[rpd] Policy Proposal: PDP Working Group (WG) Guidelines and Procedures

[Noah]

Hi Owen,

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 9:07 AM Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:


> Marcus,

>

> This can vary from working group to working group and depends on the

> working group charter.

>

> In most cases, yes, consensus determined by the remaining co-chair(s) is

> the primary and preferred method of electing a co-chair, however, failing

> that, the RIPE-NCC chair makes the decision and his/her decision is final.

>


Rather the RIPE chair.



> So, unless you want to include a fall-back where the Chairman of the Board

> appoints a WG co-chair when a consensus isn’t reached, I’d say that the

> proposed mechanism is a truly bad idea.

>


I am not sure if you took time to read through the proposal entirely, link
[1] below, but just to note that the fallback plan to the consensus based
approach you are referring too is already covered in the policy proposal as
written.

Please refer to proposal's section *3.3.3. Appointment of PDWG co-chairs*
which covers the entire process.



> Since I don’t think that having the chairman of the AfriNIC board

> appointing RPD co-chairs, I will say that the proposed mechanism is a truly

> bad idea.

>


Section 3.3.3 of the proposal talks about the mandate of the remaining
Chair or Co-Chair in the process, if you will, before even the AfriNIC
board comes into play.



> Owen

>


Cheers,
Noah

[1] https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2020-gen-002-d1#proposal
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