[anti-abuse-wg] RIPE Charter

>In *policy* matters, like "under which rules does the RIPE NCC
>hand out IP addresses", the RIPE *community* decides, by
>following the policy development process the community has given
>itself.  The NCC acts as the secretariat that manages the
>resources according to these policies.

Well, even a bit more complicated than that - Sometimes, policy
directives rule into the contractual relationship of a member
with the NCC in which case the membership must vote on a change
in the contract.

rgds,
Sascha Luck