New Document available: RIPE-159

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Ref:           ripe-159
Title:         European Internet Registry Policies and Procedures
Author:        RIPE Local Internet Registry Working Group
Date:          29 July, 1997
Format:        PS=986609 TXT=223669 
Obsoletes:     ripe-104, ripe-105, ripe-136, ripe-140
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At the last RIPE Meeting (RIPE 27), the Local IR Working Group
requested several changes/additions to be made to the ripe-140
document. Ripe-159 is the revised version of this document. 

The requested changes were: 

1) Adding a few sentences to section 7 about returning AS numbers.

2) Adding a reference in section 3.5 to rfc2008 recommendations for
the time allowed for renumbering.

3) Changing the wording in section 6.3 about confidentality to make it
stronger.

4. Updating section 6.2 about the local-ir and lir-wg mailing lists,
because local-ir is now moderated.

Aside from these requested changes, we have also made some minor
improvements here and there- to clarify the wording, or add a better
example, or update some information that has changed. For example,
section 6 previously said that <billing at ripe.net> does new registry
set-up, however that is now done by <ncc at ripe.net>. Also, the RIPE NCC
is now using an improved reverse delegation robot, so section 5 had to
be updated in some places.

Paula Caslav
RIPE NCC

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