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Wouldn't want to be one of the unheard that ripe claim to represent.

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On 11 Oct 2011, at 10:35, "poty@iiat.ru" <poty@iiat.ru> wrote:

> As far as those not contributing in the list "not care" or "agreed with
> everything" it is unwise to predict "what the membership as a whole
> wants". All the more nobody can act as God to be able to say: "I know
> what everybody thinks and what everybody wants".
> I appreciate the answers of RIPE NCC, but "I am happy to monitor", "Rest
> assured", "the board is very well paying attention" are not answers the
> members of the list are waiting for and doesn't bring any clear vision
> on the process of determination of what changes we should welcomed at
> GM. The questions at the RIPE meeting will be late and not productive at
> all.
> Looking at the expenses in the proposed budget I can see the increase in
> all parts. I do not agree with the situation. Some time ago in 1998 I
> was in London attending the RIPE courses. It was 5* hotel and one of the
> natives said with some sadness, "We all do not live like that!" Maybe
> we'll look into decreasing the pomp for all our rather technical
> meetings/courses/hotels...? I'll look also into decreasing the stuff: as
> soon as it's said they are the best in the industry they can do more
> than average middle-salaried worker.
>
> Regards,
> Vladislav Potapov
> Ru.iiat
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net [mailto:members-discuss-
>> bounces@ripe.net] On Behalf Of Christian Kaufmann
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 2:54 AM
>> To: Nigel Titley
>> Cc: members-discuss@ripe.net
>> Subject: Re: [members-discuss] budget 2012
>>
>> ...as Nigel and Fahad said, the board is very well paying attention to
>> the list and what the members want.
>> And for the ones who don't want to send an email to the list, feel
> free
>> to send a direct email to us or even better feel free to talk to us in
>> person at the next RIPE meeting.:-)
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> ck
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 11, 2011, at 12:01 AM, Nigel Titley wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/10/2011 22:50, Fahad AlShirawi wrote:
>>>> And on my side I am happy to monitor the members' discussion and
> see
>> what it is the members want and then to bring it up internally. Rest
>> assured Hank that we will consider all concerns where applicable and
> as
>> much as possible within the constraints we have.
>>> Yes, thanks for making this clear, Fahad.
>>>
>>> As far as I am aware, all members of the board read this list and
>> take
>>> notice of what the members want. Our sometimes difficult job is to
>> try
>>> and sort out what the membership as a whole wants, rather than just
>> the
>>> dozen or so active contributors to the list.
>>>
>>> Always feel free to send any of us a direct personal question or
>>> comment, especially if there is a period of quiet. As I've mentioned
>>> before, we all have day jobs which sometimes intrude on our board
>> work.
>>>
>>> Nigel
>>>
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