Hi Hans Petter, Thank you for the reference to the actual document. In the topic 6 it states :

6. RIPE Meetings Responsibilities

i) General/Plenary

WG Chairs are expected to:

Attend RIPE Meetings or ensure that a co-chair attends the meeting

Lead a Plenary session as agreed in advance of the meeting and pass on any action points that are decided in this Plenary session to the relevant WG

ii) Working Group Specific

WG chairs are expected to:

Solicit relevant presentations for the WG session

Post a draft agenda for their WG session (at least 2-3 weeks before a RIPE Meeting where possible)

Lead the WG session and encourage active participation

Review and approve the minutes from their WG session (4-6 weeks)

Attend WG chair lunches during RIPE Meetings

Attend WG chair meetings between RIPE Meetings

So yes, some might argue that it isn´t required to be actually present, but to lead a plenary session, working with the other chairs of other WG´s, lead the WG session, attend the WG Chair lunch(es), those are tasks to be expected to be done. Oh .. and let’s not forget meet the Chair of the NCC in person. If it was intended to be doing these tasks remote, it would have been stated in the document. The intent of this to me is clear, that is that the tasks are to be done AT the RIPE meeting. Erik Bais Van: db-wg [mailto:db-wg-bounces@ripe.net] Namens Hans Petter Holen Verzonden: dinsdag 22 november 2016 14:31 Aan: db-wg@ripe.net Onderwerp: [db-wg] Workinggroup Chair Job Description I see in the ongoing discussion in the chair selection process that there has been some questions regarding the role and commitments of the chair: The "Job Description" can be found in RIPE 542: "Working Group Chair Job Description and Procedures" https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-542 As others have stated, it is not necessarily for the chair to be present at every single RIPE meeting. It is however always good to meet in person, at the WG meeting, the WG chairs lunch and informally with other chairs, RIPE NCC staff and myself. While I have enjoyed virtual life for close to 30 years - I do still see the value of meeting in person now and then. -- Sincerely, Hans Petter Holen, RIPE Chair