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On 11/10/2011 10:18, Geert Hauwaerts wrote:
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raised about maintaining a responsible budget; and perhaps
in light of recent developments, we should take a moment and
evaluate some of the projects the RIPE NCC has taken on
itself.</span></p>
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This is why we circulate the activity plan well in advance of
setting the budget and the charging scheme. We typically get no
response to the activity plan at all.<br>
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I do take on board Kurtis' comments about making the activity plan
more transparent with regards to costs of individual activities and
we will ask the RIPE NCC to make this clearer.<br>
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lang="EN-US">Additionally, and without any disrespect, if
any of the Board Members feel they do not have adequate time
to fulfill their duties; they might wish to vacate their
seat in favor of somebody who does.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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RIPE NCC board/RIPE WG activities take up roughly 2 days per *week*
of my time. I'm lucky to have an employer that is happy with this.
However, as I made clear, this discussion blew up at the time of the
month when I happen to have to spend a couple of days full time on
the day job. Apologies for this.<br>
<br>
Nigel<br>
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