On Sat, Apr 16, 2016, at 17:10, Jim Reid wrote: > > > On 16 Apr 2016, at 14:53, Dominik Nowacki <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > And such LIR would sue who? Himself? RIPE NCC is not a government body, nor > > a private company. It's an organisation of members, and such a LIR would > > have to be a member with set voting rights. You can't really sue for policy > > changes because you don't like how other, equal members voted. > > They’d start by suing the NCC for implementing a policy which has done > harm to the LIR’s business. If they were vindictive, they’d also go after
Here we are in the FUD domain. I think we should not go that way. > the authors of the policy change, the individuals who supported that > policy proposal and those who had a hand in making the consensus > judgement. I, as a proposer would not fear about that. Justice is complex in its own, international justice (neither of the proposers live in UK or NL) is even more complex. > action(s) would get the attention of governments and regulators. That would > be Bad. Regulators may end up acting in either direction (for or against). > decisions are made by consensus. NCC members get to vote for board > candidates, the charging scheme and the organisation’s activity plan. And in certain circumstances, on other things....
