Hi, On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 02:34:40PM +0300, Ciprian Nica wrote:
It's a simple question from a member of the community to one of the WG Chairs: did you abuse the last /8 or not ? Do you consider yourself a neutral arbitrer or not ? Do you consider yourself the one that should be judging others ? Or is it your "job" to shut the voices that are not according to your interests ?
Since you insist on riding that horse, I can no longer ignore it - so you'll have your answer. On record. Yes, one of the LIRs that I represent in RIPE member issues (de.space) is holding two /22s out of 185/8. The second /22 came into this LIR together with two /19s, some equipment, an extra employee, and a number of customers when we acquired a smaller regional ISP in 2014. As per community policy, this is well within letter and *spirit* of the policy - the LIR acquired was not "set up to get a /22 and be bought" (it existed for some 15 years), it was providing ISP services, and there were reasons that do not need to be disclosed that the owners wanted to sell it, which had nothing to do with IP addresses. The acquisition went through the regular M&A process with the RIPE NCC, and all documents were properly scrutinized (and I can tell stories how much detail the NCC will check, and how much paperwork is involved). Does the number of IP addresses one of the LIRs I can represent hold have any relevance on my serving as WG chair? No. Am I neutral regarding address policy? Well, I do my best. Sometimes this is not easy, as I do have strong concerns for the well-being of the Internet globally and in the RIPE region - but this is why there is two chairs here: Sander will double-check every decision made, and everything is public anyway. Summaries are written for a reason, and decisions are based *on posts on the list*, so it does not really matter how neutral I am, as everything is public, and you can double-check the conclusions (and possible call up the arbitration procedure). So, yes, I consider myself still suitable as a WG chair for the address policy WG. Gert Doering -- APWG chair -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279