Colleagues, RIPE Proposal 2011-06 (Abuse Contact Management in the RIPE NCC Database) has reached the end of its extended Review Phase and a decision must now be made regarding the next steps. I (Tobias, as the main proposer, has, as agreed & discussed stepped back from his co-chair duties on this one) have gone through the various mails and discussions from the the review phase, a short summary of which is below. I feel that the main thrust of the discussion on 2011-06 gave support to the proposal. The initial discussion phase lead to a redrafting of the proposal and some questions over the mandatory nature of the attribute and the future of the IRTs. It was also clarified that while there may be further output from the ACM-TF and/or further proposals in this space, 2011-06 was considered to be standalone. The second version was published on 16th April 2012, addressing, I believe, a number of points raised during the initial discussion phase. Some objections remained, such as opinions on the mandatory nature of the object and the lack of a wider plan. In May 2012 it was decided to go ahead and move the proposal to Review Phase, during which the RIPE NCC presented their impact analysis. This gave rise to discussion regarding the future of the IRT object. I believe that it has been clarified that while the NCC will put plans in place to deal with the decommissioning of the IRT object, they will, of course, only do so if the community proposes this. They have acknowledged that 2011-06 does not contain this proposal and so no action regarding the IRT object will be taken on foot of this proposal. I believe that the wider IRT community are happy with this. There was relatively little discussion during Review Phase, so it was extended for a further four weeks. During this time a number of objections were restated (mandatory nature and data protection issues) and discussed and a few new expressions of support were made. Overall it appears that there are three sustained objections to the proposal and twelve clear expressions of support. The opinion of some members of the list (who have commented) is unclear, however I feel there is sufficient consensus to move this proposal to Last Call. Emilio will made the formal announcement from the RIPE NCC PDO. If you disagree with this interpretation, please let me know. Brian Co-Chair, Anti-Abuse WG