Greetings, The RIPE NomCom 2020 recommended to make the following improvements to the RIPE Chair selection process [ripe-762]: Consider changing ripe-728 to codify the use of a reserve list of volunteers in case voting members resign from the committee. Consider clarifying the example time-lines in ripe-727 and ripe-728 in the light of experience On request of the RIPE Chair I have drafted the attached revisions to these documents implementing these recommendations. Notes: Using a reserve list is not without alternatives. The IETF has had much relevant discussion about 'gaming' the volunteer selection process recently; see https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/eligibility-discuss/# . My experience as NomCom chair strongly suggests to avoid complicating the procedures beyond the endurance of the volunteers involved. A simple reserve list is sufficient for our purposes. A wording change in ripe-728 tightens the time for getting the NomCom organised from 60 days prior to the consultation RIPE meeting to 90 days prior. This is necessary to enable the full NomCom rather than just the NomCom chair to issue the call for nominations. The time line appendix should be removed entirely from ripe-728 and the one in ripe-727 should be replaced with the attached one. Let's avoid cluttering the ripe-list and discuss this over on our venerable ripe-chair-discuss list please. Daniel