[lir-wg] ref: the 50% increase discussion: reality check, pls.

Just a thought... Might it not be easier to hold the RIPE NCC annual 
general meeting during the RIPE conference week, either January, April, or 
September. APNIC and ARIN do this, and it saves their membership having to 
make a second trip for a half day or one day meeting. At least that way 
more LIRs than those who currently can attend the General Meeting will be 
able to participate, and maybe give more useful feedback to the 
discussions. Especially now with the Internet economy somewhat depressed 
and travel pretty hard to justify for most folks.

?

philip
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At 21:33 25/11/2002 +0100, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:
>   The invitaion to the general assembly meeting is still accessible
>   on the web server:
>
>   http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/about/gm/gm2002/gm-announce2002.html
>
>   It lists all the items on the agenda, and those topics (with a verbatim
>   resolution for decision included) for which a vote was required.
>
>   And it included the link to the Articles of the Association. In
>   particular Article 15 - General Meeting is relevant there, in that
>   it states, i.a.,
>
>
>   <included here to provide context>
>   "The executive board shall send the verbatim text of the resolutions
>    proposed by the said members immediately to all members of the
>    association."
>   </included ...>
>
>   "The general meeting may only resolve with respect to resolutions
>    concerning subjects for which the verbatim text of the related
>    resolutions has been sent to the members in accordance with the above."
>
>
>   This provision _in particular_ is meant to support proxy voting, by
>   clearly documenting the issues at hand and the resolutions put in front
>   of the members to decide. So it _is_ easy to be represented by proxy.
>
>   Reality check, please!
>
>   And, no, I _don't_ like increased fees,
>   but I _do_ understand that they are necessary for the moment.
>
>   Regards,
>   Wilfried.