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

I think that would be an excellent idea.

-hph

----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Smith" <pfs at cisco.com>
To: <lir-wg at ripe.net>
Cc: "Axel Pawlik" <axel.pawlik at ripe.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:33 PM
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.
|
|