[address-policy-wg] [Ticket#2012110701002726] 2012-05 New Draft and Impact Analysis Documents Published (Transparency in Addre [...]

On 07/11/2012 17:08, LeaderTelecom Ltd. wrote:
> Put in Excel and make graph of transfers per month in count of IPs and
> numbers of transfers? I think this information anyway will be published in
> RIPE reports. I don't see other benefits.

Cross-posting from from ietf at ietf.org earlier on today:

> ‘Sunlight Is the Best Disinfectant’
> 
> ”Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” a well-known quote from U.S. Supreme
> Court Justice Louis Brandeis, refers to the benefits of openness and
> transparency. I invoke this quote often as executive director of the
> NYSSCPA, to illustrate that the most credible and respected
> organizations operate in an atmosphere of avowed openness. We should not
> only accept criticism and suggestions, we should embrace them. If
> questions from constituents, the public, or the media make leaders or
> other responsible parties obfuscate, the questions are usually valid and
> the answers are not. People who feel uncomfortable under the bright
> light of scrutiny and criticism often have something to hide.

ref: http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2003/1203/nv/nv2.htm

The same principal of openness and clarity have served the RIPE community
extremely well since it began, and I see no reason abandon them at the
point.  Openness will help to ensure a fair and reasonable market.

Nick