Couldn’t agree more with Dave (which seems to be a superset of what randy said). Joao
On 12 May 2026, at 17:24, Dave Knight <dave@shl.io> wrote:
The current process seems fine, we always seem to have enough chairs, they seem to be doing a good job, so I'm hesitant to suggest change when the status quo is apparently a-ok. That said...
A few years ago, having observed that the first person nominated more often than not went on to become the new chair, we adopted the practice of asking for nominations to be sent to the wg chairs, so that the list of nominees could be released to the wg at one time, removing the suggestion of a first mover advantage. We may want to document that.
It has been stated several times over the years that "we don't vote". I wouldn't say that. What we do sure looks a lot like voting. Also, the current process speaks to: "[4] At the end of a co-chair's term, the WG will decide by consensus who is appointed to the available co-chair position. In the event of a tie, the consensus tied candidates will draw lots."
A tie, in the totally-not-voting mechanism of arriving at consensus?
If I was to suggest any actual change to the process it would be an acknowledgement that we do, in fact, vote.
dave
On May 12, 2026, at 3:22 PM, Moritz Müller via dns-wg <dns-wg@ripe.net> wrote:
Dear RIPE DNS-WG,
During the previous selection process of a new co-chair (in the run-up to RIPE 91), some discussion sparked offline and online on whether the current process of selecting a co-chair for this working group is still adequate. The current process is described here [1].
We hereby invite the community to provide feedback on the current selection process.
Note that the current selection for a new working group co-chair will not be affected by this discussion. Any potential changes to the selection process will only come into action after RIPE 92.
You still have until Monday to express your support for the new co-chair.
- Moritz Müller for the RIPE DNS working group co-chairs (Ulrich, Yevheniya and me)
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