[UR-WG] move to new chairs process.

[john.gordon at stfc.ac.uk]

Mike, I can't be bothered trawling for evidence but I believe the aim of having co-chairs was to have them from different hemispheres to maximize presence of chairs as OGF moved around. 

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ur-wg-bounces at ogf.org [mailto:ur-wg-bounces at ogf.org] On Behalf Of
> Mike Jones
> Sent: 04 November 2011 17:38
> To: ur-wg at ogf.org
> Subject: [UR-WG] move to new chairs process.
> 
> 
> Folks,
> 
> I've had a response from Andre and Joel.  It seems the WG needs to
> propose new
> chairs via Andre M. who must then choose whether to ratify this, that
> is all.
> I have suggested that we will agree chairs amongst ourselves by the end
> of the
> next telecon.
> 
> IIRC we haven't formally agreed as a working group who should chair the
> new
> group.  So we need a process for this.  The best documented guidance I
> can find
> for the removal of existing and the proposing of new chairs is RFC 2418
> ss4
> [via GFD-C3 ss3.5]. And in the spirit of other OGF processes we should
> do this
> by consensus.  We'd also like to do this quickly!
> 
> I move to start the process of chair selection and propose using the
> following
> criteria:
> 
> 1, We should have 1 chair or 2 co-chairs [GFD-C3 ss 4.3.1]
> 2, There should be a proposer and seconder for each.
> 3, Each person may propose one person and second one person (and may
> not
> propose or second themselves!)
> 4, The proposed person must agree to take on the responsibility. :-)
> 5, Nomination shall close by the start of the next telecon (15th Nov
> 2011)
> 6, We should conclude the process at the next telecon where there are
> at least
> four participants.
> 6, Consensus will be reached when there are no objections by persons on
> the
> telecon.
> 7, After the telecon I shall pass on our selection to Andre.
> 
> Can we agree to this?
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> 
> Subject: Re: UR-WG move to new chairs process.
> Date: Friday 04 November 2011, 15:02:05
> From: Joel Replogle <joel.replogle at gmail.com>
> To: Andre Merzky <andre at merzky.net>, Mike Jones
> <mike.jones at manchester.ac.uk>
> CC: Joel Replogle <replogle at ogf.org>
> 
> Mike - yes, the pages look very out of date. :-)  Can you tell me (with
> Andre's confirmation as AD) who the chairs should be (including their
> email and
> gridforge usernames)?  Then the chairs (once updated) can go and update
> the
> charter pages through this form:
> www.ogf.org/gf/group_info/charter.php?group=ur-wg
> 
> Once that's updated there is an approval process (working through the
> AD
> again) for the actual updating of the web pages.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
> On Nov 2, 2011, at 8:25 AM, Andre Merzky wrote:
> 
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > thanks for the follow-up - this dropped of my radar.  I Cc Joel, who
> should
> > know the current status.
> >
> > Best, Andre.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Mike Jones
> <mike.jones at manchester.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Andre,
> >>
> >> What's the process for changing the chairs of a working group?  UR-
> WG and
> >> management of corresponding gridforge pages.
> >>
> >> Looks also that the charter is way out of date, I guess this'll need
> updating.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Mike
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Nothing is ever easy...
> 
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