[ripe-list] RIPE80 and COVID-19

> On 2 Mar 2020, at 21:34, Gordon Lennox <gordon.lennox.13 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I know first hand that the RIPE NCC and the RIPE Chair are in the process of updating the risk assessment for RIPE80 and evaluating options.
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> Lucky you. But maybe the community could now also participate in the conversation?

That’s a remarkably bad idea Gordon. This community has great trouble agreeing on the paintbrushes to use for its shed-painting activities. [And as for the type and colour of the paint....] If we were epidemiologists or experts in flu vaccines or could predict the future with perfect accuracy, that sort of community input could be useful. But we’re not. So it isn’t.

It should be enough for now to know that the meeting organisers are making a risk assessment and will inform us in due course when there is something to report. This is not really any different from how the community doesn’t get involved in the RIPE meeting logistics and leaves that to people who understand the subject.

I see absolutely no value of any sort in having the community participate in those sorts of conversations.