[lir-wg] Re: 50% increase in RIPE fees ? Since when ?

>> disadvantage....
>> What is starting to worry me is the
>> replies indicating that asking these questions would be improper....
>
> [OK. I go for the red banket, just this once ....;-)]
>
> If these are inferences on my contributions here, they hold no water.


If you mean my concerns about questions - no.

> Having said that I want to make clear that I take issue with polemics
> without even taking the time to obtain the information that is
> available.  I take issue with polemics against open and due process
> without stating where the process has been closed or not proper.  I 
> take
> issue with polemics claiming that "me and everyone else thinks X"
> without any substantiation of the claim.  I take issue with polemics
> against a widely announced and low threshold open membership survey
> conducted by a well respected third party without suggesting a better
> alternative. ....

I agree with you that these is nothing broken with the process as such. 
With the small notion that I support the idea of having the RIPE AGM 
with a RIPE meeting.

> This starts to remind me of ICANN discussions.

If RIPE starts to feel like ICANN, that is really bad. But it is also 
the job of the NCC to make sure that does not happen.

- kurtis -