[anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

Hi Ronald

> On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 01:10:01PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>> I'm just putting myself in their shoes.  If I were them, and I was
>> asked my opinion about something that, in the short run at least.
>> would, increase my workload, I would scream, holler, tear my
>> hair out, pound my fist on the table, and insist that the whole thing
>> is absolutely positively technically infeasible, and that even if
>> it isn't, it will still cost fifty billion dollars and take ten
>> years to fully implement.

You have the wrong idea about how the RIPE NCC works. This is not a 
commercial company. So if the community/members asks for something that 
is expensive, well guess who pays for it :)

There are a lot of clever engineers and analysts at the NCC in the prime 
of their careers. They like a technical challenge. You ask them to do 
something hard and they will love you :)

It is not the NCC that puts the brake on ideas. They provide technical 
advice during discussions and do an impact analysis if a consensus is 
reached. But that is where the problem often occurs. Trying to get a 
consensus when there are many different views and strong opinions.

cheers
denis

>
> The NCC Impact Statement is actually a formal part of the policy
> development process nowadays.  It details how the proposed policy
> change affects the various departments, the manpower
> requirements, how much it'll cost, whether there are any legal
> problems with it, etc.  I've not seen it happen but I'm sure
> there is a theoretical possibility that they'll say "Can't be
> done" but they'll also detail why and then the policy can be
> changed accordingly.
>> Are there any countries within the RIPE region that would allow
>> one of their citizens to register to vote if that citizen gave
>> his mailing address as "99999 Pluto Way, Mars, Milky Way" ?  If
>
> No idea, all I can say is that in Ireland you will give them your
> correct address and they'll still scratch you off the register
> because of "wrong address". I call it the Disenfranchise
> Department. Maybe in other places you can register without an
> address or a bogus one.
>
> rgds,
> Sascha Luck
>