Hi, Thus wrote David Kessens (david.kessens@nsn.com):
At the same time, I don't believe we should overregulate and loose one of the key benefits of our loosely organized community. Therefore, my personal preference would be to formulate a set of principles that we need to follow to appoint chair people while the actual implementation can vary depending on the position that needs to be filled.
Question is, ought it be an appointment (eg by the current chair(s)), or a vote? and if a vote, who ought to be eligible to be a voter? People who attend RIPE meetings, or including all 'mere' mailing list members? Or even wider? In this case, "who" has a lot of influence on "how" (eg, for the latter and case something like a Usenet style vote might be ok, for the first just lift hands at the next meeting). Does anyone feel a need for a secret vote? they are much harder to do unless you trust the vote taker absolutely. regards, spz -- spz@serpens.de (S.P.Zeidler)