2) Having a job at the NCC and stating in the bio, that it is considered a leave of absence for the employer RIPE NCC, is not something that I would expect. If someone is taking the role for the RIPE Chair and that is a paid position, I would expect that he/she would quit the job and yes, it would require a leap of faith to start in a new role. But stating upfront that there is a backdoor into the current role / management position .. that is not how I see that this works. It is not smart to have a direct financial relation to the RIPE NCC for the RIPE Chair position.

This should be a major concern. There should be no such dependency between the RIPE Chair and RIPE NCC. The whole structure has been setup in such a way to ensure leverage between the RIPE NCC and the RIPE Chair is minimised, introducing this would bring back leverage in full force.

So I would like to see a statement from the nomcom if they perceive this to be a potential issue.

Also, are both the chair and the vice-chair paid positions? If not, could a RIPE NCC employee become RIPE Vice-Chair and still get paid (and work) for RIPE NCC?

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