<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 6px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class=""><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">Dear all,</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class=""> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">Thanks to the RIPE for asking this question.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">Yes I think that multiple LIR accounts are a problem. I don’t see any valid reason to this.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">The role of the RIPE is to ensure an equal distribution of resources and having multiple LIR accounts doesn’t serve this cause. Selling IP addresses should not exist, in fact the name and address of the RIPE is in every whois queries in their address space !</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">The address space should be treated as a finite resource that nobody own, we merely have the authorization to use a part of it.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class=""> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">If one company merge or split to another, they can ask the RIPE to change the ownership of the resources. Also, if one company want to separate their business activities, they can do it with multiple ASN. There is no technical reason to allow multiple LIR per legal entity.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class=""> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">I understand that it is easy to create new companies but in my opinion there should be more restrictions than that :</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">1. To open a new LIR account, the applicant must follow a welcome course given by the RIPE explaining the good practice. (This would be covered by the opening fees).</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">2. The new LIR should justify their needs :</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">a. Why they need an ASN and the routing policies (like enforced today)</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">b. How they plan to use their address space (IPv4 and IPv6)</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">3. Then, the RIPE would assign an ASN and a IPv6 space corresponding the needs plus a margin</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">4. If the LIR wants to have a /22, then they should prove that the IPv6 space is effectively in use (for example a web server or an smtp server) and that their ASN are multi homed.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">5. The /22 should not be transferable at all and should be announced by an ASN of the LIR.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">6. The contact person and email address cannot be the same for 2 LIR.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class=""> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">With these rules, it should be more difficult but not impossible to open a LIR for having more IPv4 addresses. It seems to me that the RIPE has in the past had a similar workload.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">Then, the RIPE should bill the LIR for the IP space they have, like it was before. The big LIR contribute financially more than the smaller ones, in the same idea that a big company pays more taxes than a smaller one.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">The RIPE can concede a reduced IP space fee if the LIR can demonstrate an IPv6 address space effectively in use. This check should be done once a year before the billing.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class=""> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">That should help older LIR with only IPv4 to have an IPv6 space announced and to encourage the return of unused IPv4.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">Best regards</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">Philippe</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class=""> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class=""> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class=""> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> Dear colleagues,</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> The RIPE NCC Executive Board would like to ask the membership to</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> discuss</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> the issue of RIPE NCC members opening additional LIR accounts.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> There were comments at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) in November</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> 2015 that members having the ability to open additional LIR</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> accounts,</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> each of which can request a /22 of IPv4 address space, may run</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> against</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> the spirit of the last /8 policy. In light of this, the Board</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> decided to</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> temporarily suspend the ability of RIPE NCC members to open</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> additional</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> LIR accounts.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> The RIPE NCC began to allocate IPv4 address space from the last /8</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> policy on 14 September 2012. Since that time the RIPE NCC has</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> allocated</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> more than 8,600 /22s, yet there remains 0.94 of a /8 still in the</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> pool.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> ACTION REQUIRED:</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> The Board asks the membership to provide their opinion on and</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> discuss</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> the following points:</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> 1. Is the activity of members opening additional LIR accounts a</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> problem</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> that must be prevented?</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">> Yes, should be prevented.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">></span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> 2. If this activity is a problem that must be prevented, what action</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> should the RIPE NCC take to attempt its prevention?</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">> Stop allowing opening multiple LIR account for one legal entity.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">></span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> Statistics pertinent to this discussion are available in this</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">>> article on</span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">>> RIPE Labs:</span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">>> </span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">> <a href="https://labs.ripe.net/Members/laura_cobley/ripe-ncc-members-and-multiple-lir-accounts?pk_campaign=members&pk_kwd=list-ncc" class="">https://labs.ripe.net/Members/laura_cobley/ripe-ncc-members-and-multiple-lir-accounts?pk_campaign=members&pk_kwd=list-ncc</a></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> The Board asks that members discuss this issue on the Members</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> Discuss</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> mailing list <<a href="mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net" class="">members-discuss@ripe.net</a>>.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> The Board will monitor the discussion and will review it at the next</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> Executive Board Meeting on 31 March 2016. Depending on the outcome</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> of</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> that meeting, the Board may propose a resolution for members to vote</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> on</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> at the RIPE NCC General Meeting in May 2016.</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> Best regards,</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> </span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> Nigel Titley</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">>> RIPE NCC Executive Board</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">></span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">> If you don't want to receive emails from the RIPE NCC members-discuss</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">> mailing list, please log in to your LIR Portal account and go to the</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">> general page:</span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">> <a href="https://lirportal.ripe.net/general/" class="">https://lirportal.ripe.net/general/</a></span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">></span></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">> Click on "Edit my LIR details", under "Subscribed Mailing Lists". </span>From</span></font></div><div class="" style="text-indent: 0px; color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: 'Segoe UI WPC', 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, 'Microsoft Sans Serif', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; widows: 1; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="en-CA" class="">> here, you can add or remove addresses.</span></span></font></div></div></body></html>