Re: [ripe-pdp] Current policy process

[Joao Damas <]

Perhaps Randy can provide a brief background on the "why" of the 
existence of the advisory council in the ARIN region. Perhaps it solves 
a (legal?) problem that may be different here.

On 17 Aug, 2004, at 18:11, Hans Petter Holen wrote:

> > > - in the Arin process the board of trustees has an active part in
> > > reviewing the policy and adopts or rejects the policy.
> > as it does in apnic, lacnic, ...  at least in my culture, policy is
> > the only thing a board really is supposed to do.  anything else is
> > micro-management.  they're the ones who face the court or whatever.
> Interesting point - I think in the past we have tried to archive
> separation between setting the policies in RIPE and executing the 
> policies
> by the RIPE NCC.
> Other opinions ?
I don't know that for people other than the regular participants this 
separation has been clear. However, I still think it has value as it 
formally allows for input of people other than just the members 
themselves (for instance the end-users can have a say on the policy 
under the current RIPE scheme), therefore allowing for a broader 
representation of the Internet community.

Joao