[opensource-wg] Call for support of co-chair candidates

Dear Marcos and Martin,

I appreciate your comprehensive email outlining the additional steps for 
achieving consensus in choosing the next co-chair for the Open Source 
Working Group.  I fully endorse your approach of considering the votes 
of active RIPE community participants during the counting process.  I 
strongly believe in fostering an open and inclusive RIPE community that 
actively engages in selecting its leadership.  As you've pointed out, 
the various participation options, including free remote participation 
via Meetecho and mailing lists, significantly lower the barriers for 
entry to meetings and discussions.

Thank you for your thoughtful consideration and dedication to the 
selection process for new co-chairs.

Best regards,

-- Benno


On 16/12/2023 08:56, Marcos Sanz via opensource-wg wrote:
> Dear working group,
> Dear RIPE community,
> 
> The two weeks period to express preferences for one (or more) of the candidates to the open co-chair position is over. First and foremost: thanks to everyone who actively participated in the mailing list.
> 
> After the somehow unusual traffic in the list during the past two weeks, Martin and I decided that we would like to prioritize the voices of active participants in the working group or the RIPE community at large towards the voices of those who could not be identified as such. Trying to find hard criteria for this is not easy, but nevertheless we had to, so this is the result of our deliberations:
> 
> We will not consider the vote of those who a) were not subscribed to the RIPE open source mailing list as of the beginning of the voting window (last 30th November, day of the OSS wg meeting) AND b) have not attended a single RIPE meeting since RIPE 80, neither in presence nor remote. A bit of rationale about the latter: we took RIPE 80 because it is the point in time where Meetecho support was mature enough for the RIPE meeting to be organized completely virtual (admittedly, in
> kind of involuntary manner 😉). That entails everyone wanting to join a meeting could have done so, even if lacking the financial means.
> 
> We believe that we want votes from the active community who is involved in the future and was involved in the past with the Open Source WG / RIPE and are familiar with our past work and the candidates for the new WG chair position. As such, we do believe that new signups with no prior history of involvement in the community should not qualify to vote this time. We do believe that we have three excellent candidates and each of them has some great skills, but understanding the skills required to further improve this group is hard to be judged by anyone who was never part of RIPE. Please do not misunderstand this step as a sign of hostility towards newcomers: you are and always be welcome to join the community at anytime and to start participating in our open source arena as of now!
> 
> We have presented this process and its rationale to the RIPE chair and no opposition was expressed for us to move ahead. Based on these criteria we’ll now review all expressions of support in the mailing list and plan to provide you with an outcome as soon as possible. If you think we are making a wrong decision, please speak up within the next few days.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Marcos and Martin
> Open Source WG Chairs
> 
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: opensource-wg <opensource-wg-bounces at ripe.net> En nombre de
>> Marcos Sanz via opensource-wg
>> Enviado el: jueves, 30 de noviembre de 2023 10:27
>> Para: opensource-wg at ripe.net
>> Asunto: [opensource-wg] Call for support of co-chair candidates
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> as explained today during the working group session, three people have
>> volunteered to fill the one open co-chair vacancy. Sorted by sha256() over
>> their full name, the candidates are
>>
>>
>>
>> -Christian Scheele
>>
>> -Luka Perkov
>>
>> -Sasha Romijn
>>
>>
>>
>> Big thanks to all of them for their offer to support the community, we are
>> happy to see such an interest! The candidates have introduced themselves
>> and their motivations also during today’s session. In case you missed it, you
>> can watch the specific recordings here:
>>
>> https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1214
>>
>> https://ripe87.ripe.net/archives/video/1217
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Now this is a public call for support of the candidates, open for TWO WEEKS
>> starting now and ENDING 14th December (EOB UTC). If you want to support
>> one (or more) candidate(s), please send a public message doing so to this
>> mailing list. Statements of support cannot be anonymous, so please finish the
>> e-mail with your name.
>>
>>
>>
>> It’s also possible (even helpful) to support more than one candidate (to be
>> able to break potential ties). If you’d wish to do so, please deliver your
>> statement of support with the candidate names sorted by preference.
>>
>>
>>
>> Now it’s your time to contribute by choosing the new co-chair: help the
>> community!
>>
>> Marcos Sanz & Martin Winter
> 
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Benno J. Overeinder
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