RIPE Hostmasters visiting LIRs

Hank Nussbacher skrev:
> 
> On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Abbey Shasore wrote:
> 
> Please read ripe-154:
> RIPE NCC Local IR Training Policies
> 
> The proper thing is for new LIRs to attend these workshops:
> http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/courselist.pl.cgi
> 
> What should be required is that part of these workshops
> have time allocated for the LIRs to introduce themselves
> to the hostmasters and explain anything specific that
> they do differently.

I fully agree with you on this. But i see the suggestion 
more like a way for RIPE to get an understanding of the 
actual day-to-day work a LIR has. And it could be hard
to explain during a meeting or a training course. I visit
would show this more clearly.

> The LIR list at:
> http://www.ripe.net/lir/registries/indices/data/index.html
> is 208K in size!  How many LIRs are there - 1000?  How
> long would it take for the RIPE hostmasters to visit ALL
> of them?

This list has formly exploded in the last month. But the 
suggestion , as i saw it, is not based on that RIPE should
visit everyone on this list. 
 
> The logistics of having the hostmasters taking a traveling
> tour of Europe, Africa and the Middle East just doesn't
> make any sense.  This should be handled during the training
> course that all LIRs should have to attend.

This suggestion could be based on the LIRs that are willing 
to share the cost for RIPE to perform a visit to them. It 
would not be forced on anyone. Just give the chance for those 
who wish to discuss "LIR problems" on the home turf.

But i think that alla the postings point on one important
thing: The financing.

If we could solve this without increasing the cost for all
the LIRs, and do this within RIPEs budget, then this could
be supported by many.

Regards

/Amar

Telia Net