November 2002 - lir-wg - mailman.ripe.net

[lir-wg]Election of chairs to the lir-wg - call for nominations
by Hans Petter Holen 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Dear wg, As mentioned at the last wg-meeting, one of the co-chairs, James Alderidge, has started working for the RIPE NCC, and as one of the unwritten rules of the LIR-wg is that it should be chaired by non RIPE NCC staff, James is no longer serving as a co-chair of this wg. Last time we had an election the wg deceided that one chair and two co-chairs was suitable. As I find it good practice to hold an open election from time to time I propose that we do an election for all 3 chairs. I would like to propose to the WG that we do a open nomination process on the lir-wg list up until lets say one month before the next RIPE meeting (27 to 31 January 2003) for chair and two co-chairs and that we do the chair election at the next wg meeting in Amsterdam. This should give the wg a good opportunity to discuss potential candidates. Best Regards, Hans Petter Holen lir-wg chair.

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ref: the 50% increase discussion: reality check, pls.
by Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet 09 Dec '02

09 Dec '02

The invitaion to the general assembly meeting is still accessible on the web server: http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/about/gm/gm2002/gm-announce2002.html It lists all the items on the agenda, and those topics (with a verbatim resolution for decision included) for which a vote was required. And it included the link to the Articles of the Association. In particular Article 15 - General Meeting is relevant there, in that it states, i.a., <included here to provide context> "The executive board shall send the verbatim text of the resolutions proposed by the said members immediately to all members of the association." </included ...> "The general meeting may only resolve with respect to resolutions concerning subjects for which the verbatim text of the related resolutions has been sent to the members in accordance with the above." This provision _in particular_ is meant to support proxy voting, by clearly documenting the issues at hand and the resolutions put in front of the members to decide. So it _is_ easy to be represented by proxy. Reality check, please! And, no, I _don't_ like increased fees, but I _do_ understand that they are necessary for the moment. Regards, Wilfried.

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Re: [lir-wg] What "Region" is RIPE ?
by Keith Talent 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

>What "Region" is RIPE ? And what region are you in, Jim? Have you ever been to a RIPE meeting? Or an ARIN meeting? Or APNIC or LACNIC? Or even ICANN for that matter? Have you ever listened to anything that anyone else has said? Have you ever taken the time to actually find out what the RIRs do? Because it's obvious from your posts that you really haven't got a clue. So why should anyone listen to you? If the IPv4/IPv6 Internet is evil, then get off it. You can go and rule the "IPv8/IPv16" Internet and leave the rest of us alone. --- ********************************* Keith Talent Snr Sys Admin MSCE DART Problem? What problem? ********************************* On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 00:24:04 Jim Fleming wrote: >What "Region" is RIPE ? > >http://www.caida.org/analysis/geopolitical/bgp2country/ > >http://www.caida.org/analysis/geopolitical/bgp2country/data/source_add_pre_… >US 704056771 (50.357%) 65945 (58.259%) 5899 (53.317%) >AU 14416063 ( 1.031%) 5894 ( 5.207%) 213 ( 1.925%) >CA 26436124 ( 1.891%) 5313 ( 4.694%) 239 ( 2.160%) >ZA 6533529 ( 0.467%) 2703 ( 2.388%) 35 ( 0.316%) >?? 306555022 (21.926%) 2547 ( 2.250%) 276 ( 2.495%) >DE 51874361 ( 3.710%) 2410 ( 2.129%) 402 ( 3.633%) > > Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com

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RE: [lir-wg] Re: 50% increase in RIPE fees ? Since when ?
by Axel Pawlik 01 Dec '02

01 Dec '02

At 26 11 2002 09:21 +0100, you wrote: >Perhaps it is possible for you to inform us about steps which are >under way on your side to cut down the expenses? Siegfried, The outstanding "theme" for the RIPE NCC over the past years was to get the service levels right. We have invested a lot of effort and resources into this. We see that these efforts have resulted in shorter, more stable response times. This has given us room to breathe, and tim to plan for real structural changes in the way we interact with our members. This will streamline communication, and actually take a lot of tasks off our hands. The secure web site for members will become the pivotal tool for this. Seeing that demand for our services is still on the rise, despite a much slower growth in membership than expected, and in line with members' comments we take a conservative approach with regard to staffing levels. However, we expect increased efficiency together with the effect LIRs working through the secure web page, to have a positive budgetary impact. When you look at the RIPE NCC budget for the last few years, you will see that after increases of 31%, 27% and 21% for the last three years, we have budgeted for an "inflation correction" of 4% for 2003. This will give us sufficient resources to accomplish our tasks and develop our services as requested. Further, to ensure enduring stability, the 2003 fees will contribute to the reserves, which will have been diminished during the course of 2002. Over the course of 2002 we have kept a close watch on all expense, and certainly continue to do so. regards, Axel

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RE: [lir-wg] RIPE NCC GM during RIPE meetings?
by Hans Petter Holen 30 Nov '02

30 Nov '02

>===== Original Message From Philip Smith <pfs(a)cisco.com> ===== >Who can this idea be proposed to? Should it be proposed to the RIPE NCC >board, or does someone need to write up a policy proposal for the LIR-WG to >consider, or what? You should talk to the RIPE NCC Assoication Board members. I guess it is usualy the board of an association who deceides the time and place for the General Assembly. As this is not an addressing policy issue I don't think the lir-wg could make a policy on this. Looking at the charter: The LIR Working Group - the open forum where RIPE policy is made - deals with issues that concern Local Internet Registries. For example, procedures are discussed in this working group. It may fall under "deals with issues that concern Local Internet Registries" so I guess it could be discussed on the lir-wg list. -hph

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UnSubscribing LIR workgroup
by Bouček Jan 29 Nov '02

29 Nov '02

Hello, I would like to unsubscribe from LIR workgroup and I didn't find any form in RIPE web. Reason is changing mailbox. New mailbox is boucek(a)quick.cz. Thanks in advance. Jan Boucek CZ.CZNET

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Re: 50% increase in RIPE fees ? Since when ?
by Axel Pawlik 28 Nov '02

28 Nov '02

Dear Peter, Activities of the RIPE NCC, including its operation and yearly fee structure, are approved by the membership as proposed in the annual RIPE NCC Activity Plan. The RIPE NCC Activity Plan is formed on input from the RIPE community and users of RIPE NCC services. The RIPE NCC's Activity Plan for 2003 was published for comment to the community on 17 September this year. The plan was then presented by the Executive Board of the RIPE NCC for membership approval at the annual General Meeting (GM) of the RIPE NCC. This year's GM was held 29 October 2002. At the meeting, the membership voted unanimously to approve the fee structure, thereby increasing their fees. The RIPE NCC, operating as a not-for-profit organisation, budgets on a cost-recovery basis. This implies that we make an expense proposal and a matching charging scheme. Due to the economic situation, we saw substantially less influx of new members over the course of the last twelve months than forecast, also we have lost member due to closures and mergers. As a result of that, the RIPE NCC will have a sizeable deficit this year. Membership decisions taken over the course of the years have made it possible that we can rely on our reserves to cover the cost of operations this year. To ensure that the prime goal of our membership is met, namely to run RIPE NCC operations stably, we have proposed the current figures for the year 2003. The RIPE NCC appreciates membership feedback and encourages active participation by our members. More information is available from the following RIPE Documents: - "Highlights from the RIPE NCC General Meeting 2002" located at: http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/about/gm/gm2002/highlights.html - "RIPE NCC Activities, Expenditures, and Charging Scheme 2003" located at: http://www/ripe/docs/ap2003.html - "RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule 2003" located at: http://www/ripe/docs/billing2003.html kind regards, Axel Pawlik

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New draft document available
by RIPE NCC WebMaster 28 Nov '02

28 Nov '02

Dear Colleagues, A new draft document is available from the RIPE Document Store. "DRAFT: Experimental Internet Resource Allocations & Assignments" is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/experimental-resources.html Comments on this draft document will be accepted until 12 December 2002. After incorporating any suggested changes to the document, the final document will be published as a RIPE Document. All comments and suggestions should be sent to <lir-wg(a)ripe.net>. Kind Regards, Jeroen Bet RIPE NCC Webmaster

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Re: [lir-wg] Do we love Jim Fleming ? I don't...
by Tiberiu Ungureanu 28 Nov '02

28 Nov '02

On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 13:03, Tiberiu Ungureanu wrote: > ... so i made a poll. let's all vote him out of this list. i am stupid :) forgot to send url: http://www.bridge-club.ro/poll/index.php -- Tiberiu Ungureanu Network Engineer iNES Internet Public GnuPG Key at http://www.ines.ro/public_keys/tbb.gpg

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Do we love Jim Fleming ? I don't...
by Tiberiu Ungureanu 28 Nov '02

28 Nov '02

... so i made a poll. let's all vote him out of this list. i think that's the way things are done at RIPE... by consensus... so let's vote, and get Jim out of this list. PLEASE. -- Tiberiu Ungureanu Network Engineer iNES Internet Public GnuPG Key at http://www.ines.ro/public_keys/tbb.gpg

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