Further to the training questions

Regarding point number 2 and min. assignment windows.

I've been taking care of RIPE issues for the past 4 years.
First 2 years with another LIR and for the last 2 with the
present LIR.

When I was with the first LIR, my min assign. window was a /24.
When I changed work, I applied for the company to be a LIR
and obviously had a starting min ass of 0.  After a number of
assignments my the min ass. win was put to /28.

I've made numerous number of /29s and /28s together with some
/25s.  I've also attended the RIPE training course and thus
know how important taking care of IP is.

To stop the waiting queue of over 1 week, I asked for my assign.
window to be increased to a /24 or at least /25.  The response
I got was that I first have to apply for three of /24s (or above!)
for the assign. win to change.

The point is that when a new hostmaster comes along, she/he correctly
and strickly sticks to RIPE's policies.  I feel that the customer/client
relationship is lost when this happens.  One particular assignment of a
/22 and /23 was accepted without any problems with a particular hostmaster
because this hostmaster knew that I knew the policies and had previously
accepted my other requests.  But my last /25 request was handled by a new
hostmaster and it took many e-mail and complaints before it was accepted.
And to make it worse, I was returning a /23 and renumbering with a /25!!!!

Maybe RIPE should not give a min assign. win of /25 as standard.  I think
that RIPE have to know that the LIRs know their policies well before.
RIPE should be aware of the LIRs and have a file indicating possible IP
wastage, continous good assignments etc.

Do other LIRs experience this??

In the meantime I'm still on an assign. win of /28  :(

Regards,
Duncan Vella
Melita Cable plc



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lir-wg at ripe.net [mailto:owner-lir-wg at ripe.net]On Behalf Of
> Stephen Burley
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 10:55 AM
> To: lir-wg at ripe.net
> Subject: Further to the training questions
>
>
> Hi
>     The lack of response worries me to my questions about training i
> therefore would like to request some changes to a few things.
>
> 1. Since the RIPE NCC members are basically funding the education
> policy,  (to which you have a documented policy)it would be in the best
> interest of the community if we were informed yearly of :
> a)What courses were suggested by hostmaster and other personel.
> b)which courses were rejected and on what grounds.
> c)which courses were completed and any certification recieved.
> Also what incentives are offered to hostmasters as rewards for
> furthering there "Internet" knowledge.
>
> Our hostmasters are our most valuable asset in the NCC, if we do not
> look after them and keep the m up to date it is only us that suffer,
> with this in mind i would like to see the above in place. I would also
> like to see this information for the last 3 years.
>
> 2. To relieve the stress on the wait que i would like to see a standard
> a min ssignment window applied to all none new LIR's, something not too
> small but something not too large say a /25 - this means that the
> hostmasters would not be boged down with small insignificant requests
> and would be able to concentrate on answering the larger requests thus
> getting used to larger business needs.
>
> Regards,
> Stephen Burley
> UUNET EMEA Hostmaster
>
>
>