This is a good treatise on how outsiders see these 'so-called' community systems like ICANN and RIPE. They come up with all these procedures simply designed to waste people's time so they can drive them away. this guy did extensive documentation of how it works: http://hasbrouck.org/icann/ The people who promote these community systems like RIPE are either delusional or, more likely, they have something to gain (either money, stature, or just the ability to tell others what they can and cannot do). Of course those people would just say there is something wrong with Mr. Hasbrouck as well. As for the current proposal, there is no legal review available to the community and it contradicts the current blocking policy as far as the EU privacy claims so, if the process was legitimate, it should not move forward until the legal review is complete and made available to the public. Since the process is not legitimate I expect that won't happen. Thank You