[address-policy-wg] 2007-08 New Draft Document Published (Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources)

I am annoyed with the e-mails continually being circulated to the RIPE
address policy mailing list regarding ETNO participation in the policy
process. 
 
It is regretful that ETNO processes (driven by the members of ETNO),
that relate to the thinking and discussing of issues before they are
submitted to a mailing list that makes decisions about policy proposals
which impact the future of the internet in the RIPE region, might stir
such discussions. It also regretful that the substance behind ETNO's
points that have been thought deeply by representatives of ETNO and who
believe in the bottom up processes of the RIR internet community is not
the focus of the discussion. 

ETNO members might be companies with large LIRs, but on the other hand
ETNO members have felt the impact of processes and policies being
imposed top down by regulators and therefore cherish the bottom up
processes of the RIPE community. ETNO follows through its members, who
are represented by individual experts, RIPE discussions and have
actively participated in address policy discussions in the past. In
particular ETNO participated in the discussions regarding this proposal
because its members wanted to ensure that the issue of the impact of
this proposed policy on the internet community as a whole was understood
from all aspects; an impact that cannot be clearly understood by those
who just type before thinking. 
 
I am sorry that I have had to write this e-mail and I hope that I will
not have to do so again in the future.  
 
Finally, ETNO has considered this new version of this proposal and will
post its opinion to the RIPE list separately; having ensured that it has
followed the bottom-up processes defined by its members.

Christina Kelaidi
Chairperson, ETNO Numbering, Addressing and Naming WG