Hello Jim, Your comments are 100% valid, however one of your conclusion might be misleading. James, the NCC Board does not make policy. For address management
policy-making, it's this WG which does that. [The name of the WG is a big hint... :-)] I hoped everyone knew that. The Board's job is to oversee the NCC on behalf of its members but not get involved in operational matters. Besides, by the time a policy proposal gets in front of the Board (impact assessment, etc), the PDP is in the end-game and the proposal is pretty much the settled will of the RIPE community.
This is 100% valid.
In this case, the Board seems to be saying it doesn't think the proposed solution is ideal but will go along with what the RIPE community decides.
What else the Board could do?
I'm sure that if the Board felt that decision was not in the best interests of the NCC, they wouldn't keep quiet about the matter.
??? Best, Géza