Hi Ronald
On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 01:10:01PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
I'm just putting myself in their shoes. If I were them, and I was
asked my opinion about something that, in the short run at least.
would, increase my workload, I would scream, holler, tear my
hair out, pound my fist on the table, and insist that the whole thing
is absolutely positively technically infeasible, and that even if
it isn't, it will still cost fifty billion dollars and take ten
years to fully implement.
You have the wrong idea about how the RIPE NCC works. This is not a
commercial company. So if the community/members asks for something that
is expensive, well guess who pays for it :)
There are a lot of clever engineers and analysts at the NCC in the prime
of their careers. They like a technical challenge. You ask them to do
something hard and they will love you :)
It is not the NCC that puts the brake on ideas. They provide technical
advice during discussions and do an impact analysis if a consensus is
reached. But that is where the problem often occurs. Trying to get a
consensus when there are many different views and strong opinions.
cheers
denis
The NCC Impact Statement is actually a formal part of the policy
development process nowadays. It details how the proposed policy
change affects the various departments, the manpower
requirements, how much it'll cost, whether there are any legal
problems with it, etc. I've not seen it happen but I'm sure
there is a theoretical possibility that they'll say "Can't be
done" but they'll also detail why and then the policy can be
changed accordingly.
Are there any countries within the RIPE region that would allow
one of their citizens to register to vote if that citizen gave
his mailing address as "99999 Pluto Way, Mars, Milky Way" ? If
No idea, all I can say is that in Ireland you will give them your
correct address and they'll still scratch you off the register
because of "wrong address". I call it the Disenfranchise
Department. Maybe in other places you can register without an
address or a bogus one.
rgds,
Sascha Luck
