+1 the following section was pleasing to read: "However, the proposed Recommendations refer to specific operational matters, and we do not believe that in this instance an ITU Study Group is the appropriate venue for development and adoption of such standards. With particular reference to the proposed Recommendation on IPv6 subnet addressing, we note that an IPv6 address plan must adhere to the policies set by the respective RIR communities, meaning that any normative specifications on IPv6 addressing should be developed through the open RIR community forums." Thanks for sending this in and depending on the importance attached to the work of that group, it may be good to put in a statement at the NRO-EC level Regards Sent from my LG G4 Kindly excuse brevity and typos <div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On 20 Oct 2016 13:14, "Patrik Fältström" <<a href="mailto:paf@frobbit.se">paf@frobbit.se</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">A good response, thanks! Specifically: > While the liaison statement notes the Study Group's intention to cooperate closely with > "the IETF, the IPv6 Forum, ISOC, ETSI and other relevant stakeholders and academic > partners", we would suggest that such cooperation (in the context of IPv6 addressing) > should be characterised by the Study Group's incorporation of policies or best practices > developed in these other communities. Patrik On 20 Oct 2016, at 11:01, Marco Hogewoning wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > We would like to inform you that we have published our response to a Liaison Statement that we recently received on behalf of ITU Study Group 20, which is working on the Internet of Things (IoT) and its applications, including smart cities and communities. > > The incoming Liaison Statement as well as our response can be found on the RIPE NCC’s website: > > <a href="https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/industry-developments/ripe-ncc-supplies-feedback-to-itu-study-group-on-internet-of-things" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/industry-developments/ripe-ncc-supplies-feedback-to-itu-study-group-on-internet-of-things</a> > > In case you have any questions regarding this topic, feel free to contact us via email, this mailing list or you can contact me or one of my colleagues during next week’s RIPE meeting, taking place in Madrid, Spain. > > Regards, > > Marco Hogewoning > -- > External Relations - RIPE NCC > </blockquote></div></div>