[address-policy-wg] Board position on 2011-02

On 28 Jun 2011, at 12:35, boggits wrote:

> Okay I'll bite...
>
> "Although the Board is unconvinced that the chosen approach is the
> best possible solution for the described problem, the decision is of
> course deferred to the RIPE community."
>
> do they have another suggestion?

James, the NCC Board does not make policy. For address management  
policy-making, it's this WG which does that. [The name of the WG is a  
big hint... :-)] I hoped everyone knew that. The Board's job is to  
oversee the NCC on behalf of its members but not get involved in  
operational matters. Besides, by the time a policy proposal gets in  
front of the Board (impact assessment, etc), the PDP is in the end- 
game and the proposal is pretty much the settled will of the RIPE  
community.

In this case, the Board seems to be saying it doesn't think the  
proposed solution is ideal but will go along with what the RIPE  
community decides. I'm sure that if the Board felt that decision was  
not in the best interests of the NCC, they wouldn't keep quiet about  
the matter.