Hi Paul, I think it would be fair game to quote the preceding paragraph as well: "The BCOP TF brings together people to identify operational issues and motivate operators to document good operational practices *that are agreed upon between two or more parties*. [...] The main interest of the task force is that current operational practice are captured and documents are published." [1] I don't see how this justifies an objection to this proposal based on broad implementation. The authors have obviously agreed on this practice and I count five of them. Regards, Matthias [1] https://www.ripe.net/community/tf/bcop/ -- Dr.-Ing. Matthias Wichtlhuber Team Lead Research and Development ------------------------------ DE-CIX Management GmbH Lindleystr. 12, 60314 Frankfurt (Germany) phone: +49 69 1730902 141 mobile: +49 171 3836036 fax: +49 69 4056 2716 e-mail: matthias.wichtlhuber@de-cix.net <mailto:matthias.wichtlhuber@de-cix.net> web: www.de-cix.net <http://www.de-cix.net/> ------------------------------ DE-CIX Management GmbH Executive Directors: Ivaylo Ivanov and Sebastian Seifert Trade registry: District court (Amtsgericht) Cologne, HRB 51135 Registered office: Lichtstr. 43i, 50825 Cologne