Hi!
Stephen Burley wrote:
1.registry services (good and timely) 2. database repository (and related DB functions) 3. Training services (mainly for new LIR's to get them up to speed) 4. RIPE meeting organization
I agree with 1-3. I think 4 should be a "spare time" activity or one organised by an EU Internet "club". If 4 can be done part time by *one* person, then I am happy to pay for my part of the time.
i agree with 1+2+4. 3 should be covered on a cost basis by the attendees. if the cost of a training session is 5000euro (room, lunch, instructor time, etc) and 25 attend, then the cost should be 200euro per attendee, with no affect on the overall ncc budget.
3: In some countries, 200EUR do make a difference. Are training courses such a drain on budgets ? Better having people trained and some sort of coherent "qualification" is available than having no level of discussion, because everyone "saves" on that topic. -- MfG/Best regards, Kurt Jaeger 17 years to go ! LF.net GmbH fon +49 711 90074-23 pi@LF.net Ruppmannstr. 27 fax +49 711 90074-33 D-70565 Stuttgart mob +49 171 3101372