[members-discuss] Discuss Charging Scheme 2010

Hi,

>> RIPE policies are proposed and voted by the membership, it can not  
>> get any more democratic than that !
>
> Yes, but generally it would seem that they're discussed at the GM  
> and not in open forums such as this .... tbh other than a comment  
> asking for a sample contract a few months ago (which I've still not  
> seen, so haven't looked into this further until this thread started)  
> I've not seen any discussion on this proposal

I do not want to drag individuals into the discussion, but Nigel  
Titley (Board Chairman) is going the extra mile to make sure that RIPE  
policies are well communicated and members involved.
For the last few LINX and UKNOF meetings, he has been presenting all  
the policies under discussion at RIPE, I will bore the list with all  
the links.

http://www.uknof.org.uk/uknof12/Titley-RIPE_policies.pdf
http://www.uknof.org.uk/uknof13/Titley-RIPE_policy.pdf

Linx members can access the archives for Linx 63 and Linx 65 where  
slides, audio and video are accessible.

> In the end we worked around it, but I'm also concerned about  
> discussions I've heard about having weighted voting based on the  
> number of domains you have registered through Nominet ... being a  
> member should entitle you to 1 vote per membership .. not 1 vote per  
> domain you register .. then anyone can "buy" the policy making  
> process if they have enough money

Nominet does not currently have a "1 member 1 vote" system, it never  
had, the voting was always weighted - which is making changes hard as  
some big members have currently near veto power ..
But as you said this is off-topic.

Thomas