Hi, On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 02:35:20PM -0000, michael.dillon@bt.com wrote:
The invitation goes to the ripe announcement list. One of them had the following headers...:
This message illustrates a disturbing trend with RIPE. People associated with RIPE, either the NCC or otherwise, seem to always assume that RIPE is right, and the LIR is wrong. Then they write an email that demonstrates to a careful reader, that RIPE is wrong or confused or too lazy to take the time to read the original email.
I have the feeling that you're unhappy with my e-mail. The intent of showing these headers was "that's the date, the message-ID and the subject of the mail, so maybe it's easier to track what had happened with this information". Not working for the RIPE NCC I can't say for sure how this mailing list is maintained - and from a LIR perspective, all I can say is that I've been on that list since we became a LIR, some 10 years ago. At that time I didn't know anything about RIPE, so I assume that the listed contacts get/got added automatically. (Oh, btw, maybe I should point out that you are also "part of RIPE", and thus the statement "... that RIPE is wrong and confused" could encompass your mail as well. And RIPE-as-the-whole-community is certainly too lazy to read e-mails. So what is your point?) Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 128645 SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (89) 32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279