At 1/6/2005 11:34, you wrote:
Have any of you recently tried to become a new LIR?! I am helping an organization become a LIR and they pointed out many items that I think the RIPE NCC needs to take account of. Here is what they are doing:
Hank, all, thanks again for valuable input, Hank. Indeed the process looks "involved" the way you list it, I agree. I'm not sure whether you are aware of the survey that we conducted recently among "new LIRs", to find out how they perceive the whole sign-up process. (Paul Rendek presented this during RIPE 50, the presentation is at... http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-50/presentations/ripe50-services-new-... What you say is certainly reflects some sentiment we heard in the feedback from that survey. We are currently working to fix the issues that were pointed out, to make the process smoother from a user perspective; so you contribution was timely indeed... cheers, Axel