I noticed this paragraph in the RIPE policy development process. Several people have suggested to submit proposals for issues that are actually related to RIPE NCC "business practices" "RIPE Policies are also separate from RIPE NCC business practices and procedures. Business practices and procedures that the RIPE NCC follows are defined and governed by the RIPE NCC Executive Board and approved by the RIPE NCC membership. If a policy proposal would bring implementation and/or operational problems for the RIPE NCC if accepted, the RIPE NCC Executive Board is tasked to notify the RIPE community accordingly as well as to make necessary suggestions and recommendations about possible changes to the proposal." everything is also supposed to be "transparent" so the legal opinions relating to the EU privacy laws and the WHOIS database are supposed to be released to the community but RIPE NCC refuses to release them. I also note that RIPE says: "All RIPE Meetings and RIPE Working Group mailing lists are open to everyone." That is E V E R Y O N E. Not just large network operators, your anti-abuse buddies that you used to hang out with on NANOG, not people who have been in the ICANN process all their lives, not small groups of people who all think like you. EVERYONE. A certain percentage of people claim they have been abducted aliens. EVERYONE means them too. Thank You