take on the role of chairs for the next
> 12 months.
> 
> Comments are welcome.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Nigel
>