[anti-abuse-wg] Policies vs. business practices

I noticed this paragraph in the RIPE policy development process.  
Several people have suggested to submit
proposals for issues that are actually related to RIPE NCC "business 
practices"

"RIPE Policies are also separate from RIPE NCC business practices and 
procedures. Business practices and procedures
that the RIPE NCC follows are defined and governed by the RIPE NCC 
Executive Board and approved by the RIPE NCC
membership. If a policy proposal would bring implementation and/or 
operational problems for the RIPE NCC if
accepted, the RIPE NCC Executive Board is tasked to notify the RIPE 
community accordingly as well as to make
necessary suggestions and recommendations about possible changes to the 
proposal."

everything is also supposed to be "transparent" so the legal opinions 
relating to the EU privacy laws and the WHOIS database
are supposed to be released to the community but RIPE NCC refuses to 
release them.

I also note that RIPE says:

"All RIPE Meetings and RIPE Working Group mailing lists are open to 
everyone."

That is E V E R Y O N E.  Not just large network operators, your 
anti-abuse buddies that you used to hang out with
on NANOG, not people who have been in the ICANN process all their lives, 
not small groups of people who all think like
you.  EVERYONE.  A certain percentage of people claim they have been 
abducted aliens.  EVERYONE means them too.

Thank You