Oh, I didn’t want to imply any intentional wrongdoing. I simply suggested that 
stepping down in such situation might be the best way to acknowledge the less 
than ideal situation and prevent the possible argument that might drag for a 
long time.

Ondrej

On Sat, Dec 16, 2023, at 23:22, Martin Winter wrote:
> Ondrej,
> 
> On Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at 9:31 PM Ondřej Surý <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The way I read the decision from the chair, they strive to have the voting 
> > process work for the existing community. If suddenly there’s a surge of 
> > people who were never active in this community subscribing to the mailing 
> > list and voting for any of the candidates, I would consider this be a kind 
> > of hostile takeover.
> >
> > Honestly, I think the only fair way out of this would be if the candidate 
> > who received the surge of votes from people outside of this community 
> > stepped down. A co-chair elected with votes from people who never 
> > participated in the RIPE community would not be accepted by this community 
> > and it would be divisive and toxic to the future work.
> 
> I don't like to go this far. We (as the chairs) have no proof or
> indication that any of the candidates actively tried to manipulate the
> voting. However, some candidates might be more popular in their own
> social circles and may have mentioned that they are candidates. And I
> think that's all good and fair.
> I can't blame the candidates for this or for the fact if someone then
> just signed up to vote for him. I have no indication that he/she
> motivated them to do this.
> As such, I assume all candidates are innocent and did not try to
> manipulate the voting.
> 
> Regards,
>     Martin Winter
>     Open Source WG Chair
> 

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Ondřej Surý (He/Him)
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