[atlas] Support RIPE Atlas with RIPE NCC Board

The RIPE NCC Executive Board is discussing RIPE Atlas as documented in
the latest meeting minutes that have been published recently.

https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/executive-board/minutes/2014/minutes-94-executive-board-meeting

The relevant part is:

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3.3.1    ATLAS

EB286 01/04/2014 AP

The Board asked Axel to produce a break down of the costs for ATLAS over
a period of 
3 years and an outlook beyond 2014 to see the development
on OPEX and CAPEX in the coming years. Furthermore the Board asked to
see a comparison between the current figures and a case where TTM and
DNSMON services were continued in their current form in 2014 and beyond.

Status 19/06/2014: DONE

There was discussion about the value of ATLAS to the various
stakeholders and the associated maintenance cost. After discussion the
Board asked for clear documentation of the results of the activities so
that they could review and ultimately justify the cost of the project
overall.

The Board discussed the ongoing cost of the ATLAS project. The Board
agreed that the value of the project needed to be packaged correctly.
ATLAS now has many other projects wrapped into it and the activity
needed proper and concise documentation as well as a solid marketing
plan moving forward.

ACTION EB295: The Board asked Axel to produce a value proposition for
the ATLAS service in preparation for the September meeting.

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It looks to me that the board needs to be re-assured that RIPE Atlas is
valuable enough for the membership to justify the cost. Between the
lines I read basic support but a desire to hear a consistent story and
success stories of benefit to the membership.

Of course the RIPE NCC staff will produce an answer to the board and I
will do my best to help with that. But ultimately the board is
responsible to the membership. So it would be very very helpful if we
could get some users of RIPE Atlas to speak up both directly to the
board and to help us prepare our answer to the board.

Daniel