[routing-wg] RIPE 86 routing-wg co-chair selection procedure

Hi all,

At this point in time two candidates made themselves available to serve
the community as Routing WG co-chair: Ben Cartwright-Cox and Alessandro
Improta. I appreciate both candidates stepping forward.

The following procedure will be used to select one candidate:

step 1) The candidates are given 3 minutes of microphone time to
        introduce themselves to the working group and motivate their
        candidacy.

step 2) After all statements have been heard, the working group is asked
	as many times as there are candidates to express support for the
	candidate through "IETF humming", or abstain through silence.

step 3) The Routing WG co-chairs and RIPE community chairs delibrate
        together on their interpretation of the sound of the humming.

step 4) If the humming appeared preferential to one of the candidates,
        the new co-chair has been found (procedure ends).
	If the humming could not be interpreted in a conclusive way,
	proceed to step 5.

step 5) toss of a coin to overcome the tie-breaker (random selection)

The procedure's objective is to gauge whether the working group has a
clear preference for one or the other candidate, and if all candidates
appear to be supported by the working group to make an arbitrary choice.

The above procedure was agreed upon by Routing WG chairs & RIPE chairs.
Execution of this process at the upcoming RIPE86 Routing WG meeting will
serve as input into improving the description of the Routing WG chair
selection document.

Kind regards,

Job
outgoing co-chair Routing WG