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

I think the RIPE could also look at splitting some of the meetings up
and distributing them more.

Regards,
Neil.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lir-wg-admin at ripe.net [mailto:lir-wg-admin at ripe.net] On 
> Behalf Of Philip Smith
> Sent: 26 November 2002 11:34
> To: lir-wg at ripe.net
> Cc: Axel Pawlik
> Subject: Re: [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
> --
> 
> 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.
>