[ecrea] RIPE@ A Call for Leadership

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RIPE@
A Call for Leadership

The RIPE international initiative for the development of public service 
media launched in 2000 and has accomplished a great deal. The initiative 
has advocated the continuing importance of social responsibility in 
media and the public service mission above all other concerns. RIPE is 
an international network that supports scholarship and explores 
practical application adapted to 21st century conditions.  The 
initiative is the first of its kind and is dedicated to facilitating 
university-industry collaboration.  Through our conferences and books, 
RIPE@ has charted and supported the digital transformation of PSB.
Recent years have seen changes that require fresh efforts to develop the 
initiative, which will be best accomplished by introducing a new 
leadership structure. During the RIPE@2018 conference, a first ever 
General Meeting will be convened on October 20.  The agenda has three 
items: 1) announce a new leadership team for RIPE@, 2) launch 
deliberations on important projects the team should tackle in next 
several years, and invite volunteers to contribute to these projects, 
and 3) introduce changes in the editorship approach for the RIPE Reader 
series.
This is a Call for Nominees for five proposed positions that will 
comprise the RIPE@ leadership team. The team will be comprised of five 
posts, to begin: 1) RIPE President, 2) RIPE Vice-President, 3) RIPE 
Secretary, 4) RIPE Community Manager, and 5) RIPE Practitioner.  Gregory 
Ferrell Lowe will participate as RIPE Continuity Director, which is not 
an elected post, but his role is to advise and support the Leadership 
Team. The team will have decision-making authority along with the 
responsibility of managing ongoing affairs and new development. The 
Practitioner post will represent the interests of PSM managers and 
organizations.  The Community Manager post will facilitate 
communications for our international network and to coordinate 
volunteers working on agreed development priorities.  We will begin with 
a two-year term of office to also produce the 2020 conference in 
coordination with the academic organizer and PSM sponsor for that 
conference.  The posts could be subject to renewal, but this requires 
thought and guidelines that should be ready for 2020.
Elected positions with proper titles and relevant roles are necessary 
for the legitimacy of the Leadership Team within the RIPE community, and 
for credibility among universities in decisions on tenure and promotion. 
This marks a significant change that is necessary for two reasons, 
primarily. First, the sustainability of the RIPE initiative requires 
widening leadership and growing democratic participation. The founders 
are either already retired or will retire soon. Second, the development 
of RIPE@ will benefit most from fresh eyes and renewed energy that is 
best guaranteed by creating a new leadership structure.
Anyone interested can nominate themselves or a colleague. The deadline 
for nominations is October 1, 2018.  Please do so by informing Gregory 
Ferrell Lowe ((Gregory.Lowe /at/ northwestern.edu)) and Minna Aslama Horowitz 
((minskiaslama /at/ gmail.com)).  The candidates will be voted on by the RIPE 
Advisory Board (RAB) members for the inaugural election this year. 
Broadening and maturing the approach to elections and voting will be one 
of the priorities for the inaugural leadership team before RIPE@2020, to 
be handled in the next General Meeting.

Nominees do not need to be RAB members, but for this inaugural event 
only RAB members vote on the nominees for each post.  A candidate for 
any post can nominee herself, or be nominated by a colleague. The RAB 
members are an experienced and diverse group who have produced our past 
conferences and co-edited the RIPE Reader series. The best approach for 
elections may be different in later years, as noted earlier.
If you have questions, please address them to Greg.
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