[anti-abuse-wg] draft policy

Frank,

"Frank Gadegast" wrote the following on 09/03/2011 17:20:
>
>> How many of the members do you think get actively involved in policy
>> discussions? (Hint: it is much less than 50%.)
>
> People that are not going to vote do not care for the results,
> like it is for any democratic political vote in the RIPE region.

Not always true, but that's philosophy.

>> All of the RIRs have open policy discussion forums, just as the IETF has
>> no members and anybody can contribute to the Internet's standards. Good
>> luck changing that. :)
>
> IETF is different.
>
> RIPE is no "community", its more a association of members, that are
> paying money to get resources they need.
> And non-members still can decide (or at least block) the wishes
> of the members, thats really crazy.

RIPE is a community. The association of members are RIPE NCC members, 
who pay a membership fee. Policy is made by the community, members of 
the NCC vote on motions to do with the NCC.

This distinction really is vital to all of this.

Brian.