[gigabell-technik] Re: RIPE Hostmasters visiting LIRs

Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> Well, my point was not quite one of those you present, it was
> more along the lines:
> 
> Wouldn't it be a more profitable use of RIPEs funds to visit the
> provably needy LIRs ?

If this is a way to help "needy" LIRs in the best way i am note
sure about. But it could be a part of a bigger activity from RIPE.
But there will allways be some LIRs that doesn't want to finance
this type of activities with LIRs that need help from RIPE.
I this suggestion from RIPE more a way from RIPE to get to know
the LIRs and the sitiuation that they actually face every day.

I am sure that there is some LIRs that need help, but i am not 
sure if this is the right way to solve this problem.
  
> even at a 50/50 funding split, this is going to drain a lot of
> resources from RIPE, so we might as well try to get some
> tangible benefits from it.

True. Thats why we need some figures of how the present finance
of RIPE will be able to handle the costs. This input can only be
give by RIPE itself.
 
> Of course we could also try to add a new policy which says that
> if a LIR after three warnings from RIPE havn't gotten their
> act together they get a RIPE visit, and the full bill for
> that visit (the "RIPE-MIB": RIPE-Men In Black :-)

1984 ;-)

I do not think that RIPE need to do this. And it is allready
stated in some sentence in RIPE-170 section 4.4.

/Amar