By signing the contract that said "I want to be a local registry" you became a member...
Of RIPE for only the NCC function...
I am a paying for the functions of the RIPE-NCC. I don't want any other services, research, funded testing or anything. What I (and many others) want is a registration service that is policy neutral because it is 'fair'. Anything else is just profiteering.
So vote against those projects.
I argue and vote *for* many of those things, because they bring value to the community at large.
I will. I will read up on proxy voting but my suspicion is that not proxy, but postal voting will be the ultimate solution. Without knowing the detail of the proposals in advance (many proposals are formulated at a RIPE meeting) it is difficult to accurately instruct a proxy in a timely fashion. Peter