[anti-abuse-wg] 2011-06 Move to Last Call (Abuse Contact Management in the RIPE NCC Database)

Colleagues,

RIPE Proposal 2011-06 (Abuse Contact Management in the RIPE NCC 
Database) has reached the end of its extended Review Phase and a 
decision must now be made regarding the next steps. I (Tobias, as the 
main proposer, has, as agreed & discussed stepped back from his co-chair 
duties on this one) have gone through the various mails and discussions 
from the the review phase, a short summary of which is below.

I feel that the main thrust of the discussion on 2011-06 gave support to 
the proposal.

The initial discussion phase lead to a redrafting of the proposal and 
some questions over the mandatory nature of the attribute and the future 
of the IRTs. It was also clarified that while there may be further 
output from the ACM-TF and/or further proposals in this space, 2011-06 
was considered to be standalone.

The second version was published on 16th April 2012, addressing, I 
believe, a number of points raised during the initial discussion phase. 
Some objections remained, such as opinions on the mandatory nature of 
the object and the lack of a wider plan.

In May 2012 it was decided to go ahead and move the proposal to Review 
Phase, during which the RIPE NCC presented their impact analysis. This 
gave rise to discussion regarding the future of the IRT object. I 
believe that it has been clarified that while the NCC will put plans in 
place to deal with the decommissioning of the IRT object, they will, of 
course, only do so if the community proposes this. They have 
acknowledged that 2011-06 does not contain this proposal and so no 
action regarding the IRT object will be taken on foot of this proposal. 
I believe that the wider IRT community are happy with this.

There was relatively little discussion during Review Phase, so it was 
extended for a further four weeks. During this time a number of 
objections were restated (mandatory nature and data protection issues) 
and discussed and a few new expressions of support were made.

Overall it appears that there are three sustained objections to the 
proposal and twelve clear expressions of support. The opinion of some 
members of the list (who have commented) is unclear, however I feel 
there is sufficient consensus to move this proposal to Last Call.

Emilio will made the formal announcement from the RIPE NCC PDO.

If you disagree with this interpretation, please let me know.

Brian
Co-Chair, Anti-Abuse WG