[db-wg] phone number required for person objects

Hi,

On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 12:02:48PM -0700, Leo Vegoda wrote:
> I was actually suggesting that instead of saying that technology #1 is
> mandatory and technology #2 is optional we just say that one of the
> supported technologies must be listed. Then we can add and remove
> technologies as needed without having to make decisions about what
> people *must* use.

I like that suggestion.

> But if we must define a single technology that is mandatory then
> e-mail is a better choice than phone.

I actually disagree with that - speaking from my use case as a user
of the RIPE DB.  If I bother going there, it's urgent, and I want 
something to happen *now* (otherwise, I'm not going to bother).  
E-Mail might arrive with any delay, or never, and feedback might
come, or not.

So, no, *for the purpose of contact data in the RIPE DB*, I do not
think that "e-mail is better than phone".

(Of course I personally hate it if people call me.  But people who do
so pretty quickly learn the difference between "it is urgent *now*,
so phone is perfectly fine" and "an e-mail would have been sufficient")

Gert Doering
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