Hi, On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 01:31:48PM +0100, michael.dillon@bt.com wrote:
The Discussion Period for the proposal described in 2007-05 has been extended until 13 August 2007. [..] In addition, RIPE is part of a political system in which different responsibilities are placed on RIPE, IANA, ICANN, NRO and the IETF. This proposal goes beyond RIPE's responsibilities and attempts to usurp the responsibilities of IANA and the IETF. This is a BAD BAD thing to do, because if RIPE no longer adheres to the social contract, then there is no reason for the other organizations to continue working with RIPE. The whole system depends on cooperation, and this proposal does not demonstrate cooperation.
Please come down from your soap box again. The whole thing behind the proposal was "get the process going again", and it isn't unheard of to do work in parallel in the RIRs and in the IETF (see the 32 bit AS# policy). The reason for extending the discussion period is *specifically* to see what will happen in the IETF, and then decide how to go ahead with this proposal. If the IETF goes for "yes, ULA-C is a good thing", then we can adapt this proposal accordingly - if they go for "ULA-C is not going to happen! never ever!" Jordi can withdraw the proposal, and it will be history. Gert Doering -- APWG chair -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 113403 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