Hi, On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 05:41:04PM +0200, Jen Linkova wrote:
The RIPE Address Policy Working Group should attempt to maintain two Chairpersons whenever possible. Once per year one of the chairs will offer to stand down to allow new candidates to become chair.
Question: doesn't 1 year cycle look too short? It's basically just two RIPE meetings and I believe that a new chair might need some time (at least one meeting) to get up to speed.
Well, this is what Richard already commented on - it was clear to us that the chairs would be taking turns on this, so with 2 chairs, you'd serve for a 2-year-term, and so on. The next revision will be clearer here. Also, the assumption is that if a chair is happy with his job, and the WG is happy as well, this primarily serves to check that the WG is still fine, and it's not intended to forcibly change WG chair every time, just "if the situation makes it happen".
As experienced WG chairs, could you tell us how the chair learning curve looks like?
It really depends on the WG, I'd say. APWG is more policy-proposal oriented, that is, much more activity on the mailing lists and more coordination with the NCC than more "meeting oriented" WGs where most activity happens at the RIPE meeting... but neither is truly hard for someone who likes to organize stuff and work with people. Gert -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279