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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">members-discuss <members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net> on behalf of Serg Galat <greysticky@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 23 March 2022 at 16:30<br>
<b>To: </b>Piotr Karwowski <piotr@karwos.hk><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Cynthia Revstr�m via members-discuss <members-discuss@ripe.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [members-discuss] Legal compliance doubts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dear Piotr,<br>
<br>
RIPE as a community can solve this by voting on two positions:<br>
<br>
1. Should RIPE NCC allow russian LIRs to postpone their payments?<br>
2. Should RIPE NCC allow ukrainian LIRs to postpone their payments?<br>
<br>
Ukrainian and russian LIRs shall not vote in this poll.<br>
Let the community to decide.<br>
<br>
On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 12:43 PM Piotr Karwowski <piotr@karwos.hk> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Do not forget that eventually voting might be disrupted.<br>
> I do not know exact numbers of RIPE members per country, but I think Russia might have quite high numbers of them.<br>
> Then we can have situation just like in United Nations, when Russia can simply make a veto.<br>
><br>
> And now we clearly see - UN Was established after WW2 to not repeat history and attentuate all eventual conflicts at its first stages.<br>
><br>
> Veto way make UN completly useless organization now.<br>
><br>
> Any way to check how many members we have in RIPE per country ,<br>
><br>
> Pobierz aplikacj� BlueMail dla systemu Android<br>
> W dniu 21 mar 2022, o 12:51, u�ytkownik Stary Bezpiek <stary.bezpiecznik@gmail.com> napisa�:<br>
>><br>
>> W dniu 19.03.2022 o 06:59, Taras Heichenko pisze:<br>
>><br>
>>> Peace.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I am glad to see that RIPE NCC is legally clean. There are questions about humanism but of course this is not a cope of work of RIPE NCC.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> In my opinion - it is not.<br>
>> RIPE NCC claims to operate in accordance with its own policies, that are<br>
>> created by the community.<br>
>><br>
>> Meanwhile, we have a selective treatment of Members in terms of payments<br>
>> without:<br>
>> a) RIPE NCC resolutions<br>
>> b) without annexes to contracts with users.<br>
>> c) policy change<br>
>> Neither the Agreement nor the existing policies allow for discretionary<br>
>> behavior like "this user may not pay, and others must" without formal<br>
>> authorization.<br>
>><br>
>> Of course Ukraine as an attacked country can and must be treated with<br>
>> any aid, including exemption from payments, when possible. But it has to<br>
>> be passed by a resolution of the RIPE NCC ordinance. The resolution may<br>
>> contain one sentence: "We do not issue invoices to Ukrainian members<br>
>> until the end of the war." Vote: who is in favor? All? The End.<br>
>><br>
>> On the other end is Russia, as a country that has been subject to<br>
>> sanctions. It should not be of our interest, that they cannot pay. In<br>
>> result, recognizing that Russia users may not pay, because they have<br>
>> "banking difficulties" means, that no one from Russia will pay. Without<br>
>> any consequences. Although they probably can pay. Letting go at this<br>
>> point is very unfair to other Members.<br>
>><br>
>> I also have a difficult in payment because the Euro exchange rate is<br>
>> very high. Does it interest someone?<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Stary Bezpiecznik<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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