On 17 Aug 2026, at 15:48, Hisham Ibrahim <HMI@ripe.net> wrote:
I would appreciate feedback on my draft and I would appreciate it if you could share any comments or concerns, particularly on the technical, procedural or governance aspects, by 25 August, so that the RIPE NCC can incorporate the feedback before finalizing the submission.
Hisham, your proposed document is deeply flawed and unfit for purpose. That means I object to your proposal and obviously do not support it. I could go into this in detail but there's not enough time to do that. A submission to the next Study Group 2 meeting has to be submitted by tomorrow. BTW, that submission must be submitted as a Contribution. It can't be a Liaison Statement. Contact me off-list if you want an explanation.
The Contribution that gets submitted by the NCC must be short and leave no loose ends that would open opportunities for nit-picking, requests for clarification, further unwelcome interference by the ITU and so on. Your suggested text won't do that. The objective must be to kill off C196 and leave no opportunities at ITU for exhuming it. C196 needs two shots to the head, just to be sure. If C196 drags on and on and on, it will be bad for everyone.
Here's the text that should go in this Contribution. I hope it gets community support.
The RIPE NCC regrets to inform Study Group 2 and the TSB that Contribution SG2-C-0196 (C196), was ill-prepared and based on misunderstandings. It does not reflect the opinion of the NCC or the RIPE Community. The RIPE NCC sincerely apologises for the confusion which has been caused. C196 should therefore be withdrawn. We respectfully request colleagues pay no further attention to C196 and proceed on the basis it had never been submitted to Study Group 2.
We are happy to confirm there are no technical or procedural changes to the operation of the e164.arpa ENUM registry. RIPE NCC is pleased to inform Study Group 2 and the TSB that the current, long-standing agreements around this registry remain in place and are unchanged. It has no plans to alter them. The RIPE NCC will continue to operate this registry in the same neutral, stable and professional manner as it has done since e164.arpa was created.
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