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Re: [ripe-list] ripe-list Digest, Vol 139, Issue 9
by denis walker 11 May '23

11 May '23

Hi guys People who work for a national lottery company are also citizens and residents of the country. But they are usually not allowed to buy lottery tickets. Pro footballers are also football supporters. But they cannot gamble on the outcome of a game. There are many examples of a group of people who act as an executive body or secretariat but cannot make decisions for the larger body they serve. For RIPE NCC staff, my view would be that it is fine for them to be involved in making decisions (openly and transparently) about technical and operational matters and to be actively involved in discussions about policies, which they often have a deep understanding of. But to determine the outcome of policy discussions and setting the policies that govern those operations, which they then implement, may be crossing the line on conflict of interest. cheers denis co-chair DB-Wg > From: Leo Vegoda <leo(a)vegoda.org> > To: Franziska Lichtblau <rhalina(a)old-forest.org> > Cc: RIPE List <ripe-list(a)ripe.net> > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 08:01:45 -0700 > Subject: Re: [ripe-list] New Draft Document: RIPE NCC Staff Participation in the RIPE Community (Please review) > Hi, > > On Tue, 9 May 2023 at 02:29, Franziska Lichtblau <rhalina(a)old-forest.org> wrote: > > [...] > > > > One question, as it's not clearly forbidden, is NCC staff allowed to > > > be a WG chair, partake in NomCom, etc? I would say yes. > > [...] > > > Regarding "to avoid giving direction" I am bit torn. I think to put the > > staff into a safe situation they need a little bit of freedom there. > > The line between what could be perceived as "giving direction" vs > > "sharing expertise" is very thin. > > If a RIPE NCC staff member was a WG chair, could they make a decision > on a policy proposal? > > Kind regards, > > Leo >

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New Draft Document: RIPE NCC Staff Participation in the RIPE Community (Please review)
by Mirjam Kuehne 10 May '23

10 May '23

Dear colleagues, In its final report [1], the 2020 RIPE Nominating Committee recommended to document a consensus on the relationship between RIPE and the RIPE NCC and, in particular, how RIPE NCC staff can participate in RIPE. In this new draft document, we focus on the second part of this recommendation: how RIPE NCC staff can and should participate in the RIPE community and how the RIPE community welcomes participation by RIPE NCC staff: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/ripe-… Please review this document. If you have any comments, questions, suggestions, please send them to this list or to me directly before 31 May 2023. Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair [1] RIPE Nominating Committee 2020 https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-762

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Re: [ripe-list] New Draft Document: RIPE NCC Staff Participation in the RIPE Community (Please review)
by denis walker 10 May '23

10 May '23

Hi Mirjam I also think one of the key points here is "RIPE NCC staff are part of the community and may participate in RIPE activities on the same terms as anyone else." I would specifically like this to cover RIPE NCC staff being full and active members of a Task Force. Recently staff have been left sitting on the sidelines as 'advisors' or doing 'administrative duties'. cheers denis co-chair DB-WG On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 12:00, <ripe-list-request(a)ripe.net> wrote: > From: Mirjam Kuehne <mir(a)zu-hause.nl> > To: RIPE List <ripe-list(a)ripe.net> > Cc: Mirjam Kuehne <chair(a)ripe.net> > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 12:59:17 +0000 > Subject: [ripe-list] New Draft Document: RIPE NCC Staff Participation in the RIPE Community (Please review) > Dear colleagues, > > In its final report [1], the 2020 RIPE Nominating Committee recommended > to document a consensus on the relationship between RIPE and the RIPE > NCC and, in particular, how RIPE NCC staff can participate in RIPE. > > In this new draft document, we focus on the second part of this > recommendation: how RIPE NCC staff can and should participate in the > RIPE community and how the RIPE community welcomes participation by RIPE > NCC staff: > > https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/ripe-… > > Please review this document. If you have any comments, questions, > suggestions, please send them to this list or to me directly before 31 > May 2023. > > Kind regards, > Mirjam Kühne > RIPE Chair > > [1] RIPE Nominating Committee 2020 > https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-762 > >

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Reminder - RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund - Apply now.
by projectsfund＠ripe.net 09 May '23

09 May '23

Dear colleagues, I hope you are keeping well. For the seventh year in a row, the RIPE NCC is committed to supporting activities and projects for 'the good of the Internet'. We are pleased to invite applications for funding from the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund. Through this initiative, the RIPE NCC distributes up to EUR 250,000 per year to support projects of value to the operation, resilience and sustainability of the Internet, with a focus on tools and services benefitting the technical community in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. Please don’t forget the deadline for this year's call for applications is Wednesday, 31 May 23:59 (UTC) https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/call-for-applications Kind Regards, Alastair Strachan RIPE NCC

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Principles for Remuneration of the RIPE Chair and Vice-Chair now published as RIPE Document
by Mirjam Kuehne 04 May '23

04 May '23

Dear colleagues, The document "Principles for Remuneration of the RIPE Chair and Vice-Chair" has now been published as ripe-797: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-797/ Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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Rob Blokzijl Foundation: Call for Award Committee 2023
by Fbornstaedt＠benocs.com 02 May '23

02 May '23

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Re: [ripe-list] Updated NRO NC Election Process - Please review
by Mirjam Kuehne 02 May '23

02 May '23

Hi, On 28/04/2023 09:14, Mirjam Kuehne wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > As promised, we reviewed and updated the processes related to the > election of representatives from the RIPE community to the Number > Resource Organization (NRO) Numbering Council (NC). The draft document > is now available online for your review: > > https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/nro-n… > > > If you have any comments, questions, suggestions, please send them to > this list or to me directly before 19 May 2023. > I realised I could have provided some more context here: The current process was developed over 20 years ago and is fairly high-level and leaves a lot of room for interpretation: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/address-council-election-procedure This was recognised and discussed by the community, and the RIPE Chair Team together with the RIPE NCC took on the task to review this procedure. In this new draft document we describe a more detailed process, including candidate and voter eligibility, term limits and the election process itself. Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne

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New on RIPE Labs: Pushing the Needle Forward - A Community Engagement Quarterly Report
by Alun Davies 01 May '23

01 May '23

Dear colleagues, Hisham Ibrahim, Chief Community Officer at the RIPE NCC, shares the first of a series of articles on how the RIPE NCC’s community engagement activities are making a measurable difference for the Internet: https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/pushing-the-needle-forward-a-co… Kind regards, Alun Davies RIPE Labs Editor RIPE NCC

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