<div><div dir="auto">Hi</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 09:42 Gert Doering <<a href="mailto:gert@space.net">gert@space.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 09:08:56AM +0000, Randy Bush wrote:<br>
> and i am less sure i want to strongly assert that the split still makes<br>
> sense. do the regional empires really improve the operators' life?<br>
<br>
For an regional European operator, I certainly value being able to talk<br>
to someone in my timezone, talk to someone who understands the way<br>
Germans do business, etc. - read: the interaction with a regional IR<br>
(RIPE NCC) works well for us.</blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am not sure if the language cultural difference between, say, Russian and Dutch are greater than British and American.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As far as time zone concerned, RIPE region are crossing 8 different time zones, consider the biggest time difference you may have on the planet is 12, I am not sure that stands as well.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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"Timezone" and "cultural understanding" seem to be the important bits.<br>
<br>
Where the *numbers* come from, in the end, does not matter much - it<br>
could be a global pool everyone draws from (well, it is, but we pretend<br>
it isn't), but the local interaction is important.<br>
<br>
<br>
Also, this being a policy list, being able to discuss and agree on policy<br>
inside a region is complicated enough. Getting agreement globally on<br>
*details* seems to be near impossible ("principles" sort of worked out).<br>
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> and, while indeed this is being discussed in lacnic, it does affect the<br>
> ripe region.<br>
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True, but since a global proposal needs to reach consensus everywhere,<br>
we can be a bit lazy and wait to see how much momentum it gains in Lacnic,<br>
before formally entering the discussion here...<br>
<br>
Gert Doering<br>
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</blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>--<br>Kind regards.<br>Lu<br><br></div></div></div>