[ripe-list] RIPE Accountability Task Force Update at RIPE 75

On 19/10/2017 10:27, Carsten Schiefner wrote:
> Hi Nigel,
>
> On 19.10.2017 10:36, Nigel Titley wrote:
>> The NCC Board does of course take account of policies, and also comments
>> on them as part of the evaluation process that the NCC does during
>> policy development. In all cases up until now we have instructed the NCC
>> to follow policy. However, as board members we have certain fiduciary
>> duties which cannot be overridden by policy. Faced with a situation such
>> as Jim describes we have two choices: not implement the policy or resign
>> and hope that someone else agrees to carry the can.
> maybe that would be something then that could be put into the board's
> rules of internal procedure: that the board sees to have all RIPE
> policies be implemented by the NCC to the greatest extend possible, but
> limited to the board's fiduciary duties?
>
If it makes people happier then I'm sure we could do this.

I'm generally against additional complication, especially where past 
practice doesn't give cause to worry, but as I say it doesn't really 
bother me.

Nigel